the representatives of the ports of Alto Adriatico have met the European commissioner to the Transports



Yesterday in the port of Koper the European commissioner to the Transports, Violeta Bulc, has met the representatives of the ports of Alto Adriatico members of the North Adriatic Ports Association (NAPA) reunited for the shareholders' meeting of the association. To the reunion, besides the exponents of the ports NAPA di Koper, Venice, Trieste and Rijeka, the representatives of the ports of Monfalcone and Chioggia have participated also that have asked to become members of the association.

Violeta Bulc has emphasized its interest for the ports of the Adriatic North that are recognized as ports "Core" of the net transeuropea of the transports TRY already in 2011 and confirmed strategic nodes also of the two main European corridors: the corridor Baltic Sea-Adriatic and the Mediterranean corridor. For this reason the European commissioner has demonstrated himself particularly interested to the development plans of every port.

The association of the ports of the Adriatic North has remembered that today the ports of call of NAPA altogether reach volumes pairs to about 110 million tons, than, in order to make an example, is only a quarter of those of Rotterdam, the greatest European harbour port of call. With reference to the container, the enlivened total volumes last year from the ports of NAPA have been pairs 1,8 million container teu, that they represent only a tenth one of those of the Dutch port of call. The potential one of the region - it has evidenced the association - still is made unusable and is this the reason for which the ports of NAPA they have ambitiouses infrastructural plans.

In particular, the port of Venice intends to construct to an energetic terminal and container in height (offshore), to implement a logistic chain for the field of chemistry and to complete the terminal dedicated to the Freeways of the Sea. The port of Trieste is programming the increase of Pier VII, the construction of an intermodal terminal and a new logistic platform, that it will be the base of future Pier VIII. In the port of Rijeka in 2013 the reconstruction of the container is completed terminal and is continuing the work for the construction of a new terminal for containers. Rijeka is moreover working to the project of a new port on the island of Krk. At last the port of Koper is preparing the extension of Pier I, improving the landings place and the connections with the outback and constructing new warehouses for storage of the goods. Over the long term the plans of the Slovenian port preview the extension of Pier II and the construction of Pier III.

The infrastructural projects of the ports of NAPA, mainly focused on the business of the container, are finalized to the attainment of a potential one of volumes that, second the esteem of the society of British advising MSD Transmodal for the ports of Alto Adriatico, would have to reach the 5,9 million one teu in 2030.

Rimarcando that Alto Adriatico has strategic a geographic position being the short way for the coming from Far East and directed ships to the Central European markets, that it is not single important in terms of times and of costs but also of environmental impact, the representatives of the ports of NAPA have asked commissioner Bulc to support the infrastructural development in every port member and the relative logistic systems that will guarantee the full development of the Corridors of "Core European infrastructural Network". The representatives of the association have emphasized moreover that the strengthening of the role of the doors of access of the ports of the South Europe (NAPA, the Mediterranean and Black Sea) will allow to ribilanciare the traffics between the north and the south, being increased the efficiency of the entire system.