1. 1 THE MARITIME TRAFFIC IN THE ADRIATIC SEA: PAST DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE PROSPECTS Paolo Pettenati and Ida Simonella POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF MARCHE AND ISTAO ITALY Ancona, 22 May 2010 OBSERVATORY ON SEA TRAFFIC

2. 2 MAIN DRIVERS OF MARITIME TRAFFIC GROWTH A) GOODS and B) PASSENGERS THE ADRIATIC BASIN AS AREA OF INTEGRATION BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH-EAST EUROPE

3. 3 A) GOODS Starting in the nineties: - Balkan wars and border fragmentation in the former Yugoslavia Republic - Increased international trade between Greece and other European Countries -Technological innovation: super fast ships - Development of the hub-and-spokes system in the organization model of container traffic MAIN DRIVERS OF MARITIME TRAFFIC GROWTH

4. 4 B) PASSENGERS - Tourism development in Greece and Croatia - Explosion of the cruise traffic -- Emigrants from Albania and other countries MAIN DRIVERS OF MARITIME TRAFFIC GROWTH

5. 5 THE FERRY TRAFFIC IN THE ADRIATIC-IONIAN BASIN Mediterranean Seaways

6. 6 - The RO-RO market exploded in the last decade of the twentieth century - Growth continued in the period 2001-2008 at a lower rate(+21%) - Today more than 6 million passengers travel on international routes in the Adriatic and Jonian Seas - Approximately 900,000 TIR & TRAILERS FERRY TRAFFIC IN THE ADRIATIC-IONIAN BASIN

7. 7 TIR & TRAILERS ON THE ANCONA-PATRAS AND ANCONA-IGOUMENITSA ROUTES BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN The Adriatic Ports and in particular the Port of Ancona are mainly at the service of International Trade between Greece and other European Countries

8. 8 + 230% ADRIATIC PORTS: THE CRUISE TRAFFIC ( 2001- 2008) NUMBER OF PASSENGERS (embarking, disembarking, in transit) Source, Istao OMT, 2009

9. 9 + 106% ADRIATIC PORTS: THE CONTAINER TRAFFIC (2001- 2008 ) Fonte, Istao OMT,

10. 10 EXCESSIVE FRAGMENTATION AND VERY HIGH COMPETITION The seven main ports of the Adriatic sea run a traffic equivalent to that of the port of Genoa alone. The Mediterranean sea in general is characterized by a strong fragmentation of port-capacity supply... From …. From FRAGMENTATION …. …… to …… to COMPETITION

11. 11 PORT COMPETITION BETWEEN EXISTING NETWORKS... NETWORKS OF EUROPEAN PORTS

12. 12 PORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES CASA BLANCA TANGER MED ORAN BEJAIA PORT SAID ENFIDHA ALEXAN DRIA TUNIS- RADES … AND PORT NETWORKS OF THE FUTURE

13. 13 CASABLANCA Investment € 5 billion; Port capacity 100 m / ton / year TANGER MED Investment € 164 million; Port capacity 14.9 m / ton / year ORAN Investment € 496 million; Port capacity 4.9 m / ton / year BEJAIA Investment € 16 million; Port capacity 15.6 m / ton / year PORT SAID Investment € 395 million; Port capacity 20.2 m / ton / year ENFIDHA Investment € 1.4 billion; Port capacity 78.9 m / ton / year ALEXANDRIA Investment € 860 million; Port capacity 25.1 m / ton / year TUNIS-RADES Investment € 198 million; Port capacity 6.6 m / ton / year

14. 14 FROM DEVELOPMENT TO A LOGIC OF INTEGRATION... … The North Adriatic Ports (Trieste, Ravenna, Venice and Koper) have made an alliance to gain a central role in the TransEuropean Transport and Infrastructure Policies (TEN-T) of the EU PP23 - Railway axis from Gdansk to Graz PP23 - Extension Program EXTENTION PROJECT OF THE ADRIATIC-BALTIC CORRIDOR

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