T.2.1. The Action Plan

PP4 PORT AUTHORITY S.A.

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Project number: ADRION504 Project acronym NEWBRAIN Project Title Nodes Enhancing Waterway bridging Adriatic-Ionian Network Start of the project December 2017 Duration 24 months

Related activity: T2.1 – Detailed action plan definition in each node Deliverable name: The Action Plan – PP4 IGOUMENITSA PORT AUTHORITY S.A. Type of deliverable Report Language English Work Package Title Preparation of investments for the strategy implementation Work Package number T2 Work Package Leader Institute for Transport and Logistics Foundation - ITL

Status Final Author (s) OLIG S.A. & Living Prospects Ltd (external contractor) Version 3 Due date of deliverable 15th February 2019 Delivery date

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INDEX 1. SUMMARY ...... 6

2. THE TERRITORIAL, ECONOMIC AND LOGISTIC CONTEXT OF THE NODE ...... 8

3. THE LOGISTICS NODE AND ITS MAIN NEEDS ...... 18

4. THE ROLE OF THE NODE IN LOCAL NETWORKS ...... 21

5. THE ROLE OF THE NODE IN THE TEN-T NETWORK ...... 24

6. BOTTLENECKS ...... 29

7. THE SELECTED PROJECTS ...... 21

7.1 PROJECT 1: “BluePort: LNG and CNG Supply Chains Upgrading Adriatic/Ionian Ports” ...... 23

7.1.1 THE DESCRIPTION OF THE INTERVENTION ...... 23

7.1.2 INVOLVED SUBJECTS AND STAKEHOLDERS ...... 23

7.1.3 THE MATURITY LEVEL OF THE PROJECT ...... 23

7.1.4 THE TIME FRAME ...... 24

7.1.5 THE INVESTMENT AND THE MANAGEMENT COSTS ...... 24

7.1.6 THE FUNDING SOURCES ...... 24

7.1.7 THE CONSTRAINS ...... 24

7.1.8 THE FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS ...... 24

7.2 PROJECT 2: “Rail4all: Railway axis connection Igoumenitsa-” ...... 25

7.2.1 THE DESCRIPTION OF THE INTERVENTION ...... 25

7.2.2 INVOLVED SUBJECTS AND STAKEHOLDERS ...... 25

7.2.3 THE MATURITY LEVEL OF THE PROJECT ...... 25

7.2.4 THE TIME FRAME ...... 26

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7.2.5 THE INVESTMENT AND THE MANAGEMENT COSTS ...... 26

7.2.6 THE FUNDING SOURCES ...... 26

7.2.7 THE CONSTRAINS ...... 26

7.2.8 THE FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS ...... 26

7.3 PROJECT 3: “PCSnextlevel: New Generation of Port Community System” ...... 27

7.3.1 THE DESCRIPTION OF THE INTERVENTION ...... 27

7.3.2 INVOLVED SUBJECTS AND STAKEHOLDERS ...... 27

7.3.3 THE MATURITY LEVEL OF THE PROJECT ...... 27

7.3.4 THE TIME FRAME ...... 27

7.3.5 THE INVESTMENT AND THE MANAGEMENT COSTS ...... 27

7.3.6 THE FUNDING SOURCES ...... 28

7.3.7 THE CONSTRAINS ...... 28

7.3.8 THE FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS ...... 28

7.4 PROJECT 4: “ADRIETA: Adriatic-Ionian multimodal transport corridor extending to the Black Sea” 29

7.4.1 THE DESCRIPTION OF THE INTERVENTION ...... 29

7.4.2 INVOLVED SUBJECTS AND STAKEHOLDERS ...... 29

7.4.3 THE MATURITY LEVEL OF THE PROJECT ...... 30

7.4.4 THE TIME FRAME ...... 30

7.4.5 THE INVESTMENT AND THE MANAGEMENT COSTS ...... 30

7.4.6 THE FUNDING SOURCES ...... 31

7.4.7 THE CONSTRAINS ...... 31

7.4.8 THE FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS ...... 31 T2.1 – Detailed action plan definition in each node

8. THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE SELECTED PROJECTS TO IMPLEMENT THE TEN-T NETWORK ...... 33

9. THE COHERENCE OF THE SELECTED PROJECTS WITH THE ACTION PLAN OF EUSAIR PILLAR II ...... 36

10. CONCLUSIONS ...... Σφάλμα! Δεν έχει οριστεί σελιδοδείκτης.

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1. SUMMARY

Transport plays an important role in today's economy and society and has a large impact on growth and employment. The transport industry directly employs around 10 million people and accounts for about 5% of gross domestic product (GDP), while logistics, such as transport and storage, account for 10–15% of the cost of a finished product for European companies. Consequently, effective transport systems are fundamental for the European companies' ability to compete in the world economy. Additionally, the quality of transport services has a major impact on people's quality of life as transport depends heavily on oil resources and represents an important source of CO2 emissions. Therefore, the strategy outlined in the Transport 2050 Roadmap to a Single Transport Area aims to introduce profound structural changes to transform the transport sector and make it more sustainable. attractive and competitive.

Based on the above, NEWBRAIN project aims at boosting the economic and social relevance of the Adriatic-Ionian core nodes system, in the framework of the European transport policy and TEN-T network as key gates connecting Central and Western Europe with the South-East Europe and Mediterranean countries. The project addresses various infrastructural gaps and technological, procedural and organisational bottlenecks detected at local level and impacting on the smoothness of the regional transport system, by adopting a joint and transnational approach aimed at stimulating the coordinated development of physical and non-physical infrastructure and to enhance the capacity to launch feasible investments. The transnational cooperation of the 9 logistics and transports nodes project partners, key institutions for the planning of infrastructural investments in transport and logistic sectors of the Adriatic-Ionian macro-region area, unlock the potential for investments through the participation to EU funding schemes for the implementation of efficient, environment-friendly and low carbon transport systems, and to ensure active and long-term cooperation in different financing initiatives.

