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Intermodal Round Table and Road Map for Bulgaria Uwe Sondermann, Kombiconsult Gmbh Niklas Galonske, Hacon Ing COSMOS Round Table Bulgaria Road Map on Intermodal Transport Sofia, 25/02/2014 in Bulgaria – FINAL, 5/6/2014 Intermodal Round Table and Road Map for Bulgaria Uwe Sondermann, KombiConsult GmbH Niklas Galonske, HaCon Ing. mbH Round table: Sofia, 25 February 2014 Road map: 5 June 2014 (final version) COSMOS Project Objectives ° Fostering the development of (combined) intermodal transport in South-East Europe ° Cooperative Solutions for Managing Optimized Services (COSMOS) ° www.intermodal-cosmos.eu ° Co-financed by the European Commission in the framework of a Marco Polo Common Learning Action page 2 © HaCon Ing. GmbH / KombiConsult GmbH 1 COSMOS Round Table Bulgaria Road Map on Intermodal Transport Sofia, 25/02/2014 in Bulgaria – FINAL, 5/6/2014 COSMOS Project Partners KombiConsult Germany Consultancy Adria Kombi Slovenia Intermodal Operator Bohemiakombi Czech Republic Intermodal Operator Crokombi Croatia Intermodal Operator DB Schenker Austria Austria Logistics Service Provider DB Schenker Bulgaria Bulgaria Railway Undertaking DB Schenker Romania Romania Railway Undertaking Ecologistics (until 08/2013) Bulgaria Terminal Operator GYSEV CARGO / Hungary / Austria Railway Undertaking RAABERBAHN CARGO HaCon Germany Consultancy, IT Lokomotion Germany Railway Undertaking Slovenian Railways Slovenia Railway Undertaking TRANS EXPRESS (since 09/2013) Bulgaria Forwarder, Terminal Operator page 3 COSMOS Project Promoting and disseminating intermodal transport ° Promoting intermodal transport as such, and in particular supporting schemes for modal shift to (intermodal) rail services (administrative, fiscal, technical, financial measures) towards targeted stakeholders (market parties, operational partners and political/public stakeholders) ° Dissemination of project results (“promoting campaign”): − Round tables , − Final seminar, − Knowledge platform ( www.intermodal-cosmos.eu ), − Other measures such as press releases and COSMOS presentations at conferences and seminars page 4 © HaCon Ing. GmbH / KombiConsult GmbH 2 COSMOS Round Table Bulgaria Road Map on Intermodal Transport Sofia, 25/02/2014 in Bulgaria – FINAL, 5/6/2014 Series of Round Tables 2nd Round Table Czech Republic September 2013 3rd Round Table Final Conference Hungary Austria October 2013 June 2014 4th Round Table Romania December 2013 1st Round Table Slovenia April 2013 5th Round Table Bulgaria 6th Round Table 25 February 2014 Croatia March 2014 page 5 Round Table Co-ordinate the findings and innovative ideas of the core partners and CREAM / DIOMIS studies Intermodal Operators Railway Ministry of Under- Transport takings Round Infra- Terminal structure Operators Table Managers Other Stake- Customers holders page 6 © HaCon Ing. GmbH / KombiConsult GmbH 3 COSMOS Round Table Bulgaria Road Map on Intermodal Transport Sofia, 25/02/2014 in Bulgaria – FINAL, 5/6/2014 Round Table Bulgaria Participants (1/2) Type Institution Representatives ( present / excused ) Ministry of Transport, Information Anton Ginev, Peter Kirov, Pepa Mollava, Dimitar Technologies and Communications Savov, Anita Angelova, Galina Vassileva , Georgi (co-organiser) Popov, Simeon Evtimov, Martin Georgiev Authorities Vesselin Vassilev, Margaritka Frantsuzova, Ivan Railway Administration Executive Agency Trenchev API Road Infrastructure Agency Iliana Zaharieva, Asia Chipeva, Zveti Timeva National Railway infrastructure Company Hristo Alexiev, Stilian Krotnev, Veneta Peeva, Infrastructure (NRIC) Penka Dilova DB Schenker Rail Bulgaria Lyubomir Garchev, Dirk Zender Georgi Drumev, Meglena Ralcheva, Lyubomir BDZ Cargo EOOD Rail Freight Ivanov, Daniela Sarkisyan Operators Bulgarian Railway Company Nedyalka Raykova, Plamena Valova Bulmarket Stanko Stankov, Stanimir Syarov Adria kombi d.o.o. Janez Merlak Intermodal Inter Ferry Boats N.V. Renzo Capanni, Konstantinos Papadopoulos Operators Schenker RLF Robert Berkovics Metalimpex (Stara Zagora) Alexander Bojilov Port of Burgas Nikolay Tishev Terminal Port of Vidin North > Bulgarian River Shipping JSC Operators Port of Varna EAD Bozhidar Chaparov Rousse Zapad > Bulgarian Maritime Administration page 7 Round Table Bulgaria Participants (2/2) Type Institution Representatives ( present / excused ) Bulgarian River Shipping JSC Svilen Popov Despred Lydmil Taskov Discordia Hristo Hristov Donau Transit BorilIvanov Maersk Bulgaria Ltd Nikolay Vassilev NTS Transport Krasimira Martinova, Stoyan Vulev Forwarders / Rail Cargo Operator Pencho Popov Shipping Lines Schenker EOOD Frank Markovits, Alexander Naidenov Somat Dimitar Nikolov, Siyka Dimitrova Transbalkani Georgi Minchev Trans Express Ivan Petrov, Pavlina Dimitrova, Alexandar Ivanov Transmodal Lyubomir Syarov World Transport Overseas Ltd Svetlin Peshev European Commission, DG