THE OPTIMED PROJECTRationalising Mediterranean Sea Ways,

from Southern-Eastern to Northern-Western Ports

Speaker: Gianfranco FancelloCIREM – University of Cagliari (Italy)

OPTIMED PROPOSES A NEW OPTIMISED SEA WAY BETWEEN THE EASTERN AND THE WESTERN SHORES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA IN ORDER TO IMPROVE COMMERCIAL CONNECTIONS AMONG THE COUNTRIES INVOLVED

SOME INFORMATION ABOUT OPTIMED…

THE PROJECT OPTIMED IS FUNDED UNDER THE EUROPEAN PROGRAMME ENPI CBC MED – CROSS BORDER COOPERATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

COUNTRIESItalyFranceSpain

Lebanon Syria Jordan Egypt Turkey Palestine Cyprus

PARTNERS Autonomous Region of Sardinia (Leader) University of Cagliari - CIREM North Sardinia Port Authority ASCAME - Association of Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce European Short Sea Shipping School Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Beirut and Mount Lebanon Lebanese Ministry of Public Works and Transport

SOME INFORMATION ABOUT OPTIMED…

BUDGET: 1,9 Mln €

CIVITAVECCHIA

VALENCIA

BARCELONA

MARSEILLETOULON

LIVORNO

LA SPEZIA

GENOASAVONA

NAPLES

SALERNO

SÈTE

SAGUNTO

TARRAGONA

CASTELLON

TRIPOLI

BEIRUT

ALEXANDRIA

LATAKIA

MERSIN

LIMASSOL

PORT SAID

PORTO TORRES

DAMIETTA

TARTOUS

25 INVOLVED PORTS

MAIN GOALS:

To optimise the trade network between west and east shores of the Mediterranean sea

To promote new opportunities, facilities, tools and skills that lead to the improvement of business connections and social relationships

To increase the freight flows using maritime mode instead of road mode between West and East shores of Med sea.

FOCUS: Freight Traffic Flows in Med Area

GOALS OF THE OPTIMED PROJECT

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PORTS OF CALL SERVICE SCHEDULE TRAVEL TIME BY LAND(Calculated using an average

speed of 60 km/h)

Mostaganem (DZ) 25 Feb -

Sagunto (ES) 26 Feb -

Genoa (IT) 28 Feb 19 h

Benghazi (LY) 4 Mar -

Alexandria (EG) 8 Mar 19 h

Beirut (LB) 10 Mar na

Mersin (TR) 11 Mar na

Livorno (IT) 18 Mar 50 h

Genoa (IT) 19 Mar 3 h

Tarragona (ES) 21 Mar 16 h

Sagunto (ES) 22 Mar 4 h

3.042 km 52 h (without stops)

A SAMPLE CASE: GENOA - MERSIN

11 days

TODAY: BY LAND OR BY SEA (1)

NORDANA Med to Med Service

(March 2014)

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4.215 km 70 h (without stops)

A SAMPLE CASE: SAGUNTO - MERSIN

26 days

PORTS OF CALL SERVICE SCHEDULE TRAVEL TIME BY LAND (calculated using an average

speed of 60 km/h)

Alexandria (EG) 5 Feb -

Beirut (LB) 7 Feb na

Mersin (TR) 9 Feb na

Izmir (TR) 20 Feb 15 h

Livorno (IT) 2 Mar 44 h

Genoa (IT) 3 Mar 3 h

Tarragona (ES) 5 Mar 16 h

Sagunto (ES) to Latin America

6 Mar 4 h

TODAY: BY LAND OR BY SEA (2)

NORDANA Med to Latin America(March 2014)

THE PHILOSOPHY OF OPTIMED

REQUIREMENTS : To increase reliability and performance of maritime mode To decrease times and costs of maritime mode respect to road mode All ports of origin/destination have to be covered Social and environmental sustainability

HOW TO DO IT?BY TRANSFORMING THE LOGIC OF DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS BY SEA

SPOT CONNECTIONS

NEW NETWORK SYSTEM CHARACTERIZED BY

REGULAR AND RELIABLE FREQUENCIES AND

MORE COMPETITIVE TRAVEL TIMES

NEED FOR A NEW SYSTEM

SCOPE FOR OPTIMED

2. DESIGN OF THE NEW OPTIMISED NETWORK SYSTEM

HUB

HUBCENTER

DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW LAYOUT SEA NETWORK

CENTER

SPOKE ROUTE

INTER-HUB ROUTE

SPOKE R

OUTE

CURRENT

CURRENT

NEW

2. DESIGN OF THE NEW OPTIMISED NETWORK SYSTEM

EXAMPLE

Global trade goods volumes in import/export between Lebanon and the European CountriesLebanon Import ExportYear: 2011 Thousand $ tons net Thousand $ tons net

