The Marco Polo programme: key for sustainable mobility

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1 The Marco Polo programme: key for sustainable mobility Cristóbal Millán de la Lastra Marco Polo programme coordinator European Commission Directorate-General for Energy & Transport Unit G2

2 MACO POLO - MARKET CONTEXT annual freight transport growth much higher than overall economic growth road +35%, short sea shipping +31%, inland waterway +9%, rail +6% short sea shipping: strong, sustained dynamism inland waterway: considerable unexploited potential rail: halted relative decline since 2001, higher increase in states with early market opening environmental impacts of transport remain high: 1% of GDP, road congestion cost 1% of GDP

3 MARCO POLO POLITICAL CONTEXT 2001: Transport White Paper: intermodality as key concept (shifting the balance, linking the modes) 2003: MARCO POLO programme ( ) to support intermodal services and alternatives to road-only transport until commercial viability 2006: Keep Europe Moving - Mid-term review of 2001 White Paper co-modality: promotion of optimal use and integration of modes (continuity of policy, no U-turn) logistics: using existing capacities more efficiently, cutting costs, reducing environmental impact

4 MARCO POLO I MARCO POLO I ( ) : shifting freight off the road to more environmental friendly transport modes modal shift Budget: 102 million 4 Calls for proposals published 3 different action types: Modal shift actions, Common learning actions and Catalyst actions

5 MARCO POLO I OVERALL RESULTS Call 2003 Call 2004 Call 2005 Call 2006 Available budget (in M ) Committed budget (in M ) Received proposals Concluded contracts Contracts cancelled before ending n.a. Average subvention per contract (in M ) Planned freight to be shifted (in billion tkm) Environmental benefit (in M ) External costs saved per subvention

6 MARCO POLO I GLOBAL OBJECTIVES Total Planned Model Shift (bln. Tonkms) Total Planned Modal shift Modal shift target

7 Unea 083 Vaasa Marco Polo I Call 2003 New modally shifted routes Belfast Cork Moerdijk Köln SSS: Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, Atlantic & East Sea 035 Antwerpen Zeebrugge Le Havre München Traunreut Lambach 008 Graz 042 Trieste 023 Santander Figueira da Foz Barcelona Thessaloniki 088 Valencia Salerno Huelva Cartagena Palermo Cadiz 014 Istanbul Rail: NL/BE to South Eastern Europe

8 Marco Polo I Call 2004 New modally shifted routes Padborg 061 Hamburg SSS: in the same geographical areas Lübeck Birmingham Rotterdam Limay Le Havre München Ribadeo Santander 034 Livorno 049 Setúbal Valencia 026 Verona Koper Bologna Bilbao Figueira da Foz Sevilla Piacenza 023 Rail: more widespread + DE to IT 1 IWW

9 Marco Polo I Eskilstuna Call 2005 Ventspils Göteborg Esbjerg Gdansk Rostock SSS: also Baltic Sea Passau Offenburg Golbey New modally shifted routes Poznan 018 Rotterdam Duisburg 034 Essen Zeebrugge Lyon 015 Marin 053 Genova 027 Aveiro Toulon Le Boulou Barcelona Tanger Vidin 011 Piombino Civitavecchia Istanbul Taranto Koropi Livorno 009 Setúbal Huelva Milano Rail: also FR, Scandinavia & new East-west corridors

10 Marco Polo I Call 2006 New modally shifted routes Poznan Lübeck Hamburg Köln Duisburg 006 Barking Genk Ronet Ludwigshafen Ottmarsheim Gliwice Pardubice Piacenza Lambach 022 Vitoria 015 Marseille Lavéra Zaragoza Tarragona Valencia 005 Novara Tortona Genoa Gardenna Gyor IWW: river Elbe Magdeburg Cervignano 023 Timisoara Arad 037 Pitesti Rail: BE, ES, RO well presented

11 MARCO POLO I TRANSPORT MODES SSS RAIL RAIL/SSS IWT

12 MARCO POLO I ACTION TYPES Modal shift action Common learning action Catalyst action

13 MARCO POLO I SHIFTED TKM PER 1 GRANT Shiften tonkm per subsidy

14 MP I GOOD CHANCES FOR GOOD PROJECTS Received proposals Eligible proposals Concluded contracts

15 MARCO POLO II Continuing Marco Polo I with larger scale and scope Duration: Budget: 450 M more than twofold increase of annual budget Larger possibility to finance infrastructure if linked to the service Larger geographical scope close third countries 5 action types; 2 new innovative ones: Motorways of the Sea Traffic Avoidance Actions

16 MARCO POLO II Key Features objective: shift international increase in road freight off the road (road freight transport estimated growth of 20.5 billion tkm/year in EU-25 in the period 2007 to 2013) risk funding, business-driven all segments of international freight (except air) services only <> no research, studies or (core) infrastructure

17 legal entity: commercial undertakings only (private or public) eligible for participation: EU-27 Member States close third countries eligible for EC-funding: EU-27 Member States EFTA & EEA States after conclusion of specific agreement Candidate and close third countries after Memoranda of Understanding European dimension MARCO POLO II Key Features international routes (EU Member States and close third countries) min. 2 undertakings,1 of them in EU but exceptionally also1 EU MS

18 MARCO POLO II Key Features Eligible costs: only costs incurred after submission date of the application even if the action starts earlier No profit allowed: during the (accumulated) years for funding does not exclude the possibility to show profit sometime in the period Viability: - the project should show profit and continue after MP funding No state aid allowed: maximum combined public grant allowed = maximum subsidy rate of eligible costs of each action type (35% - 50%)

19 MARCO POLO II Key Features No unacceptable distortion of competition: - a detailed justification must be given! Credibility essential: proven by letters of intent/commitment, good business plan, market study etc. presently the main reason for failing the evaluations! Financial capacity: last annual financial statement Technical capacity: track records and experience of all partners, CV s etc.

