The Committee of Chambers of Commerce of the Railway Axis North-South Rotterdam- Duisburg-Basel

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1 NION EUROPÉENNE DES CHAMBRES DE COMMERCE ET D INDUSTRIE (UECC) POUR LA POLITIQUE DES TRANSPORTS UNIE VAN EUROPESE KAMERS VAN KOOPHANDEL (UECC) VOOR VERVOERSVRAAGSTUKKEN The Committee of Chambers of Commerce of the Railway Axis North-South Rotterdam- Duisburg-Basel Basel-Lötschberg/Sempione-Genoa November 3 rd 2008 European Parliament, Rue Wiertz, Brussels In cooperation with Unioncamere Piemonte, Uniontrasporti and UECC (Union Européenne des Chambres de Commerce du Rhin, Rhone, Danube, Alpes) 1

2 From the North Sea to the Mediterranean In the next 15 years the logistic network will count on fisic infrastructures, railways connections, motorways, inland waterways able to answer to the increasing demand curve of transport In 2020: km of streets and motorways km of railways including km HV/HC km inland waterways including 210 inland ports 294 maritime ports inlcuding Norther Range and Ligurian Ports 366 airport

3 The North-South-Transversal is a railway corridor, that connects the North sea with the Mediterraneum. The catchment area is about 70 milion people, along an historic corridor of European civilistation The European area with the highest value creation High volumes of freight and people traffic The Corridor 24

4 The Corridor 24 Corridor Paris Budapest Corridor Lisbon Kiev Transport infrastructures for competitiveness. Scenarios for Bulgaria

5 From the North Sea to the Mediterranean Main Figures 70 milions inhabitants GDP (Mio ) - 16% GdP UE 27-18% GdP UE 15

6 GDP per inhabitant across Corridor 24 Source: Eurostat, 2005

7 Growth of GdP, Freight and Passengers Europe

8 Growth of Freight in Europe (in Billion tons/km) 72% of Growth from 2000 to European Union Years Billion tons/km European Union Trend % 2000 al % 2000 al % Source: PRIMES Model, European Energy and Transport

9 50% of the freight traffic across the north-south direction (about 700 milions tons), run on this route Current rail network volume in Europe 1) 1) Source: ROMP, scale = 20 million t/mm Electrified Diesel

10 Liguria Main figures in 297 in/km² From the North Sea to the Mediterranean GdP ,50 (mio ) Local Units The Regions GdP (milion ) , , , , , ,50 GdP per capita ( ) , , , , , ,50

11 From the North Sea to the Mediterranean Piemonte Main figures in. 171,7 in/km² GdP ,50 (Mio ) Local Units The Regions GdP (milion ) , , , , , , ,50 GdP per capita ( ) , , , , , , ,60

12 From the North Sea to the Mediterranean Lombardia Main figures in. 404 in/km² GdP (Mio ) Local Units The Regions GdP (milion ) , , , , , ,40 GdP per capita , , , , , ,70

13 From the North Sea to the Mediterranean Main figures - Canton Valais - Canton Bern - Canton Basle The Regions in GdP CHF

14 From the North Sea to the Mediterranean Baden-Wurttemberg Main figures - Freiburg - Offenburg - Karlsrhue - Mannheim in 300 in/km² GdP ,00 (Mio ) /in Local Units The Regions

15 From the North Sea to the Mediterranean Hesse Main figures The Regions - Gross Gerau in 288 in/km² GdP ,00 (Mio ) /in Local Units

16 From the North Sea to the Mediterranean Rhine und Palatinate Main figures - Koblenz The Regions in. 204 in/km² GdP ,00 (Mio ) /in Local Units

17 From the North Sea to the Mediterranean North Rhine Westfalia Main figures - Bonn - Koln - Dussendolf - Duisburg - Emmerich in 529 in/km² GdP ,00 (Mio ) /in Local Units The Regions

18 From the North Sea to the Mediterranean Gelderland Main figures The Regions in. 379 in/km²

19 From the North Sea to the Mediterranean Utrecht Main figures The Regions in in/km²

20 From the North Sea to the Mediterranean South Holland Main figures The Regions in in/km²

21 Corridor TEN 24 Rotterdam Genoa 2000 km rail freight highway From Sea to Sea Rotterdam-Genoa railway freight corridor is a link between northern Italy with port of Rotterdam via Switzerland and Germany. To give an idea the railway corridor is around 1,500 Kilometres long 50% in Germany - and it is one of the most important freight corridor in Europe. A freight transport growth on the Corridor of about 53% between 2005 and 2020 Is expected (all transport modes)

