Clustering the Motorways of the Sea in the Mediterranean Area - Building the Future
Dr. Ing. Giancarlo Coletta Genova 28th of February - 1st March 2011 Grimaldi Group Corporate Purchasing , R&D Director GRIMALDI GROUP The Grimaldi Group The GRIMALDI GROUP is one of the world leader companies in the market of RO-RO, car carrier. The Group has one of the largest and young fleet in the world of RO-RO / multipurpose and car carrier ships and is very active in the Short Sea Shipping and Motorways of The Sea in Mediterranean and Baltic Sea with four of its five Brands: Grimaldi Lines (Italy)
Minoan Lines (Greece)
Malta Motorways Of the Sea (Malta)
Finnlines (Finland) GRIMALDI GROUP The Grimaldi Med Short Sea Network A bridge between Italy, Spain, Greece, Tunisia, Libya, Malta & Marocco. GRIMALDI GROUP Motorways of the Sea – The Future
The Group's vision on the development of Motorways of the Sea is certainly linked to overcoming the Marco Polo projects that for sure have contributed to the success of MoS, but have been proved complex for the number of actors involved, extent of resources needed and required long lead times for implementation. GRIMALDI GROUP Motorways of the Sea – The Future
In our vision the future is in the following actions that will increase the passage of cargo from land to sea:
• EUROPEAN ECO BONUS
• INFO MOBILITY
• MoS ENVIROMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
• RO-RO VESSEL EFFICIENCY & INCRESED PRODUCTIVITY GRIMALDI GROUP Motorways of the Sea – The Future • EUROPEAN ECO BONUS: Implementation on the base of successful ECO BONUS Italian experience in order to make an incentive for the transfer of trucks from land to sea;
• INFO MOBILITY: Support and implementation of IT policies and projects in order to speed up and control the exchange of information between vessels and port operators, authorities, custom, terminals, passengers, etc.;
• LNG SUPPLY CHAIN: Sustain and facilitate development of LNG Supply Chain in the Mediterranean Sea in order to have diffusion of LNG as Fuel for Short Sea Shipping. GRIMALDI GROUP Motorways of the Sea – The Future • THE FUTURE RO-RO VESSEL: Design of new Ro-Ro vessels conceived for high cargo & energy efficiency where larger quantity of cargo can be transported with today equivalent energy consumption making motorways of the sea even more environmental friendly. GRIMALDI GROUP
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