Motorways of the Sea
Jose Anselmo – DG MOVE
Principal Administrator
Policy Assistant to
MoS Coordinator
2014 CEF Transport Calls Info Days
Brussels, 10 October 2014
Jarek Kotowski – INEA
Project Manager
Technical Assistant to
MoS Coordinator
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Motorways of the Sea:
overall objective
Establish a trans-European network of Motorways of the Sea
that concentrates flows of freight on viable, regular, and
reliable sea-based transport services that are integrated
in logistic chains and covers all types of maritime freight
operations
in order to…
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reduce land transport congestion
increase use of more sustainable modes of transport
increase transport efficiency and effectiveness
improve accessibility to peripheral regions
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Motorways of the Sea:
objective II
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MoS as the maritime leg of the Core Network
Corridors and beyond
Serving:
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Connecting the Corridors to Third Countries Overseas
- Mediterranean
- Black Sea
- Atlantic
- EU Internal Trade (40%)
- EU External Trade (75%)
Connecting European Hinterland to Third
Countries Hinterland
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Motorways of the Sea: Priorities
1. Environment
2. Integration of maritime transport in the
Logistics chain
3. Maritime Safety, Traffic Management, Human
Element/Training
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MoS technical areas
Priority 1 - Environment
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Promote general sustainability and safety
Contribute to “Climate Change” solutions
Foster the deployment of new technologies and
systems
Meet international and European Regulations
- MARPOL Annex VI
- Sulphur Directive
HOW? by supporting technical solutions e.g. LNG +
methanol + scrubbers etc.
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MoS technical areas
Priority 2 – Integration of maritime transport
in the logistics chain
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Strengthen Cohesion
Improve existing or establish new maritime links
Improve maritime transport integration in the global
logistics chain
Improve transhipment and hinterland connections in
ports
Improve multimodal connections – priority for the
integration of inland navigation and rail
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Mos technical areas
priority 3 – safety, traffic management,
human element/training
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Promote general sustainability and safety
Strengthen cohesion
Develop more efficient traffic and transport
management systems
Foster the deployment of new technologies and
systems
Optimise processes, procedures and the human
element, e.g. simulation networks, long distance
training, knowledge networks
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Specific features of MoS
• Multi-beneficiary (public and private): European
Economic Interest Groupings recommended
• Multinational (at least two Member States involved)
• Intermodal with incorporation of maritime leg
• Focus on transport network integration
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CEF co-financing for MoS
• 30% for infrastructure works and facilities
(implementation projects)
• 50% for:
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entire studies
study parts of implementation projects
pilot activities of studies
• Up to 85% for all types of projects in Cohesion
countries
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MoS call characteristics
• Budget: €250 million + €100 million for Cohesion
Countries (dedicated call)
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alternative fuels, emission abatement technologies and
on-shore power supply
upgrading or establishing new MoS links
safety of maritime transport
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MoS call: key actions (1)
Development of MoS links (works)
1 Core port, 1 Comprehensive port and 1 maritime operator
involvement as minimum
- only dedicated lines serving the applicant ports
- upgrades on vessels limited to the additional efforts
for environmental purposes or ancillary superstructure
- ships to remain in EU for 5 years after end of project
• Various investments in ports (incl. superstructure) correlated with
the maritime service, necessary to remove bottlenecks or to
improve efficiency of the logistic chain on a Corridor
• Intermodal dimension with extension of the service to hinterland
preferred
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Involvement of transport operators
(and other stakeholders)
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Direct as project beneficiary, no letter needed
Indirect through letters of support/intent streamlining the
operator’s credible commitment to the project
Recommended letter structure:
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role of operator in the project
organisational involvement (e.g. steering committee)
co-operation with other beneficiaries
technical involvement (service operation)
financial capacity to operate service
Possibility to co-finance costs of organisational involvement
with a 50% rate
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What can MoS fund within
implementation projects?
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High water protection devices (dikes, breakwaters, locks)
Lights, buoys, beacons; ramps, jetties, signposting
Infrastructure and facilities up to the terminal site (for temporary storage of
loading units, facilities for drivers, shore side electricity, & waste treatment;
terminal handling equipment…)
Land and sea access to port, including connecting links to the TEN-T or
national land transport networks
ICT infrastructure for eMaritime, administration and customs facilities
(VTMIS, reporting and information exchange systems, administrative
simplification), etc.
Waterways and canals to shorten sea routes
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MoS call: key actions (2)
• Wider benefit actions
Addressing regional or EU needs (e.g. coherent investments in a group of
ports for LNG filling stations or coherent set of design studies for that
purpose, icebreaking operations)
• Studies
Mature type of actions with EU added value and leading to implementation
(no feasibility or market studies) or policy development
• Pilot actions:
- Projects testing or deploying new technological solutions in operational
conditions or market uptake of such solutions
- Particular conditions apply
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Specific requirements for
pilot actions in CEF
- testing or deploying new technological solutions in real operational conditions
- solutions not sufficiently present in today’s market and therefore experience needed for
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future large scale implementation
added value
at limited scale and at a reasonable price
dissemination of results needed
no R&D
no deployment of commercial network
limited number of pilot actions to be financed per sector (critical mass principle)
a detailed analysis of the data and lessons learned in terms of long term feasibility,
including the feasibility of wider deployment of innovative activities
key performance indicators, to be defined in advance to allow estimating positive
impact
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MoS eligibility reminders
• All types of projects must include applicants from (and be
supported by) a minimum of two different Member States
• Project extension to a neighbouring non-EU country requires
additional governmental endorsement from that country and
the Member State(s) concerned (participation of that third
country possible in studies only)
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More information
INEA website
http://inea.ec.europa.eu/en/cef/cef_transport/
cef_transport_-_motorways_of_the_sea.htm
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Thank you for your attention!