Trans-European transport network: seaports, inland ports, intermodal terminals and project No 8

The report drafted by Wilhelm Ernst Piecyk (PES, Germany) on seaports and inland ports, was adopted by the European Parliament subject to amendments relating to the following: - re-stating intermodal terminals; - increasing the size of inland ports entitled to aid to cover those able to handle a minimum annual freight traffic of 500,000 tonnes rather than 300,000 tonnes. Finally, as far as seaports are concerned, the European Parliament takes the view that the freight figure should be 1.5 million tonnes rather than 1 million tonnes and only cover seaports with connections to other trans-European transport routes, but with special rules to take account of the needs of islands and remote regions.