20 MARCO POLO II Key Features Modal shift actions New or significantly enhanced existing transport services Robust, not necessarily innovative: just shift freight off the road Maximum subsidy of 1 per 500 tkm shifted Minimum grant threshold: or 250 M tkm shifted Subsidy rate up to 35 % Maximum duration 3 years

21 MARCO POLO II Key Features Catalyst actions Overcoming structural market barriers Highly innovative: causing a real breakthrough Subsidy rate up to 35% Minimum grant threshold: 2 M Maximum duration 5 years

22 MARCO POLO II Key Features Common learning actions Improve co-operation and sharing of know-how Mutual training: coping with an increasingly complex transport & logistics market Subsidy rate up to 50% Minimum subsidy threshold Duration up to 2 years

23 MARCO POLO II Key Features Motorways of the Sea frequent, large volume intermodal services based on SSS Subsidy rate up to 35% Maximum subsidy of 1 per 500 tkm shifted Minimum subsidy threshold 2,5 M - at least 1.25 billion tkm to be shifted per contract Duration up to 5 years

24 MARCO POLO II Key Features Motorways of the Sea same general objective of sustainable efficient transport but different approach funding is fully complementary MARCO POLO II Transport services Ancillary infrastructure Modal shift objective Private sector driven Bottom-up (undertakings) Short-term TEN-T Infrastructure Strategic infrastructure Creation of transport network Public sector driven Top-down (Member States) Long-term

25 MARCO POLO II Key Features Traffic avoidance actions - innovative integration of production and transport logistics less empty runs, reduction of volume/weight etc. Subsidy rate up to 35% Actual, measurable and sustainable traffic avoidance of at least 10% of the freight volume Maximum subsidy of 1 per 500 tkm (or 25 vehicle- km) Minimum subsidy threshold 1 M - at least 500 M tkm (25 M vehiclekm) to be avoided per contract Duration up to 5 years

26 MARCO POLO II Key Features Ancillary infrastructure Funding rules Infrastructure required for timely completion of new modally shifted transport service Works are completed within 24 months after start of action Transport service starts within 3 months after the completion of the works Other EU funding, especially TEN-T funding, is excluded Total aid (state aid and EC funding) not more than 50% of eligible costs For all action types except MOD and CLA actions

27 MARCO POLO II Results of Call 2007 Very good chances for good proposals! 2007 Received Proposals Subvention requested Selected proposals Subvention requested by selected projects Budget available M 27 (49%) 58 M 56 M

28 MARCO POLO II Results of Call 2007 Evaluated proposals by mode(s) (2007) 7% 2% 24% sss rail+sss 7% rail Traffic Av. 9% 9% iww sss+mos Logistic 35% Intermodality Proposals selected for funding by mode(s) (2007) n = 55 0% 11% 41% 7% 33% sss rail+sss rail Traffic Av. iww sss+mos Logistic Intermodality n = 27

29 MARCO POLO II Results of Call 2007 Evaluated proposals by type of action (2007) 5% Modal Shift Actions 4% Catalyst Actions 22% 7% 62% Common Learning Actions Motorways of the Seas Traffic Avoidance Proposals selected for funding by type of action n = 55 (2007) 4% Modal Shift Actions 7% 0% Catalyst Actions 7% Common Learning Actions Motorways of the Seas Traffic Avoidance 81% n = 27

30 Marco Polo I Call 2007 Götteborg New modally shifted routes Bremerhaven Birmingham Waghäusel Volvic Santander 054 Passau Castellon 054 Murcia Cartagena 027 Arad Szeged Timisoara Pitesti Civitavecchia Vidin 020 Livorno Barcelona Wels 037 Verona Sète Sassuola Genoa Carrara Bilbao Zebrzydowice 020 Ingolstadt 039 Wüppertal Melnik Genk Frankfurt Mannheim Regensburg Stuttgart Maubeuge Le Havre Gdynia Lübeck Hamburg Hannover Gent 030 Rotterdam022 Hockenheim Poole Scheerness Gdansk 007 Pescara Istanbul Very evenly distributed map: except for the East Mediterranean area which is not covered

31 MARCO POLO II What s next? Next Call for proposals beginning 2008; deadline March/April almost no changes compared to Call st quarter of 2008: transfer of Marco Polo project management to EACI Executive Agency of Competitiveness & Innovation

32 Thank you for your attention! MARCO POLO Help Desk Phone: +32 (02) Fax: +32 (02)