This deliverable, the Action Plan for the Port of Igoumenitsa, is part of Work Package 2 “Preparation of investments for the strategy implementation” and is developed for supporting port of Igoumenitsa to apply technical studies to main European financial programmes (e.g. CEF, EFSI, Interreg, etc) whose final scope is the concrete implementation of the EU transport network. In this sense, port of Igoumenitsa, as core node of TEN-T networks focuses on measures and methodologies which are in line with the objectives of EU transport policy; high transport quality, low emissions, IT systems, intermodality and competitiveness.

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In the previous activities of NEWBRAIN, Port of Igoumenitsa has already analysed its daily bottlenecks and needs and has underlined four main priority projects with high maturity which are essential for upgrading the quality of port’s services and promoting intermodality. Based on this analysis, the Action Plan follows an up-bottom approach presents firstly the main characteristics of the port and underlines its role in the local and European networks. Then, the Action Plan presents the results of the analysis about the bottlenecks which has been elaborated within previous NEWBRAIN activities. The above information led to the detailed presentation of the recommended future projects, necessary for the future operation of the port as competitive core node while EU financial opportunities are identified which can support the implementation of the projects. Finally, the Action Plan concludes with the contribution of these projects into the TEN-T networks and how the priority projects of the port are in line with the priorities of EUSAIR Strategy.

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2. THE TERRITORIAL, ECONOMIC AND LOGISTIC CONTEXT OF THE NODE On a local and regional level the port is the nodal point of the Igoumenitsa port operating cluster, consisting of the port itself, the shipping lines served by the port, the transport operators and the road hauliers using the port, the port customs and all related stakeholders. The local cluster operates through a developed port community system maintained by the port of Igoumenitsa and its main aim is the smooth cooperation of its users and the efficient operation of the port as intermodal logistic node. On a national level, OLIG is: 1) An active member of the Hellenic Ports Association, which is a strategic cluster consisting of the main 18 Greek port authorities. The aim of the cluster is coordinate the activities of its members in developing port policy frameworks, contribute to port development, creating robust and competitive businesses and promote port services. 2) A node – along with the Ports of , and Egnatia Motorway - of Cluster 7 of the EASTMED-MOS Master Plan, serving the passenger and freight flows from/to West . The EASTMED-MOS study has designated the potential MoS in the East Mediterranean area and hence can be considered as a guide of MoS development within the TEN- network becoming the basis for the elaboration of various MoS links, under CEF, from a number of core node operators. 3) A member of the Greek Cruise Cluster, which includes all main cruise ports of Greece and is active in the promotion of Greek Tourism. On an international level, OLIG is 1) Part of the Adriatic-Ionian cluster studying and developing the MoS link between the ports of Igoumenitsa, and , through the CEF project: ADRI-UP 2) A founding member of the ADRIETA initiative, which is a strategic and operating cluster consisting of node operators, infrastructure providers as well as governmental bodies, with the aim to develop the ADRIETA corridor, a multimodal multimodal transport corridor connecting the Adriatic-Ionian macro-region supply chain with the Black Sea region, through the Balkans supporting the priorities set in EUSAIR strategy and taking into acknowledgement Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network. Consequently, the port of Igoumenitsa is a node of great national, international and European importance. Being part of the core TEN-T networks the port represents an EU key gateway,

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providing convenient, fast, easy and secure access to central and eastern Greece and towards the Balkan and Black Sea regions. The continuous upgrading of infrastructure, operations and services of the port in combination with the completion of Egnatia and Ionian Motorways ensure the smooth flow of goods and passengers contributing thus to the economic development of the wider region. In addition, the envisaged future interconnection of the port with the railway network and the expected completion of the Igoumenitsa Freight Village in the near hinterland area, are expected to constitute the port of Igoumenitsa a primary key node in the European transport system.

Picture 2.1: Location of the Port of Igoumenitsa European Corridors and local networks As mentioned above, the port of Igoumenitsa being a core port of TEN-T network, is a nodal point of Orient-East Med TEN-T corridor along with four additional greek ports, being Piraeus, Patra, and Herakleion.

The ultimate objective of TEN-T is to close gaps, remove bottlenecks and eliminate technical barriers that exist between the transport networks of EU Member States, strengthening the T2.1 – Detailed action plan definition in each node

social, economic and territorial cohesion of the Union and contributing to the creation of a single European transport area.

Picture 2.2: TEN-T core port network

The Orient/East Med Corridor, one of the nine core network corridors, aims to removing bottlenecks, building missing cross-border connections and promoting modal integration and interoperability. The Orient/East-Med Corridor connects large parts of Central Europe with ports of the North, Baltic, Black and Mediterranean Seas. It focuses upon fostering the

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development of these ports as major multimodal logistics platforms and providing economic centers in central Europe with modernised, multimodal connections to Motorways of the Sea.

Picture 2.3: Orient/East Med Corridor

At national level, the port of Igoumenitsa is part of the Greek core sea ports network and in cooperation with the port of Patras and Corfu serve the passenger and freight flows from/to West Greece and form the /West Greece Port Cluster.

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Infrastructure The port land is divided into two areas; the old port and the new port. The old port takes up 26 acres of total space and its quays have a total length of 520m. After the completion of a part of new port, the old port hosts the customs procedures, the parking areas and specific domestic ferry lines.

