Press Release: First Ministerial conference in Slovenia to promote Motorways of the sea

Preview of the first Ministerial Conference on the preparation of the future Motorways of the sea, to be held on 24 January 2006 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The conference was to gather over 100 participants from industry, Member States and the European Parliament to discuss the challenges and opportunities of the Motorways of the sea. Part of the trans-European networks, this new initiative aimed at replacing the heavy trucks on European highways with maritime transport. Key issues on the agenda of the conference include the selection of ports and port regions, maritime links and the question of financing.

European Commission: Speech: SPEECH/06/32, Motorways of the sea, 24.1.06 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/06/32&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: DG Energy and Transport: Intermodal Transport: Motorways of the Sea: Ministerial conference on preparing the future Motorways of the sea, January 2006 http://ec.europa.eu/comm/transport/intermodality/motorways_sea/ministerial_conference_en.htm

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