Promotion of SSS in Europe Roberto Martinoli, Chairman & CEO GNV ESN Chair and Chair of SSS committee of CONFITARMA 1
Shortsea Promotion Centres: 1. Belgium 2. Bulgaria 3. Croatia 4. Cyprus 5. Denmark 6. Estonia 7. Finlandia 22 SPCs 8. France 9. Germany 10. Greece 11. Ireland 12. Italy 13. Lithuania 14. Malta 15. Norway 16. Poland 17. Portugal 18. Romania 19. Spain 20. Sweden 21. UK 22. Turkey Acting as national multimodal cluster s organisations Clustering operators and transport users Shipowners, Shippers, Road haulers, Forwarders, ports,.. Promoting MoS and its better integration in intermodal transport chains SPC Italy is chairing the ESN from 1 July 2014 till 31 December 2015 2
Shortsea Promotion Centres: OBJECTIVES WHO WE ARE WHAT DO WE DO Promote MoS and Intermodality Decongestion of roads Ensure sustainable mobility and flows of traffics promote intra EU maritime transport Reduce bottlenecks and simplify formalities Favour solutions for sustainable transport Since 1999, SPCs are part of the operational measures identified by the Commission to promote the image of SSS COM 1999(317) Non profit organisations supporting cluster activities 100% public, mixed or 100% industries s run structures in straight connection with National Focal Points (FOP) ESN Annual Report 2014 http://www.shortsea.info/ Dissiminate information on SSS, legal, economic and technical Cooperate with Escola Europea de SSS, Centre Atlantique de Shortsea européen, communication campaigns, ECSA, ESPO, FEPORT Make concrete proposals to national, EU authorities Report on activities during the annual Joint meeting with EC and National Focal Points 3
European Shortsea Network (ESN): Mission Strengthening the activities of promotion of national SPCs to ensure that SSS is perceived as a viable alternative to road Stimulating the exchange of initiatives between SPCs (best practice) Identifying common problems, needs and bottlenecks arising from the contacts with the users (bottom up approach) and search for solutions Vision Shifting the increased road traffic to sea transport, ensuring SSS will be the real alternative to road freight transport 2011 White paper objectives: 30% of road freight over 300km should shift to other modes such as rail or waterborne transport by 2030, and more than 50% by 2050, facilitating by efficient and Green corridors. 4
European Shortsea Network (ESN): ESN still confronted with factors hampering the development of SSS/MOS Image of MOS (more marketing and interactive communication needed between governing institutions and potential beneficiaries; MoS application process still complicated ) complex administrative procedures lack of efficiency at ports inconsistency in the application of rules and procedures among EU Members States lack of integration with the intermodal logistics chain Difficult to promote with such bottlenecks still around 5