Picture 2.4: Area of OLIG The works for the development of the new port have been organised in three phases. With the first phase (A) being completed, the following infrastructure has been developed:  Terrestrial area of 210 ha (130 ha of inland port area and 80 ha of parking and other auxiliary areas)

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 12 mooring berths with simultaneous service of up to 7 boats in each location belong to about 20 ha of land  Length of new port platform: 781 m  Passenger terminal (Terminal 1) building with a total area of 6326 square meters  Fire station building 612 square meters  South Gate of port

Picture 2.5: Phase A’ of the construction of new port The second (B) phase is almost completed (nearly 90%) covering:  371.0m long connecting platform with a depth of 10.20m  Buildings (currently in use): Terminal T2 with a total area of 3.041,46 square meter, Entering Gate for Ferry

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 Port, North Gate of Port, building of electromechanical port facilities  Terrestrial Port Zone Works (in use)  Dredging and widening of the navigation entry channel: 170m wide, 2,000m long. and a depth of 10.5 m (in use)  5 extra mooring positions with a total length of 371 m (in use)  197.60 m alongside berthing capable of mooring 300,000 DWT (227 m long) – under construction  Terminal 3 building: 2,324.80 square meters/ will serve the controls required by the Schengen Aggrement- The Terminal Building will be funded by Interreg Greece- with a budget of € 1,070,000 – under construction

Picture 2.6: Phase B’ of the construction of new port

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Finally, the works of the third (C) phase are expected to be completed in the next period. The planned works include:  Pier with a length of approximately 93.0 meters and a beneficial depth of -10.20m  South quays along the southern coastline of Igoumenitsa bay with a total length of approximately 610.0 meters and a depth of -10.20m  Gravity quay of solid artificial boulders, approximately 21.0m long  Configuration of the planned land areas

Picture 2.7: Phase C’ of the construction of new port Activities The Port of Igoumenitsa, due to its geographical position, land morphology and proximity with the north , attracts high domestic and international Ro-Pax and Ro-Ro vessels. The maritime connections served by the port are both domestic and international T2.1 – Detailed action plan definition in each node

interconnecting the ports of , , Ancona and Trieste from the opposite side of the Adriatic and the islands of Corfu, Paxoi, Kefalonia and the port of Patras internally. Additionally, the port of Igoumenitsa has been adopting a cruise development strategy over the past years covering visits to the wider region of , such as Meteora, town of Ioannina, and . The port’s cruise activity has been increasing continuously contributing to the total cruise traffic in the Adriatic-Ionian region. The distribution of the port’s activities along the port zone is illustrated in the map below:

Picture 2.8: Activities of OLIG Currently, about 3 million passengers, 650,000 private cars and 250,000 trucks travel through the port each year. Below, Table 2.1 shows the national and international movements from/to port of Igoumenitsa for the year 2017 and the variation from 2016. Table 2.1: Statistics for OLIG, 2016-2017 2017 PASSENGERS TRUCKS CARS BUSES UNACCOMPANIED CAMPER TRUCKS

NATIONAL 1.759.239 95.801 396.167 13.626 295 83 VARIATION 9.63 8.45 12.55 5.44 - - % FROM T2.1 – Detailed action plan definition in each node

2016 INTERNATI 918.064 174.809 218.143 2.274 3.502 36.317 ONAL VARIATION 11.67 10.17 9.61 23.25 - - % FROM 2016

Moreover, the pie below shows the type of ships which used the facilities of port of Igoumenitsa for the year 2017. The cruise traffic percentage is very small compared to the traffic of other sectors and hence not obvious in the figure. Traffic of the Port of Igoumenitsa

international ro-pax national ro-pax national ro-ro cruise ships

Figure 2.9: Traffic of the OLIG Finally, the Port of Igoumenitsa promotes within the framework of its strategic planning the development of a network of marinas and tourist boat shelter, which is planned for the areas of Igoumenitsa, , and Syvota. The plan envisages the construction of a marina within the port area, in addition to the works and facilities planned for the tourist shelters in Sivota, Plataria and Sagiada which are already operational.

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3. THE LOGISTICS NODE AND ITS MAIN NEEDS The Igoumenitsa Port Authority primarily provides ship docking and passenger and vehicle traffic services. The port focuses on passenger traffic, through ferry connections to domestic and foreign destinations, while goods are transported mainly by truck. As one of the most important transport hubs in western Greece, the port of Igoumenitsa offers routes to Brindisi, Bari, Ancona, Trieste, and , as well as to the Greek destinations of Patras, Corfu, Kefalonia and Paxoi.

Igoumenitsa’s new port was programmed in line with the above basic principles and in combination with the effort of reassuring the country’s connections with the other EU countries, as well as countries outside the EU. OLIG works implemented for the expansion of its infrastructure significantly upgrades the dynamic and service quality mainly of the passenger but also cargo traffic of the port. The creation of the new port of Igoumenitsa is part of a greater Strategic Plan for the Evolution of Transport Infrastructure (2010), outlined by the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

Figure 3.1. New Port of Igoumenitsa

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Concerning the supply chains, Port of Igoumenitsa is a nodal point of MoS links providing services which constitute an excellent alternative to road transport because they are considered as an ecological and more socially acceptable mode of transport. Generally, MoS is a very complicated system in terms of organization as it requires the combination of different transport modes, while several transshipments may occur in ports and inland terminals (ship- road, ship-rail, road-rail). For this reason, MoS systems might be considered as unreliable, more expensive and inflexible compared to road transport. This overview can change by removing existing bottlenecks and missing links and improving the operation of MoS services. Therefore, the services provided to the logistic chain by the port of Igoumenitsa, as core node, should be more competitive than land transport while the main needs of the port of Igoumenitsa for advances logistics services are:

Regularity Frequency Port efficiency

Accessibility to Reliability High quality hinterland

Advanced Integration into administrative and the door-to-door customs logistic chain procedures

Picture 3.2: The main needs for the port of Igoumenitsa as logistic node

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4. THE ROLE OF THE NODE IN LOCAL NETWORKS

