Freight and passengers sUpporting infomobiliTy systems for a sUstainable impRovEment of the competitiveness of port-hinterland systems of the MED area

Programme 2007 - 2013 Programme MED

Date of latest update: 2021-05-04

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Description (EN):

The main idea of the project is to improve the competitiveness of port systems in the MED area by improving accessibility through technology and procedural innovations, and guaranteeing sustainability of transport. The idea focuses on the realization of interoperable management information systems (WP5) and on the reduction of externalities (WP6). The project addresses three strategic sectors: freight, passenger and touristic traffics. The project intends to define and implement, by means of concerted territorial actions and pilot projects, sustainable middle- and long-term development strategies. These will be focused: - on the removal of the current barriers concerning accessibility of ports (seaside and landside) - on the integration of ports with the hinterland - on the development of logistics activities and intermodal transport connected with ports - on the development of infomobility aiming at fostering attractiveness and making port system more efficient - on the specialization of port systems. Specifically, the project intends to make freight and passenger flows seamless by means of experimental activities and pilot projects concerning interoperable information systems which integrate port systems with inland logistics infrastructures (e.g. dryports) and with transport and service operators. Such information systems will make benefit of the existing national ICT platforms and will be finalized to define the blueprint of an integrated one-stop-shop system transferable to all the MED area, composed of a specialized freight transport management system and a specialized passenger and touristic management system. Such a system will involve the harmonization of data, in terms of structure, gathering and interpretation, in all the MED area. Specific applications will be developed: - A dynamic system for the real-time management of freight and passenger flows, aiming at identifying actions to remove congestion and bottlenecks in the interface between ports and related territories (specifically ports included in cities). - Solutions to digitalize intra-EU port-to-port and port-to-operators communications related to bureaucratic duties (e.g. Customs). - Solutions to enable visibility along the transport chain for the operators. - Solutions for specific supply chain (e.g. agro-food). FUTUREMED will also be setting up an Observatory whose mission is to gather already existing initiatives and solutions, couple them with the technical developments of the project and create governance procedures and sustainability after the project life cycle. Specific and thematic stakeholders platforms will support the project team to develop valuable and sustainable solutions which will be tested in pilots, and will be disseminated and capitalized also by means of the Observatory after the project timeframe.

Achievements (EN):

The project results can be summarised as follows: • Increased intermodal transport of regions of MED by better seaport-hinterland connections and improved supply chains; • Increased access of MED production districts to continental consuming markets; • Decrease of the logistics polarizations via Northern EU seaports and shortening supply chains in a geographic perspective by improving seaports and logistics platforms performances in the MED; • Fostered Maritime transport (especially SSS and MoS) on two main directions: North Africa-Mediterranean; • Europe-Continental Europe and Spain-France-Italy-Greece/Balkans also with reference to non accompanied transport; • Adoption of ICT tools for supply chain traceability; • Develop a new logistics chain serving the exporters, importers and logistics operators that trade between West and East Mediterranean region. The service may also attract traffic originating in more distant areas, such as the Western Iberian Peninsula trading with the Balkans, or even further east, as in the case of the Black Sea; • Introduce a new maritime freight service connecting Spain and Italy, which does not exist at present, and is a key missing link in achieving the completion of major routes in the EU and Mediterranean MoS network; • Reduce road freight transport across Europe between Spain and East Europe, and the associated societal and environmental negative impacts; • Economic competitiveness of the internal market. Publishable Output: • Publication • User friendly Capitalisation Platform • Operational ICT gap • Visibility Platform • Cruise Platform • Infomobility travel planner

Website: http://www.futuremedproject.eu

Expected Results (EN):

State of the art of project implementation since the project start The FUTUREMED project intends to make actors of the freight and logistics sector of mediterranean port systems aware of the influence of accessibility barriers to the competitiveness of ports. 16 partners from Italy, Spain, France, Slovenia, Greece and Cyprus have met during July 2012 in Rome to set the scene for a three years work intended to develop for the MED countries technical solutions to remove accessibility problems of ports and connected territories. Great importance has been attributed to the pilot projects of FUTUREMED: five specific actions to demonstrate in the real life how information technology applications can be used to improve the management of transport and logistics activities in ports, during the execution of an international transport, or within a specific industry, have been detailed and are being carried on also with the involvement of other external partners. A key issue of the project is the inclusion of public and private stakeholders, since the beginning. Latest project activities and outputs The FUTUREMED project intends to make actors of the freight and logistics sector of mediterranean port systems aware of the influence of accessibility barriers to the competitiveness of ports. 16 partners from Italy, Spain, France, Slovenia, Greece and Cyprus have met during July 2012 in Rome to set the scene for a three years work intended to develop for the MED countries technical solutions to remove accessibility problems of ports and connected territories. Great importance has been attributed to the pilot projects of FUTUREMED: five specific actions to demonstrate in the real life how information technology applications can be used to improve the management of transport and logistics activities in ports, during the execution of an international transport, or within a specific industry, have been detailed and are being carried on also with the involvement of other external partners. A key issue of the project is the inclusion of public and private stakeholders, since the beginning. Next key steps for the project FUTUREMED will be consolidating the preliminary work conducted during the first six months and will be give life to the three main activities: pilot projects, stakeholders platforms, realisation of information systems. During December all the partners will be meeting again to review the work and proceed. An important event during the first year will be the First Project Conference, expected to be held in Civitavecchia (Rome, Italy) on the 10th of May 2013, in cooperation with the MEDNET project.