European Shortsea Network (ESN): where do we stand in 2015 Multimodal transport of goods e-freight: The concepts of single window and one-stop administrative shop aiming at creating and deploying a single transport document in electronic form (electronic waybill) and creating the appropriate framework for the deployment of tracking and tracing technologies is far from being a reality in all EU ports! This should be accompanied by a uniform liability regime for intermodal transport in the Eu. Maintaining the efficient operation and guidance of SPCs driven by multimodal business interests, SPCs are delivering, however some still suffer of lack of financing. Ensuring a vital role of SSS Focal Points Cooperation with FOPs is effective as most SPCs are 100% /50% public structures, however more enhanced interaction is needed. Statistical information EU statistics on SSS trade are not sufficiently detailed SPCs are a valuable source of data => Ready to contribute. 6
European Shortsea Network (ESN): Better regulation for better promotion ESN welcomed the positive and forward-looking Athens Declaration (May 2014) and asked for concrete implementation: In may 2015, Joint letter co-signed by ECSA, ESPO, FEPORT, INTERFERRY, World Shipping Council, ESN to the EC and Member States to remind their commitments and to highlight 4 areas that should continue to form the basis of EU SSS/MoS in the future: 1. improved environmental performance without losing competitive edge 2. completion of the single market for shipping and ports 3. promotion of maritime careers, training 4. improvement of the sector s image through the Shortsea Promotion Centres/Focal Points at national level 7
Short Sea Shipping (SSS) EU-28 SSS of goods by type of cargo for each sea region of partner ports in 2013 % based on gross weight of goods Mil ton Share of Short Sea Shipping (SSS) of goods in total sea transport in 2013 2 3 1 8
Short Sea Shipping (SSS) In 2013, SSS in the EU-28 was above 1.7 billion tonnes of freight. Short sea volumes in the main ports of the United Kingdom (UK) came close to 307 million tonnes of cargo in 2013, accounting for 14 % of the total tonnages of short sea shipping in the EU-28 countries. The UK is followed by Italy and the Netherlands, with shares of 12.4 % and 12 % of the EU short sea shipping total, respectively. SSS made up 58 % of total EU-28 maritime transport of goods, about the same as in 2012. However, the share of SSS in total maritime transport varies considerably between the reporting countries. The predominance of SSS of goods over deep sea shipping was particularly pronounced in Bulgaria, Denmark, Ireland, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Finland and Sweden (above 80 %), as well as in the EEA country Norway. Eurostat sources: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/maritime_transport_statistics_- _short_sea_shipping_of_goods 9
SSS_Gross weight of goods transported to/from main ports 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 European Union (28 countries) : 2.909.306 2.998.015 3.085.094 3.115.294 2.738.814 2.884.691 3.005.817 3.001.033 3.013.865 Belgium 185.352 203.881 215.966 232.768 240.681 201.658 226.333 230.941 222.436 226.624 Bulgaria 23.129 24.841 27.511 24.899 26.570 21.893 22.946 25.130 25.877 28.841 Denmark 80.531 82.079 87.903 89.377 89.059 75.735 73.648 77.048 73.062 74.500 Germany 263.222 276.896 294.408 306.856 312.776 256.966 267.174 287.535 290.360 294.498 Estonia 44.806 45.040 47.184 41.458 32.813 34.410 43.599 45.624 40.342 39.298 Ireland 42.552 45.854 47.696 48.374 45.960 39.956 43.154 43.160 44.508 44.750 Greece 107.809 104.689 108.004 109.057 100.888 93.517 91.222 95.165 114.327 119.758 Spain 337.945 363.536 377.946 391.092 384.511 334.722 345.689 372.333 