The port of Igoumenitsa is characterised as the Western Seagate of Greece from/to the EU countries however it plays a great role to the local networks and the local communities. As mentioned above, the port of Igoumenitsa is a core port of TEN-T network, being a nodal point of Orient-East Med TEN-T corridor along with four additional Greek ports; Ports of Piraeus, Patra, Thessaloniki and Herakleion. Port of Igoumenitsa acting as start point of a supply chain entering the country divides the passenger and freight volumes into the local networks, which consist of road and local maritime networks. Concerning the connection of the port with the hinterland, the port of Igoumenitsa has direct and indirect access to the national road network through its direct connection with Egnatia Motorway. The main road networks connected with the port of Igoumenitsa and they are listed below:  Egnatia Odos (Igoumenitsa – Thessaloniki – Alexandroupoli)  Ionia Odos (Ioannina – Antirio)  E65 Highway (-Lamia)  Local road networks Port of Igoumenitsa has one post entrance connecting the port with Egnatia Highway and one connecting the port with the city of Igoumenitsa. Additionally, the port has a distance of 65 km from/to the Ionian Motorway and a distance of 125km from/to E65 highway. The port of Igoumenitsa has also access to important airports via the mentioned motorways (airport of Ioannina, 75km, and airport of Thessaloniki, 350km). Additionally, the two motorways connect the port of Igoumenitsa with major Greek ports (Port of Thessaloniki- 340km, Port of Patras- 280km and Port of Alexandroupoli- 650km). Below, the picture shows the distance of port of Igoumenitsa from important places via the Egnatia Odos Motorway.

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Picture 4.1: Distance of OLIG from main nodes in the Balkans via the Egnatia Odos Motorway Concerning the maritime connections, Port of Igoumenitsa connects Corfu, Paxoi and Kefalonia islands directly with the mainland transferring passenger and freight volumes. Additionally, port of Igoumenitsa is very strong in cruise sector and it plans to increase this sector towards hosting more tourists and bring them closer to local culture. To this point it should be mentioned that port of Igoumenitsa is part of the Greek Cruise Cluster, which includes all main cruise ports of Greece and is active in the promotion of Greek Tourism. Below, the map illustrates the contribution of the node into the local networks.

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Picture 4.2: Range of direct influence on local networks from the port of Igoumenitsa The above role of port of Igoumenitsa in local networks will be enhanced in the future with the completion of significant intermodal infrastructures such as the construction of the Freight Village in the near hinterland area and the envisaged future interconnection of the port with the railway network via the construction and operation of the rail connection between Igoumenitsa and Thessaloniki.

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5. THE ROLE OF THE NODE IN THE TEN-T NETWORK

The port of Igoumenitsa is one of main sea gates of North and central Greece for the transfer of passengers and freight from/to EU countries providing sea connections to Italian ports. In the future, the port could become important transit center for freight transport between EU and Middle East countries after the completion of the Freight Village in the near hinterland and the interconnection of the port with the national rail network.

The port of Igoumenitsa, belongs to the core TEN-T network being a sea port of Type A located along the Orient/East Med Corridor, as per the maps illustrated below.

Picture 5.1: Core TEN-T Network

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Picture 5.2: Core Sea Port TEN-T Network

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The Port of Igoumenitsa (OLIG) is one of the five Greek ports (along with Piraeus, Thessaloniki, Patras and ) belonging to the Orient/East Med Corridor (OEM corridor). OEM connects large parts of Central Europe with ports of the North, Baltic, Black and Mediterranean Seas. More specifically, it connects the German ports Bremen, Hamburg and Rostock via Czech Republic and Slovakia, with a branch through Austria, further via Hungary to the Romanian port of Constanta, the Bulgarian port of Burgas, with a link to , to Greek ports Thessaloniki and Piraeus, with branches to the ports of Igoumenitsa and Patras and a "Motorway of the Sea" linking and eventually Cyprus. On a section level OEM consists of the following parts: • Rostock - Berlin • Brunsbüttel – Hamburg – Berlin – Dresden • Bremerhaven / Wilhelmshaven – Magdeburg – Leipzig / Falkenberg – Dresden • Dresden – Ústí nad Labem – Mělník/Praha – Kolín • Kolín – Pardubice – Brno / Přerov – Wien/Bratislava – Győr – Budapest – Arad – Timişoara – Craiova – Calafat – Vidin – Sofia • Sofia – Plovdiv – Burgas • Plovdiv – Svilengrad - BG/TR border • Sofia – Thessaloniki – Athina – Piraeus • Athina – Patra / Igoumenitsa • Thessaloniki / Palaiofarsalos – Igoumenitsa • Piraeus – Heraklion – Lemesos – Lefkosia – Larnaka The corridor comprises rail, road, airports, ports, RRT's and the Elbe river inland waterway and focuses upon fostering the development of these ports as major multimodal logistics platforms and providing economic centers in central Europe with modernised, multimodal connections to Motorways of the Sea. Within OEM corridor, the port of Igoumenitsa (OLIG) is considered as a multimodal logistics node. Concerning the connections of the port with its hinterland as they have mentioned in the previous chapter, it has a direct connection with the A2 National Road (Egnatia Motorway) connecting Igoumneitsa to Ioannina and then towards the port of Thessaloniki and the Balkans and with the A4 National Road (Ionia Motorway) connecting Agrinion-Antirio reaching the port of Patras in South Greece. Both National Roads are part of Orient/East Med Corridor and belong to the TEN-T core road network. The planned rail connection of OLIG with the national T2.1 – Detailed action plan definition in each node

railway network (OSE) concerning the link between Igoumenitsa-Ioannina, is included in the future infrastructure projects of the TEN-T network belonging also to the TEN-T core railway network.

Concerning its maritime connections, the port has direct and frequent lines internationally with the core ports of Brindisi, Bari, Ancona and Trieste from the opposite side of the Adriatic and on a domestic level with the port of Patras (core TEN-T port) and the islands of Corfu (comprehensive TEN-T port), Paxoi and Kefalonia.

To this point, it should be mentioned that the connecting maritime line between the ports of Igoumenitsa, Ancona and Trieste has been upgraded to a Motorways of the Sea link through the CEF funded project ADRI-UP: Adriatic Motorway of the Sea Upgraded Services (Ares(2018)2011761 - 2015-EU-TM-0310-M).

