Ports and European policies in the Adriatic

and Ionian Basin

Neum, 21 April 2004

Observatory of Observatory of the Port of the Port of

AnconaAncona

Chamber of Commerce Craft and Industry of Ancona

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Intervention Objectives

Ancona

Ravenna

Venice

Trieste Koper

Rieka

Zara

SplitPloce

Dubrovnik

Bar

Durazzo

Igoumenitsa

Patras

Bari

Brindisi

Initial outline on the traffic characteristics in the main ports of the Adriatic and Ionian basin.

The European policies on transport in the Adriatic and Ionian basin.

PORTS UNDER SURVEY

Taranto**

Maritime traffic in the Adriatic and Ionian basin

EU policies on the Adriatic and Ionian basin

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Ports: Overall freight traffic 2003

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About 160 million tons freighted in 2003.

Trieste is the leader with 29% of the total freight traffic

+ Taranto: 35 million tons in 2002

- 5.000 10.000 15.000 20.000 25.000 30.000 35.000 40.000 45.000 50.000

Dubrovnik

Zara

Ploce

Bar

Durazzo*

Split

Patrasso

Bari

Ancona

Rieka

Brindisi

Koper

Ravenna

Venezia

Trieste

general cargo

liquid bulk

dry bulk

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Ports: Container traffic 2003

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Source: 2004 Istao survey on Port authority data

There were about 909 thousand TEUS transported in 2003.

63% pass through the Northern Adriatic ports (Venice, Trieste, Koper, Rijeka).

The annual growth rate over the last two years was 5-6% (higher than other types of commodities).

CONTAINER TRAFFIC 2003

in Teus

+ Taranto: 472.000 teus in 2002

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Ports: Passenger traffic

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Zara

Bar

Ploce

Rieka

Trieste

Dubrovnik

Split

Brindisi

Durazzo+Valona*

Venezia

Igoumenitsa*

Patrasso

Bari

Ancona

pax

local traffic

About 9 million international movements to which local stages need to be added.

Ancona is the leader with 17% of the total traffic

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International links between Italy and Greece

BARI409.000 pax

85.000 tir

2.5 million pax transits from and to Greece. Substantial stability over the last two years.

Ancona is the leader with a market share of 40% both in pax traffic as well as Articulated Lorries.

ANCONA1.003.000 pax186.000 tir/tr

IGOUMENITSA*PATRASAbout 2,5

million pax

TRIESTE240.000 pax

37.000 tir

BRINDISI535.000 pax 103.000 tir

VENICE341.000 pax

56.000 tir

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he origins Origins of truck traffic from and to Greece via Ancona

A sample of about 12.000 articulated lorries, equal

to 6,4% of the annual total

Ancona as a segment of an intermodal corridor linking the Central North with South East Europe

Statistical survey ISTAO 2002

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International links between Italy and Croatia

BARI61.000 pax

ANCONA355.000 pax

9.850 tir/trailer

VENICEhydrofoil

SPLIT245.000 pax

ZADAR65.000 pax

DUBROVNIK62.500 pax

In 2003 there were 416.000 transits from and towards Croatia, to which the hydrofoil traffic from Venice, Civitanova Marche, and Pescara should be added.

Only 10.000 articulated lorries in transit towards Italy

Ancona is the absolute leader with a strong growth trend (+15% in 2002)

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Domestic traffic within Croatia

Domestic traffic in Croatian ports, often related to tourism towards the islands, is particularly high.

There were 4,8 million domestic movements registered in 2003 and the data represents a strong growth rate (+11% in 2003, +12% in 2002).

DUBROVNIK420.811 pax

SPLIT2.602.000 pax

ZADAR1.555.563 pax

RIJEKA183.203 pax

PLOCE104.519 pax

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Articulated Lorry traffic between Ancona and Croazia

Departure from Ancona Departure from Ancona Arrival at Ancona Arrival at Ancona

50% of Croatian origin30% Bosnian10% Italianan

8-10% Slovenian

50% of Croatian origin30% Bosnian10% Italianan

8-10% Slovenian

Building materials

Furniture

Semi-finished goods (shoes, clothing)

Earth moving

machinary

General foodstuffs

Marble

Silicon

Finished goods (Shoes, clothing)

Timber

Ancona to service the import-export between the two coasts

Statistical survey Istao 2002

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International links with Albania

BARI567.000

27.000 tir

There are about 800.000 pax transits from and towards Albania.

The leader in traffic with Albania is the Puglia pole (84% of pax transport and almost all the articulated lorry transits).

