Abstract
AbstractThis article presents a wider perspective on possibilities of Motorways of the Sea development in the Adriatic Sea, with a special emphasis on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. A complete overview of Motorways of the Sea development has been presented, and key elements influencing the development of Motorways of the Sea were analysed. It has been ascertained that there exist a lot of bottlenecks in the connection to the transport infrastructure in South East Europe. Superannuated port infrastructure, unsuitable inland connections, and nonexistent IT tools for electronic data exchange between all participators in the logistics chain hinder dynamic development of Motorways of the Sea. All these elements were thoroughly analysed, and a proposal for a macro transport strategy suitable for South East Europe has been exposed. It has been accentuated that there is a future for Motorways of the Sea introduction but all described bottlenecks have to be further analysed and removed in a short period of time, to stimulate private sector for financial investments.
Highlights
Intermodality and the use of sea transport route is an important topic of European transport policy
Establishing intermodality and developing Motorways of the Sea to obtain sustainable passenger and cargo mobility are essential goals for the European Commission. Such a policy is not new, as it was developed in early nineties of last century, when a green paper on the impact of transport on the environment was released by the European Commission
According to Paixao [1], Bagchus and Kuipers [2] presented the concept “autostrade del mare” for the cargo shift from the road to the sea in the Portugal and Netherlands Corridor. This Motorways of the Sea (MoS) concept started a dynamic development in Europe, as Grimaldi introduced the service between Genoa and Palermo, and the International Association of Turkish hauliers introduced a RO-RO service between Turkey and Italy
Summary
Intermodality and the use of sea transport route is an important topic of European transport policy. The MoS corridor Venice-Koper-Ploce should be mainly established to connect the northern and central part of Italy to the Balkans, especially markets of Croatia and Serbia With this RO-RO service around 800 000 to 1.3 million tons of goods might be shifted from roads to the sea. Superstructure, and current data exchange procedures in South East Europe it is necessary to develop a long-term transport policy for this European region. The concentration on cargo flow is recommended to ensure viability, and the promotion of ports from Maritime transport servers to intermodal nodal points that provide fast and low cost services, and optimum connections to land high level infrastructure are prerequisites for the success. The MoS development mainly has to focus on infrastructure modernization to stimulate intermodality and, at the same time, the key elements and goals of modern, lean and green logistics should be considered
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