NAPANorth Adriatic Ports Association

The challenge of the Southern RouteZeno D’Agostino

President of NAPA and Commissioner of Trieste Port Authority

Venice, 26th March 2015

The partnership of NAPA

4 Institutions:Venice Port Authority Trieste Port AuthorityPort of KoperRijeka Port Authority

3 Member States involved: ItalySloveniaCroatiaxx

1 Unique Region: North Adriatic

NAPA a core EU port gateway on strategic crossroads

• on the crossroad of Baltic-Adriatic corridor and Mediterranean corridor• recognized as a core EU port (within TEN-T regulations)

Gdansk

Warszawa

KatowiceOstravaBrno

Žilina

Bratislava

BudapestGraz

MilanoTorino

Lyon

PerpignanMontpellier

BarcelonaTarragona

Valencia

Madrid

Sevilla

Riga

Kaunas

LJ

Ravenna

Baltic-Adriatic corridor

Mediterranean corridor

The recovered centrality of the ADRIATIC SEA

The Adriatic is the natural link between the Suez Canal and the “new heart” of Europe, open to the growing economies of the new EU member countries.

Re-route the traffics to ports along the northern Adriatic means reducing fuel consumption and emissions as well as saving total transit times and road distances.

The “new heart” of Europe

Port Maufacturing Accessibility index - PMAIShare of manufacturing employment on total employment

(source: VPA elaboration on Eurostat data)

20131999

Reducing fuel consumption: the shortest sea route from the Far East to the heart of Europe

-97 KG CO2/TEU

Reducing emissions: a greener way to EU markets

European benchmark

Total throughput in million tonnes (2013)

Container throughput in million TEU (2013)

Rotterdam 440.0 11.6Antwerp 190.9 8.6Hamburg 139.0 9.3NAPA ports 108.0 1.6Marseille 80.0 1.1Bremen 78.8 5.8Zeebrugge 43.0 1.9

Container throughput of NAPA ports in TEU

2009 2010 2011 2012 20130

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

1,200,000

1,400,000

1,600,000

1,800,000

Total throughput of NAPA ports in tonnes

2009 2010 2011 2012 20130

20,000,000

40,000,000

60,000,000

80,000,000

100,000,000

120,000,000

NAPA’S key principle: “GLOCAL Coopetition”“Cooperate Globally – Compete Locally”

• Geographic position of North Adriatic (especially for Far East markets via Suez Canal);

• Alternative to North European ports;• Reducing inland infrastructures burden and improving connections to the Central

and Eastern Europe hinterland;• Balancing regional development (North–South);• Reducing environmental impact;• Global market conditions (reallocation of existing flows of goods, new businesses);

Why NAPA?

Objectives of NAPA

Fields of cooperation:• Land transportation and hinterland connections• Quality and efficiency of port operations• Short Sea Shipping and Motorways of the sea• Marketing and Promotion• Information technologies and communication systems• Safety, security and environmental protection• Passenger sector

Commercial: attracting more cargo to Europe via Adriatic Ports (southern gateway)Institutional: developing suitable public transport infrastructure (priorities for Trans European Transport Network / corridors) to support bigger volumes and efficient services

2007-2013 TEN-T PROGRAMME• Motorways of the sea projects ITS ADRIATIC MULTIPORT GATEWAY 2010 X

• Maritime ports projects NAPA DRAG 2012 COSTA II POSEIDON MED 2013 NAPA STUDIES 2013X

2007-2013 EU TERRITORIAL COOPERATION PROGRAMME• Transnational cooperation projects INWAPO 2011 GREENBERTH 2012X

• Cross-border cooperation projects SAFEPORT 2011X

2014 CEF TRANSPORT PROJECTS• Core Network (Baltic-Adriatic Corridor, Mediterranean Corridor) NAPA4CORE• Motorways of the sea NAPA4MOS Fresh Food Corridors

NAPA EU projects overview