Thematic information

Multimodal transport Transport and mobility Logistics and freight transport

Partners (16)

Lead Partner: Lazio Region, Latium

Address: Rome, Italy

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Centre for Research and Technology Hellas - CERTH, Kentriki Makedonia (Macédonie centrale)

Name: Centre for Research and Technology Hellas - CERTH, Kentriki Makedonia (Macédonie centrale)

Address: Thessaloniki, Greece

Legal status: n/a

Port Authority of North Sardinia

Name: Port Authority of North Sardinia

Address: Olbia, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Institute for Transport and Logistics Foundation, Emilie-Romagne

Name: Institute for Transport and Logistics Foundation, Emilie-Romagne

Address: Bologna, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Plaza S.A. Aragon

Name: Plaza S.A. Aragon

Address: Zaragoza, Spain

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Fundaciòn Zaragoza Logistics Center, Aragon

Name: Fundaciòn Zaragoza Logistics Center, Aragon

Address: Zaragoza, Spain

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Administration portuaire de Civitavecchia

Name: Administration portuaire de Civitavecchia

Address: Civitavecchia, Italy

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BSC, Business Support Centre, L.t.d., Kranj - Regional Development Agency of Gorenjska Slovenia: the entire country

Name: BSC, Business Support Centre, L.t.d., Kranj - Regional Development Agency of Gorenjska Slovenia: the entire country

Address: Kranj, Slovenia

Legal status: n/a

Valenciaport Foundation

Name: Valenciaport Foundation

Address: Valencia, Spain

Legal status: n/a

AFT Languedoc-Roussillon

Name: AFT Languedoc-Roussillon

Address: Paris, France

Legal status: n/a

Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs (CCEIA), Cyprus: the entire country

Name: Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs (CCEIA), Cyprus: the entire country

Address: Lefkosia, Cyprus

Legal status: n/a

Univerza v Mariboru

Name: Univerza v Mariboru

Address: Maribor, Slovenia

Legal status: n/a

Hellenic Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Attiki (Attique)

Name: Hellenic Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Attiki (Attique)

Address: Papagos Athens, Greece

Legal status: n/a

TRAINOSE S.A.

Name: TRAINOSE S.A.

Address: Athens, Greece

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Οργανισμός Λιμένος Θεσσαλονίκης Α.Ε.

Name: Οργανισμός Λιμένος Θεσσαλονίκης Α.Ε.

Address: Thessaloniki, Greece

Legal status: n/a

Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia- Central Directorate for infrastructure, mobility, spatial planning and public works

Name: Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia- Central Directorate for infrastructure, mobility, spatial planning and public works

Address: Trieste, Italy

Legal status: n/a

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Centre for Research and Technology Hellas - CERTH, Kentriki Makedonia (Macédonie centrale)

Freight and passengers sUpporting infomobiliTy systems for a sUstainable impRovEment of the competitiveness of port-hinterland systems of the MED area

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Port Authority of North Sardinia

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Institute for Transport and Logistics Foundation, Emilie-Romagne

Freight and passengers sUpporting infomobiliTy systems for a sUstainable impRovEment of the competitiveness of port-hinterland systems of the MED area

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Plaza S.A. Aragon

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Fundaciòn Zaragoza Logistics Center, Aragon

Freight and passengers sUpporting infomobiliTy systems for a sUstainable impRovEment of the competitiveness of port-hinterland systems of the MED area

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Port Authority of Civitavecchia

Freight and passengers sUpporting infomobiliTy systems for a sUstainable impRovEment of the competitiveness of port-hinterland systems of the MED area

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BSC, Business Support Centre, L.t.d., Kranj - Regional Development Agency of Gorenjska Slovenia: the entire country

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Valenciaport Foundation

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AFT Languedoc-Roussillon

Freight and passengers sUpporting infomobiliTy systems for a sUstainable impRovEment of the competitiveness of port-hinterland systems of the MED area

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Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs (CCEIA), Cyprus: the entire country

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University of Maribor

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Hellenic Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Attiki (Attique)

Freight and passengers sUpporting infomobiliTy systems for a sUstainable impRovEment of the competitiveness of port-hinterland systems of the MED area

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TRAINOSE S.A.

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Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A.

Freight and passengers sUpporting infomobiliTy systems for a sUstainable impRovEment of the competitiveness of port-hinterland systems of the MED area

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Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia- Central Directorate for infrastructure, mobility, spatial planning and public works

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Lazio Region, Latium

Freight and passengers sUpporting infomobiliTy systems for a sUstainable impRovEment of the competitiveness of port-hinterland systems of the MED area

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Project name (EN): Freight and passengers sUpporting infomobiliTy systems for a sUstainable impRovEment of the competitiveness of port-hinterland systems of the MED area

Project acronym: FUTUREMED

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 5 234 050.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 4 010 042.00

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2007 - 2013 Programme MED

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2015-12-01

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

159 / 159 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

1 395 / 1 395 (100%)

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