Picture 5.3: ADRI-UP: TEN-T MoS link

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6. BOTTLENECKS

Port of Igoumenitsa, as a developing port with great dynamics in passenger and freight sector, faces specific bottlenecks which often hinder its operations. In the past years, there has been an effort in the identification and elimination of bottlenecks, with the support of EU funds and through completed European projects, however the port continues its efforts to comply with the evolving infrastructural and operational requirements resolving a number of parameters along the way. Table 6.1 below, presents the main bottlenecks, related to the objectives of NewBrain, which hampered the optimal performance of the port as a nodal point of intermodal transportation. Table 6.1: Bottlenecks of OLIG Type of Bottleneck Bottleneck

Infrastructure No railway connection in the port Absence of Freight Village in the area of port Absence of alternative fuelling (e.g. LNG) facilities for ships and trucks Traffic Management Traffic congestion at the port entrance at peak times Absence of interference between waiting areas and (dis)embarkation areas leading to extended waiting time ICT and Operation Absence of door-to-door decision support system Absence a bottleneck management system Absence a door-to-door route planner

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The existence of the bottlenecks in the port of Igoumenitsa influences both its daily operation and the entire operation of the intermodality in the corridor, in which port of Igoumenitsa is included. The collaboration of the port with other transport nodes for the identification of bottlenecks and their respective elimination is highly important, in an effort to ensure and provide high standard facilities for seamless flows both for freight and passengers. Based on the above identification of the port of Igoumenitsa’s bottlenecks, Table 5.1 below shows the expected results expected after their elimination.

Table 6.2: Expected results through elimination of OLIG bottlenecks

Type of Bottleneck Result of Bottleneck

Infrastructure The rail connection with the existing network – National Railway (OSE) will upgrade the port services. The port of Igoumenitsa has already conducted the studies and through the ongoing European Project ADRI-UP will construct until the end of 2020 the Igoumenitsa Freight Village in the area of Grika, 17 km from the port. The completion of the freight village will improve the logistic services of the port. The construction of alternative fuelling (e.g. LNG) facilities for ships and trucks is high priority for the port of Igoumenitsa, which has decided the conduction of relevant studies. The provision of alternative fuels will lead to the decrease of harmful gases and the protection of the sea, land and air environment. Traffic Management More efficient traffic management at peak times will reduce the congestion and the waiting times of cars and trucks. Organisation and management of waiting and (dis)embarkation areas leading the reduce of waiting time of trucks and cars. ICT and Operation Public availability of a door-to-door decision

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support system will show prices/times of alternative services and modes for better and more efficient planning. The existence of bottleneck management system will allow the collection and the classification of data for all areas and operations of the port, which face daily problems. Public availability of a door-to-door route planner will improve the route planning and eliminate traffic congestion.

Beyond the above results expected on a micro-level, an overall expected output is the development of a reliable transport network with multimodal connections within the Adriatic-Ionian macro-region. The ADRIETA corridor is a multimodal transport corridor connecting the macro- region supply chain with the Black Sea region, through the Balkans supporting the priorities set in EUSAIR strategy and taking into acknowledgement Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network. The concept and planned development of the corridor will be presented and anaylsed in the next steps of the NewBrain implementation.

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Trieste Venice

Ancona Burgas Barcelona Bari Egnatia Civitavecchia Alexand Motorway Brindisi roupoli Igoumenitsa

Picture 6.1: Concept of the ADRIETA Corridor

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7. THE SELECTED PROJECTS

The projects presented in this Chapter are a result of analysis and evaluation review on the actual needs of OLIG in accordance with its everyday operations, master plan priorities and international and national policy directions. Concerning the latter, great attention was given to the priorities and policies set in the EUSAIR combining the main objectives of the TEN-T. Consequently, the selected projects satisfy one or more of the objectives met in both EUSAIR and TEN-T as following:

Table 7.1: Objectives of EUSAIR and TEN-T: Funding EUSAIR – Pillar II TEN-T / CEF Objective Funding Strengthening maritime Removing bottlenecks and Objective 1 safety and security and bridging missing links, developING a enhancing rail interoperability, competitive regional and, in particular, improving intermodal port system cross-border sections. Funding Developing reliable Ensuring sustainable, safe and Objective 2 transport networks and efficient transport systems in intermodal connections the long run, to prepare for with the hinterland, for expected future transport flows, freight (and passengers) as well as enable decarbonisation of all transport modes through transition to innovative low-carbon and energy-efficient transport technologies Funding Achieving a well- Optimising the integration and Objective 3 interconnected and well- interconnection of transport functioning internal modes and enhancingthe energy market interoperability of transport supporting the three services, while ensuring the energy policy objectives accessibility of transport of the EU – infrastructures. competitiveness, security of supply and sustainability

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Following the analysis, prioritisation needs and evaluation procedure four projects were selected to be supported in NewBrain, meeting the needs of OLIG’s infrastructure and operation as a major intermodal logistics node in the Adriatic-Ionian region:

Project 1 Project 2 BluePort - LNG and CNG Supply Rail4all - Railway axis Chains Upgrading connection Igoumenitsa- Adriatic/Ionian Ports Ioannina

Port of Igoumenitsa 1)Project 4: Project 3 2)ADRIETA - Adriatic-Ionian PCSnextlevel - New multimodal transport corridor Generation of Port extending to the Black Sea Community System

Picture 7.1: The recommended projects for OLIG

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7.1 PROJECT 1: “BluePort: LNG and CNG Supply Chains Upgrading Adriatic/Ionian Ports”

7.1.1 THE DESCRIPTION OF THE INTERVENTION

BluePorts, LNG and CNG Supply Chains Upgrading Core TEN-T Ports in Adriatic/Ionian Area, aims at establishing the supply chains for the distribution of Natural Gas to port users in the forms of LNG for vessels and CNG for port heavy duty vehicles and buses. This MoS wider benefit Action intends to upgrade the services and infrastructure of the port of Igoumenitsa through: 1. Construction of LNG Bunkering to vessels and small-scale mobile LCNG station at the port. 2. The supply of Mobile LCNG Station serving the purposes of refuelling the CNG fuelled port heavy duty vehicles and buses; 3. The supply of small fleet of LNG Tanker Trucks with bunkering equipment in the port.

