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Commission has another go at port liberalisation

The European Commission is determined to push through measures to increase competition for a range of services in the port sector - though not cargo handling - in its new ports package published on 23 May. The package would apply to the 300 or so ports that are designated as part of the Trans-European Transport Network. Where free competiton is impractical, for example because of space constraints operators will be chosen ... [+]