BAR ANCONA84.000 pax1.922 tir/tr

KOPER

DURAZZO* and

VALONA*about 800.000

pax

TRIESTE36.000 pax

5.000 tir

BRINDISI87.000pax 10.192 tir

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International links with Serbia and Montenegro

BARI57.000 pax

BAR80.250 pax

ANCONA22.000 pax387 tir/tr

KOPERn.a.

DURAZZOn.a.

There are about 80.000 pax transits towards Bar from Italy. There is no data available from Koper and Durazzo, which also have operating lines linking Bar.

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Cruise traffic 2003

VENICEabout

700.000

+ 30%

BARI214.000

+ 27,6%

CORFU’n.a.

DUBROVNIK260.000

+ 126%

SPLIT46.000

+ 97%

Cruise traffic is also starting to show significant volumes along both the shores of the Adriatic and Ionian basin.

There is a strong growth rate in passengers, particularly at the port of Dubrovnik, which has become a reference stage in the Central Adriatic

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Conclusions

Two big poles of goods traffic concentration (bulk cargos and containers): in the North, the Northern Adriatic pole (Venice, Trieste, Koper, Rijeka); and in the South, the transhipment port of Taranto.

FERRY AND RO- RO TRAFFIC

The ports of the Central and Southern areas (apart from Ravenna) represent more specialised ferry traffic:

• Ancona is the leader for its links to Croatia and Greece

• Bari and Brindisi lead in the links to Albania and Serbia-Montenegro. Traffic with Greece remains considerable.

Traffic with Igoumenitsa and Patras is determined by two large and complimentary components:

• The Central Northern European touristic demand for Greece

• The demand for import-export transport from Greece to the rest of the Union.

Other significant short sea shipping routes include the ro-ro lines between Trieste and Turkey and Ravenna and Catania.

GOODS TRAFFIC

TRAFFICO FERRY e RO-RO

SPECIFIC INFRASTRUCTURES

NECESSARY:

Dedicated structures in the ports

Rapid links to the main road arterials

Maritime traffic in the Adriatic and Ionian basin

EU policies on the Adriatic and Ionian basin

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EU policies in the ‘ nineties

Completion and modernisation of the transport network in EU Countries

14 ESSEN Projects(1994)

+ the Adriatic Corridor included in the following

years

Set up of the programme ‘Pan-European Corridors’ : creating a single European geo-economic and geo-political area.

10 Pan-European Corridors

Defined during the Conferences of the Ministries of Transport in Crete (1994)

and Helsinki (1997)

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Corridors of the area

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ADRIATIC CORRIDOR+

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Recent revisions

2001. The first revision project proposed by the Commission.

June 2003. Report by a top-level group (Van Miert Report) on new priority projects and new ways of financing of projects.

Ottober 2003. New proposal for the revision of priority projects (raised to 29) acknowledging for the most part both the suggestions of the Van Miert Group as well as the amendments proposed in 2001.

2004. The initial amendments to the Commission’s proposal. Final approval by the Council and Parliament is foreseen for June 2004.

The European guidelines on transport policies are currently under revision.

The primary objective is to accelerate the integration process for the Countries of East Europe, through a targeted transport policy.

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Progect 6: Railway axis on corridor 5: - Venice-Trieste/Koper-Divaca ( 2015) - Ljubljana – Budapest (2019) + junction Ronchi Sud – Trieste Divaga

Progect 7 – Completion of via Egnatia – Pathe ( Essen 1994). Enlargement of motorway sections towards Bulgaria and Romania(2010)

Progect 21 - Motorway of the Sea of South East Europe (2010)

Progect 29 – railway axis Adriatic – Ionian in Greek territory (Kozani-Kalambaka-Igoumenitsa – Ioannina-Antirrio-Rio-Kalamata (2014).

+ resume Corridor 8 with an extension to Bari and Brindisi

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New priority projects in the Adriatic and Ionian

area

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Progect 21: The Motorway of the Sea

It could grant financing for: The set up of new navigation services

Interventions designed to modernise port services reserved for short and medium range traffic: ro-ro terminals, logistics equipment, parking areas, installations for truckers.

Infrastructural interventions for port access.

Operations for simplifying customs procedures and electronic systems for Port Authority declarations.

It requires:

The interested states to select a limited number of ports which could access this type aid;

Two Member States to present a joint presentation of projects.

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Conclusions

The new European transport policies constitute a grand opportunity for development, thanks to infrastructural development in the Northern Adriatic, Southern Adriatic and Greece.

The Central Area however remains substantially bare: there are currently no priority projects regarding Croatia and as regarding Italy, the Adriatic Corridor has dissappeared from the list of EU Priority projects.

The Motorways of the Sea can offer an opportunity to redress UE aids in favour of the central area (Italy).