7.1.2 INVOLVED SUBJECTS AND STAKEHOLDERS

This action is developed by the port of Igoumenitsa for being applied within port’s facilities. However, in case there are similar action from other neighbouring ports, this action could be applied also in a group of Adriatic – Ionian ports in order to achieve similar level of services.

7.1.3 THE MATURITY LEVEL OF THE PROJECT

BluePorts is part of larger investment implemented under CEF Program, Poseidon Med II, which will be finished by the end of 2020. Poseidon Med II aims to contribute to reducing negative impacts of heavy fuel oil powering and to facilitate the implementation of the requirements of a number of EU Directives regarding alternative fuels for a sustainable future in the shipping industry. Poseidon Med II includes all necessary actions for the adoption of the regulatory framework for the LNG bunkering, design and construct of LNG fuelled specific feeder vessel, all necessary design for the port terminals and cooperation actions for promoting synergies among ports and gas providers.

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Port of Igoumenitsa as active members of Poseidon Med II would like to continue the actions about LNG/CNG in its facilities through the BluePorts project and implement all necessary LNG/CNG infrastructures.

7.1.4 THE TIME FRAME

The timeframe for developing Project 1 is estimated to be 3 years starting from 2020-2023.

7.1.5 THE INVESTMENT AND THE MANAGEMENT COSTS

The investment cost is estimated to be 20.000.000€ covering the construction of all elements to develop the LNG/CNG network. Management costs are estimated herewith.

7.1.6 THE FUNDING SOURCES

The BluePorts is expected to be financially supported by the following programme:

1) CEF, introducing a new transport corridor crossing through three existing TEN- corridors

7.1.7 THE CONSTRAINS

BluePorts is an infrastructure project and the implementation of such an initiative enables multiple challenges which should be taken into consideration during the design and execution of the project.  Close cooperation among port and gas providers  Participation of experts ensuring the high quality of the initiative  A significant number of stakeholders, ship owners, and other interested actors should be informed in order to be able to be part of the new maritime transport reality.

7.1.8 THE FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

BluePorts as part concentrates two favourable conditions which ensure the efficient constructon of BluePorts infrastructure:  BluePorts is part of an ongoing CEF Project and has received all necessary information and designs for the further development of BluePorts infrastructure.  BluePorts actions are aligned with EU goals and therefore, the project could be characterised of high priority.

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7.2 PROJECT 2: “Rail4all: Railway axis connection Igoumenitsa-Ioannina”

7.2.1 THE DESCRIPTION OF THE INTERVENTION

Rail4all is part of Priority Project 29 (Railway axis of the Ionian/Adriatic intermodal corridor). Spanning from Igoumenitsa to Ioannina it will lead to the increase of the capacity for intermodal links between sea and rail transport. The route aims to connect the major ports in Greece with each other and with the main rail routes to the rest of Europe. The scope of the studies for the Igoumenitsa-Ioannina railway line include, inter alia, topographical, alignment and hydraulic studies, geotechnical investigations and studies, environmental terms and conceptual studies for engineering structures and the feasibility study.

7.2.2 INVOLVED SUBJECTS AND STAKEHOLDERS

Rail4all refers to one of the main infrastructure projects of Greece which should be implemented for the completion of EU comprehensive rail network. The part Igoumenitsa – Ioannina is part of the broader connection Igoumenitsa – Thessalonik – Alexandroupoli which realises the rail axis of Egnatia Odos. Apart from this, the axis connection Igoumenitsa – Ioannina is also important for locals as it will serve their daily needs for transport. The implementation body of this action is ERGOSE S.A. while the beneficiary is the Hellenic Republic.

7.2.3 THE MATURITY LEVEL OF THE PROJECT This Action is part of Priority Project 29 (Railway axis of the Ionian/Adriatic intermodal corridor)which aims to connect the major ports in Greece with each other and with the main rail routes to the rest of Europe. Spanning from Igoumenitsa to Ioannina it will lead to the increase of the capacity for intermodal links between sea and rail transport.

The scope of Rail4all is to carry out all necessary studies for the construction of a new line started from Igoumenitsa towards Ioannina with the view to be expand further. The activities include, inter alia, topographical, alignment and hydraulic studies, geotechnical investigations and studies, environmental terms update and conceptual studies for engineering structures and update of the feasibility study.

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The maturity of the project is limited to synergies and discussions between the interested actors, stating that this action is of the utmost importance for the region.

7.2.4 THE TIME FRAME The timeframe for developing Project 2 is estimated to be 3 years starting from 2020-2023.

7.2.5 THE INVESTMENT AND THE MANAGEMENT COSTS

The investment cost is estimated to be 15.000.000€ covering the elaboration of the required studies reaching the expected maturity level. The costs covering the management of the funded project are included in the estimated amount.

7.2.6 THE FUNDING SOURCES

The Rail4all is expected to be financially supported by the following programme: 1) CEF, introducing a new transport corridor crossing through three existing TEN- corridors

7.2.7 THE CONSTRAINS The main constraint of this actions is that it is at a very early stage and either pre-feasibility studies or Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) have not be elaborated. However, this action is both of high importance for local community and part of the complimentary rail network of EU and therefore local and national stakeholders will support action’s implementation.

