Eurasian Trade, Prosperity, Transport, and the Challenges ahead José Viegas, Secretary-General ASEM Symposium on Eurasia Transport & Logistics Network Seoul, 9-11 Sept. 2015

Intergovernmental Organisation  57 member countries (23 non-OECD)  Politically autonomous, administratively integrated at the OECD  Council of Ministers of Transport, rotating annual presidency  Legal instruments: European Multilateral Quota System (Road Freight)

Global freight volumes and CO2 emissions by corridor (Baseline Scenario) Intra-North America South Pacific route Intra- South America North Atlantic route Intra- Europe Intra-Asia North Pacific route North Pacific route Oceania South Atlantic route Indian Ocean route Intra- Africa Mediterranean and Caspian Sea Freight volume in billion tonne-km CO 2 Emissions in million tonnes +270% +280% +374% +403% +191% +332% +273% +195% +344% +263% +216% +174% +258% +142% +400% +309% +316% +225% +269% +194% +406% +715% +689% +315%

Big problems at border crossings (inc. Ports) 4

Network model  Infrastructure and routes a)Road (highways or main roads) b)Rail (station, network) c)Sea (ports, routes) d)Air (airports, commercial flights) – Differential speeds by mode, infrastructure and continent  Routable O-D network  Links between modes and to centroids  Includes dwelling times between modes  Port capacity Source: ITF International Freight model OpenStreetMap, OpenFlights, Sea Project, UCL Formulation

 Two main routes were tested with two potential transfer links in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan  Assumptions:  Improve the links to solve interoperability (gauge) and border crossing issues  Reduce 50% lost time  Improve average commercial speed of the network to 60 km/h  Travel time: Munich->Shanghai  Reduce from 4 to 2 weeks Eurasian rail corridors 6

7  Ministerial Meeting and Declaration from Ministers  Ministers’ Roundtables  Panel discussions with Ministers, industry, research, civil society  Bilaterals and networking  Exhibition  1100 participants from 66 countries (2015) Annual Summit

Thank you José Viegas T +33 (0) E Postal address 2 rue Andre Pascal Paris Cedex 16