Rue de Trèves, 49 - Box 7 September 2010 B-1040 Brussels Belgium Tel: 0032.22.30.59.50 Fax: 0032.22.30.70.35 www.ferrmed.com SUMMARY FERRMED proposal about the Consultation on the future Trans-European Transport Network Policy 1 (see the full content of this proposal in FERRMED web site) FERRMED Locomotive and Wagon At that moment, one of our main targets is to give our opinion on the European Comis- concept Studies finished: sion Consultaion on the future Trans-European Transport Network Policy. In that sense, Presentation at INNOTRANS 2010 2 FERRMED has officially participated in TEN-T Days 2010 regarding Trans-European Net- works of Transport in Zaragoza on June 8th and 9th 2010, where we made the presen- FERRMED Participed to the tation of FERRMED PROPOSAL. TEN-T Days 2010 Trans-European Transport Networks– Zaragoza 2010 2 Generally speaking, FERRMED agrees in the content of the Document prepared by the European Commission regarding the Dual layer concept: Comprehensive Network and Core Network. 3rd FERRMED Conference 3 A key issue is that the Core Network enhances “European added value” of the TEN-T Cooperation Agrement ASCAME- and includes axes of vital importance for freight transport flows within the internal mar- FERRMED 5 ket and between the EU, its neighbours and other part of the world. The definition of Core Network and the gradual development of the corridors included FERRMED in INNOTRANS 2010 6 have to be made according to economic, social and environmental criteria. Main characteristics of FERRMED According to FERRMED Standards criteria, the shape of this Core Network has to be freight Locomotive and Wagon reticular and polycentric including corridors of great socio-economic and intermodal im- Concepts 7 pact with two “parallel” rail lines, one for high speed trains and another for conventional trains (able for freight trains with the same priority rate than passengers). FERRMED Activities from February to August 2010 8 Clear assessment methods in order to define the Core Network like: Cost-Benefit Analy- sis (CBA), Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA), Spatial Computed General Equilibrium Models Calendar of scheduled (SGCE) and System Dynamics Modelling (SDM) have to be taken into consideration. events for the coming months 13 We would like, as well, a powerful Core Network with operational and governance global coordination at European level, based on coordination structures defined at Macro- Working plan for the coming Months 14 Regions and Main Corridors level. This function has to include: traffic and Core Network needs identification, capacity management (demand and supply balance), monitoring, slots assignation, standardization, tracking system (through ITS), maintenance coordi- Interview to Mr. Thomas Siefer 15 nation, policies for incentivizing the efficient use of infrastructure, technology and inno- vation, etc… FERRMED Members But a key issue for this EU Railway Core Network is the interoperability of the network. presentation. 16 This interoperability must be achieved improving, at the same time, the capacity of the network as is stated in FERRMED Standards, which we would like to be implemented gradually in the aforemen- tioned EU Railway Core Network. All these topics have been included in the FERRMED PRO POSAL to the Consultation, that we delivered officially to the EC DG MOVE on September 13th, 2010. Then, our main targets nowadays are: a) To assure that FERRMED Great Axis Rail Core Network will be included in the future Trans-European Rail Freight Core Network (Particularly the following lines which are still nowadays not considered “priority projects ”: Bremen- Müntser-Duisburg; Koblenz-Luxembourg/Apach; Cal ais/Dunkerque-Lille-Metz-Dijon; Le Havre-Amiens-Reims- Dijon; Tarragona-Castelló-València-Alacant- Murcia/Cartagena-Almería-Motril-Málaga-Algeciras and Lorca-Granada-Antequera) (see attached map). b) Obtaining the EC agreement for the gradual implement tation of FERRMED Standards in the future Trans- Euro pean Rail Freight Core Network. In fact, as demonstrated by FERRMED Global Study al ready made, the application of FERRMED Standards is the only way to reverse the decreasing share of Railway in EU land transportation and to make Rail freight more LINKING HARBOURS AND PROMOTING SUSTAINAB LE RAIL FREIGHT NETWORK! Page 2 We are, as well, on the way of making diffusion everywhere of the three Studies already made: • Supply/Demand, Technical and Socio-Economic Global Study of FERRMED Great Axis Rail Network and its Area of Influence (FERRMED Standards implementation) • FERRMED Freight Locomotive Concept • FERRMED Freight Wagon Concept In that sense, one important event in which we participate is INNOTRANS 2010, that is held in Berlin from 21st to 24th of this month of September. We will