7.2.8 THE FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

The Rail4all is supported by two favourable conditions:  Rail4all is part of Project Priority 29, which is one of the 30 EU priority projects.  Rail4all focuses on the realization of part of the EU complimentary rail network. The above conditions underline that Rail4all is of great importance for EU as its implementation is aligned with EU priorities.

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7.3 PROJECT 3: “PCSnextlevel: New Generation of Port Community System”

7.3.1 THE DESCRIPTION OF THE INTERVENTION The port of Igoumenitsa has developed and introduced a port community system in its operational activities in a need to better support and orientate the planning and monitoring of the maritime connections and services, administrative and custom documentation and supervision and passenger-shipping lines - port cooperation. However, new needs of the port such as door to door planning and bottleneck management requires the update of the current PCS with new features and possibilities, which can also provide a more direct cooperation in the services with the main linking ports.

7.3.2 INVOLVED SUBJECTS AND STAKEHOLDERS The process of upgrading the existing PCS and testing the new PCSnextlevel involves primarily the ports employees and then the operators, the maritime agencies and forwarders. The personnel of the port and the operators are also involved in training activities through several training seminars and simulation days.

7.3.3 THE MATURITY LEVEL OF THE PROJECT

Port of Igoumenitsa has developed a Port Community System based on three past European projects. The developed OLIG PCS operates and provides basic services which should be developed further. Therefore, Port of Igoumenitsa will base on the existing system and within PCSnextlevel project will implement all necessary actions for upgrading the existing system implementing advanced technologies.

7.3.4 THE TIME FRAME

The timeframe for developing Project 3 is estimated to be 3 years starting from 2020-2023.

7.3.5 THE INVESTMENT AND THE MANAGEMENT COSTS

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The investment cost is estimated to be 4.000.000€ covering the development of the module and its pilot application along with the required management expenses of the funded project.

7.3.6 THE FUNDING SOURCES

The PCSnextlevel is expected to be financially supported by the following two programmes: 1) CEF, introducing a new transport corridor crossing through three existing TEN- corridors 2) INTERREG ADRION, falling exactly under the priorities and objectives of the programme

7.3.7 THE CONSTRAINS

There are not significant constraints for the implementation of PCSnextlevel because:  The implementation of this action is fully aligned with the OLIG’s goal and the national and European priorities.  The action refers to the upgrade of an existing system therefore the risks about a new infrastructure are missing. 7.3.8 THE FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

The main favourable condition of PCSnextlevel is that there is already in operation a Port Community System in the Port of Igoumenitsa. That means, that all required synergies and cooperation patterns have been implemented and there is now need for the upgrade of the system including advanced technologies which provide high level of services.

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7.4 PROJECT 4: “ADRIETA: Adriatic-Ionian multimodal transport corridor extending to the Black Sea”

7.4.1 THE DESCRIPTION OF THE INTERVENTION

ADRIETA is an intermodal transport corridor linking the macro-region supply chain with the Black Sea region through the Balkans, supporting the priorities of the EUSAIR strategy and taking into account Regulation (EU) 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network. ADRIETA is expected to contribute to the efficiency of a multimodal transport corridor connecting the Adriatic/Ionian macro-region supply chain with the Black Sea region, increasing port capacity, promotion of MoS. The study of ADRIETA is a strategical project aiming to identify the current relations among the nodes, their needs and priorities and their potential growth for designing a common strategy along the corridor. ADRIETA is expected to serve inter alia the flows of the macro-region interconnecting the port of Varna, Bulgaria with the port of Alexandroupolis and then Motorway with the cluster of the Ionian Sea/West Greece represented by the ports of Igoumenitsa, Patras, Corfu providing connection to the Italian Adriatic cluster of the ports of Bari, Brindesi, Ancona. The Italian ports of the cluster are expected to ensure the interoperability of the corridor with an intermodal connection with the port of Civitavechia, which is presently elaborating a Motorways of the Sea connection with the port of Barcelona. The ADRIETA Corridor is a strategic initiative on a political level. The corridor intends to be promoted and supported as a TEN-T corridor in 2021 satisfying the transport needs of a horizontal optimised intermodal logistic chain along the Mediterranean. The study ADRIETA is supported by an MoU signed by a large number of port operators, infrastructure providers and ministerial bodies which have gathered twice to discuss on its promotion and development. In addition, the corridor is labelled under the EUSAIR strategy as priority project. In this context it is proposed to present ADRIETA as a global project acting as an umbrella to all identified actions under NEWBRAIN.

7.4.2 INVOLVED SUBJECTS AND STAKEHOLDERS

The co-operation should be referred on an operational node level with the governing entities acting as observers to the scheme covering the macro-regional policy level. Proposed synthesis:

Partnership

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 Port Authority of Igoumenitsa  Port Authority of Ancona  Port Authority of Alexandroupolis  Port Authority of Patras  Port Authority of Corfu  Port Authority of Bari  Port Authority of Brindesi  Port Authority of Civitavechia  Egnatia Odos S.A.

Supporting partners

 Hellenic Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy  Hellenic Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks  Italian Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport

7.4.3 THE MATURITY LEVEL OF THE PROJECT

ADRIETA has come as a result of the work carried out by a number of operational bodies (ports and transport operators) in the participating countries of the corridor, Greece/Italy/Bulgaria in an attempt to promote interoperable operations with neighbouring countries and eliminate existing technical/operational and administrative bottlenecks ensuring thus a sustainable mobility pattern in the macro-region and beyond. Towards this direction, the bodies involved in the initiative have proceeded with the signature of a respective Memorandum of Understanding underlying the needs and priorities to study, establish and develop such a Corridor as a project of common macroregional interest, ensuring the bilateral maturity of initiative. In addition, the project has been successfully labelled under the EUSAIR strategy as a priority project of trans-national character under the coordination of the Ministry of Shipping and island Policy, General Secretariat of Ports and Port Policy, ensuring the political/governmental authorisation and approval.

7.4.4 THE TIME FRAME

The timeframe for developing Project 4 is estimated to be 3 years starting from 2020-2023.