France 1.510.013 907.957 57.370 8.240Italy 1.868.777 1.405.899 37.759 45.531Spain 338.311 240.864 48.933 70.942

EXAMPLE

Source: Chambers of Commerce (Lebanon)Classification: RITA (Research and Innovative Technology Administration)

Data divided by product category (2011)

From Italy to Lebanon '000USD tons net

  1.867.777 1.405.899Mineral fuels and oils and distillation products

929.555 919.502

Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery... 156.321 19.097

Pharmaceutical products. 81.702 631

Clothing accessories, not knitted or crochted

51.597 261

Electrical machinery and equipment and parts

51.388 3.144

Plastics and articles thereof. 36.445 9.104

Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports

36.157 2.671

Footwear, gaiters and the like 33.078 498

Articles of iron or steel. 31.826 6.167

Ceramic products. 25.720 52.941

Vehicles other than railway or tramway 24.966 2.468

Iron and steel. 24.503 29.828

Optical, photographic, cinematographic instruments

22.422 377

From Lebanon to Italy '000USD tons net

  36.759 45.531Fertilisers. 10.252 28.736

Copper and articles thereof. 7.542 1.004

Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compound

5.625 9.083

Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery... 1.403 184

Clothing accessories, not knitted or crochted

1.368 3

Plastics and articles thereof. 988 806

Miscellaneous articles of base metal. 960 117

Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp

890 267

Lead and articles thereof. 777 334

Ceramic products. 731 115

Optical, photographic, cinematographic instruments

690 23

Salt; sulphur; earths and stone;lime and cement

501 2.654

Natural or cultured pearls; precious mretals

500 0

1. COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA

2. DESIGN OF THE NEW OPTIMISED MEDITERRANEAN NETWORK SYSTEM

3. PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF NEW PORT FACILITIES

4. DESIGN AND TEST OF ICT PLATFORM SYSTEM FOR NEW LOGISTICS SYSTEM

5. B2B MEETINGS IN BARCELONA, MARSEILLE, SARDINIA AND BEIRUT

6. TRAINING FOR SSS MANAGERS, SIL 2015 AND CAPITALIZATION EVENT IN EGYPT

1.1 Collection of the trade volumes exchanged between the involved countries

1.2 Collection of the technical and organisational characteristics of the involved ports

1.3 Collection of the information on the trading goods of several manufacturing

companies between the selected areas

THE OPTIMED PROJECT IS DIVIDED 6 PHASES

Collection of the import/export volumes between areas and ports

OUTPUT: O/D matricesTrade relationships goods between the three EU countries with the seven Middle

East countries generate 21 O/D matrices

Trade volumes will be collected in terms of:

tons of freight; financial value (US $).

Data will be divided and examined by:

product category; transportation mode.

Selected period

five-year period 2008-2012.

1.1 COLLECTION OF THE IMPORT/EXPORT CARGO FLOWS

1.2 COLLECTION OF SUPPLY DATA

PORT NODES

CONSTRAINTS - Technical loading/unloading times (calculated using different handling systems) - Average travel distances in the port YARD CAPACITY - Number of the available slots in the yard - Average dwell time of goods in the yard EFFICIENCY - Inland connections COST - Port charges/handling charges

LINKS

LINE FREQUENCY LINE CAPACITY - Load Factor LINE TRAVEL TIME - Sailing speed for different vessels COST OF THE GOODS CARRIED ENVIRONMENTAL COST - Knowledge on the naval fleet - Engine performance

DATA WILL BE COLLECTED THROUGH INTERVIEWS INVOLVING THE VARIOUS PORTS SELECTED

DATA WILL BE COLLECTED THROUGH INTERVIEWS INVOLVING A NUMBER OF VESSEL OPERATORS THAT OPERATE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA

ACTIVITY

YEAR 1 YEAR 2Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 3 Semester 4

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

1. Data collection

2. Design of new hub-based network system

3. Preliminary design of new hub-based port facilities

4. Design and test of information system for virtual logistics platform

Communication

B2B meetings and capitalization events

TIMEFRAME

fancello@unica.it