22 Corridor TEN 24 Rotterdam Genoa 2000 km rail freight highway From Sea to Sea Rotterdam Betuwe route in service before 2008 completed until 2012 completed until 2015 completed until 2017 NBS Gotthard base tunnel Lötschberg base tunnel Genoa

23 Tunnels through the Alps Central projects are the tunnels through the Alps a radical improvement in terms of: - Accessibility and Efficiency - 20 Milion tonns through Gotthard and Lötschberg (2003) Major connections: - Rotterdam - Rhur Rhein - Main - Basel - Mailand

24 Tunnels through the Alps ALPTRANSIT LE TUNNEL DE BASE DU LOETSCHBERG, PIECE MAÎTRESSE DE L AXE LOETSCHBERG-SIMPLON 7.6 km 15.3 km 12.9 km 3.2 km Département des transports, de de l équipement et de l environnement - DTEE

25 Département des transports, de de l équipement et de l environnement - DTEE Tunnels through the Alps

26 Tunnels through the Alps Gotthard 2005 Source: Uniontrasporti

27 Tunnels through the Alps Gotthard 2020 Source: Uniontrasporti

28 Tunnels through the Alps - Loetschberg 2005 Source: Uniontrasporti, 2008

29 Tunnels through the Alps - Loetschberg 2020 Source: Uniontrasporti, 2008

30 There are still some major gaps and bottlenecks: The Bottlenecks 1. in the North (Emmerich-Oberhausen) 2. in the middle (Frankfurt-Mannheim, Karlsruhe-Basel, Juradurchbruch) 3. in the South (connection of Lugano to the region of Milan, 3rd Giovi breakthrough). Path conflicts can be found at the nodes and access routes between freight and regional services. Danger of the decline of quality can be expected concerning routes highly exposed to regional transit. The regions along the transversal risk that the quality of their rail links will be eroded

31 Future developments In setting priorities for its strengthening unfortunately significant sections still lack along the transversal. The time frame for further investment is uncertain. With the opening of the two base tunnels in Switzerland, new capabilities are released. Along with the expansion projects in the Netherlands (Betuwe Line), the pressure on the intervening core sections increases.

32 Some remarks National strategies are hardly visible Therefore also strategies for integrating infrastructure and spatial development lack Strategies are rules for future actions and decisions Robust strategies are those, which do not need to be changed if the circumstances become different Because of the limited resources every strategy has to head to the definition of key points, without key decisions for action there is no strategy! If there are no strategies, valuable resources will be wasted The development of settlements and infrastructure could irreversibly run apart Inside and in between the most important Metropolitan Regions, spaces for action regarding mobility and therefore the quality of transport accessibility constantly diminish The competitive power, mainly of the strongest Regions, will in this way become weaker This condition produces negative consequences for all the Regions and for Europe! Therefore initiatives are necessary

33 Some remarks To focus on actions and decisions oriented on solutions in the common interest it may be necessary to initiate a cross-country initiative (NL_D_CH_I) including from industry, science and policy, also at local regional level: the initiaves of the Community of Chambers of Commerce and UECC are a first important step An Interreg project can also be the platform for focusing on the main problems (bottlenecks, Path conflicts, information, involvement of business and local communities, etc.) A "senior" European Leader (coordinator) is required Progress of the work will be in the form of cross-country assessments presented and resulting conclusions for further action taken Regular meetings of top regions, cities and interested parties, at the political level should be promoted.

34 What is going on? Ministries point of view Ministries was aware that national investments couldn t be efficient if there wasn t a cooperation between the country. Ministries put in place agreements to coordinate some aspects of the investements at bilateral level (example Piattaforma Luino Italian-Swiss agreement). Ministries were also aware that the new European legislative framework about railway liberalisation gave a good opportunity to prepare the traffic development of corridor. EU Cooperation and coordination between: Ministries Infrastructure Managers Safety Authorities Regulatory Bodies open market others Focus Actions: One Stop Shop International Path Allocation Agreements on customs Mutual recognition of drivers licence Mutual recognition of rolling stock ETCS implementation on the Corridor monitoring elimination of bottlenecks

35 Transversal Rotterdam-Genoa What is going on? Key facts of INTERREG IVB NWE project idea Submission: summer 2009 Duration: 3 years Lead partner: Verband Region Rhein-Neckar (DE) Budget: Objectives: 3-5 Mio. EUR Spatial and Infrastructural Development Noise Freight Transport Logistics Communication and Acceptance Contact: joerg.saalbach@vrrn.de

36 This document was processed by Uniontrasporti Thanks for cooperation to: Chamber of Commerce of Genoa Chamber of Commerce of Karlsrhue Chambre Valaisanne de Commerce et d'industrie Unioncamere Brussels Office Bibliography istat.itit statistik-portal.de/.de/statistik-portal//