7.4.5 THE INVESTMENT AND THE MANAGEMENT COSTS

The investment cost is estimated to be 5.000.000€ covering the study of the multimodal corridor along with the required management expenses of the funded project.

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7.4.6 THE FUNDING SOURCES

The study of ADRIETA is expected to be financially supported by two funding programmes: 1) INTERREG ADRION, falling exactly under the priorities and objectives of the programme 2) CEF, introducing a new transport corridor crossing through three existing TEN- corridors Following the successful study of the corridor, the analysis and prioritisation is expected to lead to the identification of a list of priority infrastructure and operational projects intended to be developed through a list of potential funding sources including: 1) EIB - European Investment Bank 2) ESIF - European Structural and Investment Funds 3) EFSI - The European Fund for Strategic Investment 4) EBRD - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

7.4.7 THE CONSTRAINS

ADRIETA is a strategic multi-national, multimodal project. Its international character and multimodal network are both the advantages and weaknesses of the corridor. There is a great need of synergies and close cooperation on a political/governmental, operational and administrative level to ensure the objective coverage of the components and the respective implementation of activities. The establishment of the MoU focuses in creating this environment of synergy.

7.4.8 THE FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS

ADRIETA has succeeded in setting the conditions for its development through the establishment of the MoU and the labelling under the EUSAIR strategy: a) As mentioned above, an MoU has been established providing the framework of cooperation between the involved stakeholders and the priorities to be met for the operational development of the corridor. The parties affirm their intention to work closely towards the development of an integrated and interoperable supply chain and encourage and facilitate the co-operation between administrations, organisations and other interested

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Parties of the involved countries in the areas of transport operations, logistics and infrastructure for the development of ADRIETA b) ADRIETA was recently labelled as an EUSAIR Priority Project under Pillar II of the strategy, meeting the criteria requirements of ownership, harmonisation and alignment and been labelled as third infrastructural project of the list.

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8. THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE SELECTED PROJECTS TO IMPLEMENT THE TEN-T NETWORK

Firstly, the selected projects refer to the Port of Igoumenitsa which belongs to the core TEN-T network and the upgrade of its services is very important for the quality of the TEN-T networks and the collaboration with the rest core ports and transport networks. Below, the picture shows the contribution of the selected projects to the TEN-T Network.

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Picture 8.1: Contribution of the selected projects into the TEN-T network

Regarding to Rail4all, the map below makes clear in which part the project refers and how it contributes into the completion of TEN-T core rail network.

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Picture 8.2: The recommend railway link for study under Rail4all project

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9. THE COHERENCE OF THE SELECTED PROJECTS WITH THE ACTION PLAN OF EUSAIR PILLAR II

The overall objective of Pillar 2 "Connecting the Region" is to improve connectivity within the Region and with the rest of Europe in terms of transport and energy networks. This requires thorough coordination of infrastructure works and improved operation of transport and energy systems between the countries in the Region. The specific objectives for this pillar are: • To strengthen maritime safety and security and develop a competitive regional intermodal port system • To develop reliable transport networks and intermodal connections with the hinterland, both for freight and passengers • To achieve a well-interconnected and well-functioning internal energy market supporting the three energy policy objectives of the EU – competitiveness, security of supply and sustainability. To achieve these objectives, the pillar will focus on three topics: • Topic 1 - Maritime transport • Topic 2 - Intermodal connections to the hinterland • Topic 3 - Energy networks According to the above, the selected projects for the Port of Igoumenitsa cover all thematic topics of Pillar II of EUSAIR. The table below explains the contribution of the selected projects into EUSAIR priorities.

Table 9.1: Contribution of the selected projects into EUSAIR

Selected Project EUSAIR thematic Contribution topic BluePort: LNG Topic 3 - Energy BluePorts’ main objective is the establishment of the and CNG Supply networks supply chain for the distribution of natural gas to port Chains users in the forms of LNG for vessels and CNG for Upgrading port heavy duty vehicles and buses. The elaboration Adriatic/Ionian of BluePorts will promote energy networks among Ports Adriatic and Ionian ports for upgrading the performance of core TENT-T ports towards maritime transport sustainability and protection of environment. T2.1 – Detailed action plan definition in each node

Rail4all: Railway Topic 2 - Intermodal Rail4all aims to enhance intermodal connection to axis connection connections to the the hinterland and specifically elaborate the required Igoumenitsa- hinterland studies for the railway connection from Igoumenitsa Ioannina to the Ioannina, the first part of the railway connection Igoumenitsa – Alexandroupoli, the Egnatia Railway. The route aims to connect the major ports in Greece with each other and with the main rail routes to the rest of Europe.

PCSnextlevel: Topic 1 - Maritime PCSnextlevel aims to enhance the services of New Generation transport maritime transport through the introduction of an of Port advanced Port Community System which will better Community support and orientate the planning and monitoring of System the maritime connections and services, administrative and custom documentation and supervision and passenger-shipping lines - port cooperation. The existence of high technology systems ensures the efficient operation of maritime transport and make them more attractive for end users.

ADRIETA: • Topic 1 - Maritime ADRIETA is an intermodal transport corridor and is a Adriatic-Ionian transport strategic initiative on a political level. ADRIETA multimodal • Topic 2 - Intermodal supporting the priorities of the EUSAIR strategy and transport corridor connections to the taking into account Regulation (EU) 1315/2013 of extending to the hinterland the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 Black • Topic 3 - Energy December 2013 on Union guidelines for the networks development of the trans-European transport network. ADRIETA is expected to contribute to the efficiency of a multimodal transport corridor connecting the Adriatic/Ionian macro-region supply chain with the Black Sea region, increasing port capacity, promotion of MoS. The corridor intends to be promoted and supported as a TEN-T corridor in 2021 satisfying the transport needs of a horizontal optimised intermodal logistic chain along the Mediterranean.

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