392.670 376.148 France 317.072 324.722 334.991 333.768 338.449 301.724 304.432 309.939 291.914 296.920 Croatia : 19.816 18.588 23.739 24.351 19.102 19.033 16.485 14.839 14.591 Italy 413.487 424.345 435.390 443.250 444.138 392.472 403.995 402.058 388.491 371.418 Cyprus 6.837 7.287 7.635 7.473 7.934 6.770 6.954 6.564 6.237 7.172 Latvia 53.679 58.396 55.700 59.492 59.956 58.569 57.060 65.394 70.990 65.513 Lithuania 25.842 26.146 27.235 29.253 36.379 34.344 37.869 42.661 41.033 39.757 Malta 3.474 3.503 3.578 3.228 3.373 3.369 3.795 3.321 3.321 3.091 Netherlands 439.877 459.613 476.267 506.558 529.359 482.061 537.715 532.638 549.563 548.299 Poland 51.799 54.306 52.620 52.004 48.404 44.631 58.881 57.081 57.902 63.202 Portugal 53.125 56.706 59.610 60.555 59.971 56.343 58.197 61.587 61.296 71.431 Romania 40.594 47.678 46.006 48.180 49.751 35.160 36.528 37.489 38.427 42.512 Slovenia 11.986 12.540 15.391 15.805 16.499 13.322 14.591 16.198 16.907 17.184 Finland 94.717 88.777 97.861 102.217 105.492 85.541 98.579 103.813 96.373 98.160 Sweden 139.151 151.413 152.912 157.361 161.505 142.522 161.007 158.994 153.230 157.056 United Kingdom 506.539 514.101 519.369 516.765 497.640 442.159 454.743 462.975 451.393 456.573 European Economic Area (EU-28 plus IS, LI, NO) : : : : : 399.395 386.160 418.436 395.215 422.588 Iceland : : : : : 2.547 2.680 2.839 2.848 1.462 Norway 169.692 171.558 168.216 169.752 157.148 146.393 158.805 166.072 168.848 172.938 Turkey : : : : 287.029 276.895 321.697 341.835 355.486 357.093 Last update: 03.07.2015 Eurostat sources: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/transport/data/database 10
SSS_Growth rate over previous period (t/t-1) 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 European Union (28 countries) : : 3,0 2,9 1,0-12,1 5,3 4,2-0,2 0,4 Belgium 3,8 10,0 5,9 7,8 3,4-16,2 12,2 2,0-3,7 1,9 Bulgaria 8,3 7,4 10,7-9,5 6,7-17,6 4,8 9,5 3,0 11,5 Denmark 1,1 1,9 7,1 1,7-0,4-15,0-2,8 4,6-5,2 2,0 Germany 6,4 5,2 6,3 4,2 1,9-17,8 4,0 7,6 1,0 1,4 Estonia -1,1 0,5 4,8-12,1-20,9 4,9 26,7 4,6-11,6-2,6 Ireland 3,2 7,8 4,0 1,4-5,0-13,1 8,0 0,0 3,1 0,5 Greece -3,1-2,9 3,2 1,0-7,5-7,3-2,5 4,3 20,1 4,8 Spain 8,4 7,6 4,0 3,5-1,7-12,9 3,3 7,7 5,5-4,2 France 0,7 2,4 3,2-0,4 1,4-10,9 0,9 1,8-5,8 1,7 Croatia : : -6,2 27,7 2,6-21,6-0,4-13,4-10,0-1,7 Italy 2,2 2,6 2,6 1,8 0,2-11,6 2,9-0,5-3,4-4,4 Cyprus -5,8 6,6 4,8-2,1 6,2-14,7 2,7-5,6-5,0 15,0 Latvia -0,3 8,8-4,6 6,8 0,8-2,3-2,6 14,6 8,6-7,7 Lithuania -14,6 1,2 4,2 7,4 24,4-5,6 10,3 12,7-3,8-3,1 Malta 1,7 0,8 2,1-9,8 4,5-0,1 12,6-12,5 0,0-6,9 Netherlands 7,6 4,5 3,6 6,4 4,5-8,9 11,5-0,9 3,2-0,2 Poland 2,1 4,8-3,1-1,2-6,9-7,8 31,9-3,1 1,4 9,2 Portugal 3,8 6,7 5,1 1,6-1,0-6,0 3,3 5,8-0,5 16,5 Romania 19,8 17,4-3,5 4,7 3,3-29,3 3,9 2,6 2,5 10,6 Slovenia 11,8 4,6 22,7 2,7 4,4-19,3 9,5 11,0 4,4 1,6 Finland 2,7-6,3 10,2 4,5 3,2-18,9 15,2 5,3-7,2 1,9 Sweden 4,3 8,8 1,0 2,9 2,6-11,8 13,0-1,3-3,6 2,5 United Kingdom 3,3 1,5 1,0-0,5-3,7-11,1 2,8 1,8-2,5 1,1 European Economic Area (EU-28 plus IS, LI, NO) : : : : : : -3,3 8,4-5,5 6,9 Iceland : : : : : : 5,2 5,9 0,3-48,7 Norway 8,4 1,1-1,9 0,9-7,4-6,8 8,5 4,6 1,7 2,4 Turkey : : : : : -3,5 16,2 6,3 4,0 0,5 Last update: 03.07.2015 Eurostat sources: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/transport/data/database 11
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