PERIPHERAL REGIONS’ PERSPECTIVE Açores – Miguel Correia “Motorways of the Sea seek to reduce conges on on land, support the uptake of more sustainable transport modes, increase efficiency and allow peripheral regions to be be er accessible.”(1)
“They shall contribute towards the achievement of a European Mari me Transport Space without barriers and also facilitate mari me freight transport with neighbouring countries”.(2)
(1) Source: MoS Pocket Book; (2) Source: REGULATION (EU) Nº1315/2013 of the EP and of the Council, Art.21 So what does MoS mean to us?
Among many things it means Proximity. More proximity between producers and consumers.
By reducing transport costs: ¥ More compe ve products to producers ¥ Higher value added for consumers
By reducing me transport: ¥ Greater offer of perishable products ¥ More efficient stocks’ management
By the use of greener fuels: ¥ Increase quality of living in the European space and sustainability This means:
A more efficient integra on of the European economic space
The crea on of value within the supply chain
Stronger founda ons for the development of peripheral regions That said, it is with great expecta on and enthusiasm that the peripheral regions par cipate in several MoS projects.
We all want to be closer to the big city markets in order to create value, promote jobs and economic growth for our regions.
By the end of this conference, I truly hope that we get an insight on different perspec ves from peripheral regions regarding MoS projects. The AZORES: Ultra-peripheral region, yet central in the Atlan c. ¥ THE PAST
Despite being ultra-peripheral, we were a strategic posi on during some periods in history:
- 16-17th century ships stopped in the return from the Indias and Brazil to Europe, first transshipment of goods at our ports;
- Coal supply to ships crossing the Atlan c in the 19th century;
- Air-force base for United Kingdom, USA and France.
¥ THE PRESENT Ports’ brief perspec ve: Ð 9 islands; Ð 8 main ports; Ð 3 mul -purpose terminals; Ð 2 ferry and cruise terminals; Ð More than 120 cruise ships and 102.000 passengers per year; Ð More than 750 short sea ship calls per year; Ð More than 500 ferry calls and 916.000 passengers per year. Porto de Ponta Delgada
INFRASTRUCTURES Port of Ponta Delgada
Port of Casa do Corvo
Port of São Roque do Pico
Port of Vila do Porto
Port of Lajes das Flores Port of Praia da Vitória
Port of Velas Port of Praia da Graciosa
Port of Horta Porto de Ponta Delgada
SHIPPING BETWEEN THE MAINLAND, MADEIRA AND AZORES 2 WEEKS ROUNDTRIP PER SHIP
Just Transinsular ¥ THE FUTURE (with MoS)
¥ First Goal Become the most compe ve point where to refuel LNG when crossing the Atlan c
Given what we know, we strongly believe that LNG will be the future fuel source to ships crossing from Europe to North America and vice-versa:
1) Natural gas is the most available green fossil fuel there is; European countries produce it. Porto de Ponta Delgada
2) Emissions’ control is growing all over the world. The use of LNG meets the limits imposed by the ECAs – Emission Control Areas, sea areas, in which stricter controls were defined to minimize atmospheric emissions, as outlined in the annex VI of Marpol Conven on, established by the Interna onal Mari me Organisa on (IMO) 3) LNG bunker size needed for a ship to complete a crossing implies less space for cargo and loss of compe veness;
So due to technological restraints, ships will have to refuel in middle of the journey. Porto de Ponta Delgada
COSTA – CO2 & Ship Transport Emissions Abatement by LNG (MOS - 2011-EU-21007-S – 01 Feb 2012 to 31 May 2014)
- The Costa Project was the result of an applica on to the TEN-T Program, within the MoS plan, of a joint-venture of four countries Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece;
- The COSTA Project has developed framework condi ons to the
reduc on of CO2 (carbon dioxide), NOx (nitrogen) and SOx (sulphur) emissions, produced by the ship propulsion, based on changing the primary energy source to Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), in the Mediterranean, Black Sea and North Atlan c.
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NEW PROJECTS FOR THE AZORES