MOVE Gerhard Troche Association of Bulgarian Railway Carriers Simeon Ananiev Other Green Transport Cluster Elena Ananieva, Orlin Kolev Bulgarian Maritime Administration Anna Mihneva-Natova, Anton Pashov External Consultant Krassimir Anguelov COSMOS KombiConsult Uwe Sondermann, Kai Petri Coordination HaCon Niklas Galonske page 8 © HaCon Ing. GmbH / KombiConsult GmbH 4 COSMOS Round Table Bulgaria Road Map on Intermodal Transport Sofia, 25/02/2014 in Bulgaria – FINAL, 5/6/2014 Round Table Bulgaria Methodology ° Discuss recent achievements, status quo and future prospects of intermodal transport in Bulgaria ° Achieve a consent about the growth perspective and coordinate regulative, financial and operational measures that will be necessary to foster the increase of intermodal rail services ° Identify relevant actors and time horizons for the realization of the intermodal strategy ° Summarize a “road map on intermodal transport” in Bulgaria page 9 Road Map Objectives ° Assessment of development of combined transport in countries selected by 2015/2020 ° Evaluation of threats to and requirements for CT growth ° Elaboration of strategic development plan on CT ° Assessment of impact on rail infrastructure and CT terminal capacities in countries selected and central Europe page 10 © HaCon Ing. GmbH / KombiConsult GmbH 5 COSMOS Round Table Bulgaria Road Map on Intermodal Transport Sofia, 25/02/2014 in Bulgaria – FINAL, 5/6/2014 Round Table Bulgaria Agenda 10:00 Welcome (Ministry of Transport, Trans Express) 10:20 Introduction COSMOS project & round tables 10:30 Status-quo of the intermodal sector in Bulgaria 10:50 Status-quo of railway infrastructure and border crossings (NRIC) 11:10 Discussion Coffee break 11:45 Discussion by topic - Ports and terminals - Current services – port hinterland/continental/transit - Access to intermodal equipment - Incentive schemes Lunch break 14:00 The Bulgarian Transport Strategy (Ministry of Transport) 14:30 EU instruments supporting intermodal transport (European Commission, DG MOVE) 14:45 Continued discussions and actions 15:30 Conclusions page 11 page 12 © HaCon Ing. GmbH / KombiConsult GmbH 6 COSMOS Round Table Bulgaria Road Map on Intermodal Transport Sofia, 25/02/2014 in Bulgaria – FINAL, 5/6/2014 Analysis of current CT market Geographical location of Bulgaria Poland RO Bucharest Belgrade Ruse BA RS Varna Sarajevo Burgas BG Sofia ME Podgorica Plovdiv Istanbul Skorpje MK AL Thessaloniki Tirana TR GR Favourable location on the cross-roads between the Asian part of Turkey and central Europe as well as Aegean and Black Sea page 13 Source: HaCon analysis Analysis of current CT market General country information ° Area: 111,994 km 2 ° Population: ~7,365 million ° Density of population: ~66 / km 2 (below EU average) ° Most city population: (1) Sofia 1,241,396 (2) Plovdiv 339,077 (3) Varna 334,688 (4) Burgas200,612 ° Geographical features: − Connection to the Black Sea − Plains, plateaus, hills, mountains, basins, gorges and deep river valleys − Rilo-Rhodope mountain massif with the highest mountain “Mount Musala” (2,925m) − Unusually variable and complex climate (contrasting continental / mediterranean climate zones) page 14 Source: Wikipedia Encyclopedia, HaCon analysis © HaCon Ing. GmbH / KombiConsult GmbH 7 COSMOS Round Table Bulgaria Road Map on Intermodal Transport Sofia, 25/02/2014 in Bulgaria – FINAL, 5/6/2014 Analysis of current CT market Economic indicators ° GDP Evolution (2007-2012) Forecast 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Billion Euro 30.7 35.4 34.9 36.1 38.5 39.7 41 42 Growth in % 6.4 6.2 -5.5 0.4 1.8 0.8 0.5 1.5 ° Gross Domestic Product 2012 77.6 billion Lev (39.7 billion Euro) ° Main sectors of economy: − Energy − Mining, metallurgy, machine building − Agriculture and food industry − Tourism Increasing total GDP, including a small recovery after the financial crisis but still the lowest GDP per capita in Europe, thus allowing only marginal imports of consumer goods and resources for infrastructure investments. page 15 Source: Eurostat, Wikipedia Encyclopedia, HaCon analysis Analysis of current CT market Development of economic & social indicators, 2004-2012 300 250 200 GPD 150 Import Export Population 100 50 Strong increase of international trade, in particular export of goods, where the logistics chains/transport should be in the hands of Bulgarian shippers and transport companies. 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 page 16 Source: Eurostat, KombiConsult analysis © HaCon Ing. GmbH / KombiConsult GmbH 8 COSMOS Round Table Bulgaria Road Map on Intermodal Transport Sofia, 25/02/2014 in Bulgaria – FINAL, 5/6/2014 Analysis of current CT market Roles in the physical transport (supply- and value-) chain Road-only transport Forwarder Shipper LSP Consignee Road operator CT CT Operator Operator Rail/Road
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