very pleased to meet you in our stand number 118, Hall 6.2 and in the FERRMED Conference which will take place on September 21st from 16h30 to 17h30 in the Speaker’s Corner (Hall 14.2 Entrance East) according to the INNOTRANS pro- gramme. By the way, we are fully open to make similar presentations everywhere, according to FERRMED members request. Mr. Siim Kallas, Vice-president of the European Commission in charge for transport, will visit our stand on the morning of the 21st, after the official opening ceremony of INNOTRANS 2010. The chief of its Cabinet Mr. Keir Fitch will preside the opening session of FERRMED Conference. Besides these issues, in this month of September, we will have in parallel several important contacts and meetings with EC DG MOVE, Spanish and German governments and other European key institutions. The Spanish government on this month of September will present “The Strategic Plan for fostering the rail freight transporta- tion”, in which we hope will be included the FERRMED Proposals, particularly the Iberian Mediterranean Corridor full develop- ment as a part of FERRMED Great Axis Rail Network. On the other hand, jointly with ASCAME (Association of Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce and Industry) and Euro- Mediterranean Business Association, we are preparing a concise explanatory Dossier of the “Euro-Mediterranean Orbital Rail Network and Multimodal Links”, that will be presented to the Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean in order to see the possible commitment of this organism for the developing of this Project. If you are interested in more information regarding all the aforementioned topics, please do not hesitate to contact us. I remind you that on December we will hold our General Assembly in Marseille and that one or two previous Steering Committee meetings will be carried on, one of them in Cartagena. Joan Amorós Secretary General FERRMED has participated to the TEN-T Days 2010 Trans- European Transport Networks in Zaragoza the 8-9 of June 2010 with the corresponding contribution to the “Stakeholders Consultation”. Mr. Joan Amorós Secretary General of FERRMED has held two official interventions one in the Session “The effective integration of the Iberian railway network in the European Transport System” and another in Session “Stakeholders Consultation” (see in FERRMED web site the content of FERRMED Contributions) Mr. Carlo Secchi, European TEN-T Coordinator;Mr. José Blanco López, Minister of Public Works and Transport of Spain;Mr. Dominique Bussereau, Secretary of State for Transport of France; Mr. Antonio Augusto da Ascen- çao Mendonça, Minister of Transport of Portugal Mr. Jean-Eric Paquet, acting Director Dg Mobility and Transport, European Commission, and the Chairmen of all six TEN-T expert groups: Mr. Jonat- han Scheele, Mr. Hugh Rees, Mr. Luc Werring, Mr. Paolo Costa, Mr. Carlo Secchi, Mr. Georg Jarzembowski Page 3 EU ROLLING STOCK NEW CONCEPT FOR FREIGHT 3rd FERRMED CONFERENCE , May 27 th ,2010 International Logistics and Material Handling Exhibition SIL 2010 Barcelona “The European Commission takes into account FERRMED criterion basically oriented to the development of a profitable railway from the economic, social and environmental point of view”, as stated Jean Eric Paquet, Director- ate General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission, during his participation at 3 rd FERRMED Conference, named “EU Rolling Stock New Concept for Freight”, which took place during May 27 th at SIL (Barcelona). Jordi Prat , Representative in Barcelona of the Ministry of Fomento (Public Works), who attended on behalf of Pascual Villate (General Director of Planning for the Ministry), highlighted the importance of the Mediterranean Corridor for the Ministry of Public Works and fo- cused its “inclusion in the trans-European networks”. Meanwhile Manel Nadal , Secretary of Mobility of the Departament de Política Territorial i Obres Públiques de la Generalitat de Catalunya, explained that FERRMED has designed technical standards in order to create one recogniz- able European railway network and defined the need of a project which is in the European map, that is “The FERRMED Corridor”. “We should achieve its presence as a prioritary project in the Trans-European networks of transport” Not all the corridors are valid nowadays; we must decide which are the most profitable and “the Mediterranean Corridor is unde- featable in this sense for Catalunya, Spain and Europe”- Said Nadal. Spain should decide the priorities and FERRMED has to “incorporate the Standards in a progressive way”, starting from the most urgent issues such as “the width of the tracks” and “the Mediterranean Corridor development, which will bring values to the economy”. From the left to the right: Federico