Cross-border coordinated sea-land approach interconnecting ports of the Adriatic Sea with airports and urban areas
Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-A Italy-CroatiaDescription
TESTING OF SUSTAINABLE AND ICT BASED CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PORT AND THE HINTERLAND(EN)
STRATEGIC ROADMAPS INTERCONNECTING PORTS WITH URBAN AREAS AND AIRPORTS(EN)
Thematic information
Priority: (VI-A_I-Hr_3) Sustainable maritime and multimodal transport
Priority specific objective: RSO3.2. Developing and enhancing sustainable, climate resilient, intelligent and intermodal national, regional and local mobility, including improved access to TEN-T and cross-border mobility
Priority policy objective (Interreg specific objective): PO3 A more connected Europe by enhancing mobility
Type of intervention: 109 Multimodal transport (not urban)
Partners (9)
Lead Partner: Zračna luka Dubrovnik d.o.o
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 883013408
Partner’s ID if not PIC: 63145279942 | 63145279942 | Hrvoje.Spremic@airport-dubrovnik.hr (EN)
Department: N/A
Address: Dobrota, 20213 Cilipi, Croatia
Department address: Dobrota, 20213 Cilipi, Croatia
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Infrastructure and (public) service provider
Website: https://www.airport-dubrovnik.hr
Total budget: EUR 348 700.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 278 960.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 69 740.00
- Società Trasporti Pubblici Brindisi S.p.A.
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Name: Società Trasporti Pubblici Brindisi S.p.A.
Department: N/A
Partner’s ID if not PIC: 00112550744 | 00112550744 | amministrazione@pec.stpbrindisi.it (EN)
Address: S.S 613 C.da Piccoli Z.I., 72100 Brindisi, Italy
Department address: S.S 613 C.da Piccoli Z.I., 72100 Brindisi, Italy
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Infrastructure and (public) service provider
Website: https://www.stpbrindisi.it/index.php
Total budget: EUR 230 060.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 230 060.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 100.00%
Contractors:
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Name: Orange Public Management Srl
VAT registration or tax identification number: 02336400748 -
Name: Massimiliano Toraldo
VAT registration or tax identification number: 00112550744
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Name: Orange Public Management Srl
- Autorità di sistema portuale del mare Adriatico meridionale (porti di Bari, Brindisi, Manfredonia, Barletta e Monopoli)
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Name: Autorità di sistema portuale del mare Adriatico meridionale (porti di Bari, Brindisi, Manfredonia, Barletta e Monopoli)
Department: N/A
Partner’s ID if not PIC: 08032850722 | 08032850722 | protocollo@pec.adspmam.it (EN)
Address: Piazzale Cristoforo Colombo , 70122 Bari, Italy
Department address: Piazzale Cristoforo Colombo , 70122 Bari, Italy
Legal status: public
Organisation type: National public authority
Website: https://www.adspmam.it/
Total budget: EUR 250 220.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 250 220.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 100.00%
- Pulapromet d.o.o.
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Name: Pulapromet d.o.o.
Department: N/A
Partner’s ID if not PIC: 96328250067 | 96328250067 | alen.petrovic@pulapromet.hr (EN)
Address: Starih statuta, 52100 Pula, Croatia
Department address: Starih statuta, 52100 Pula, Croatia
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Infrastructure and (public) service provider
Website: http://www.pulapromet.hr
Total budget: EUR 220 000.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 176 000.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 44 000.00
Contractors:
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Name: FAKULTET PROMETNIH ZNANOSTI
VAT registration or tax identification number: 25410051374
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Name: FAKULTET PROMETNIH ZNANOSTI
- ŽUPANIJSKA LUČKA UPRAVA PULA
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Name: ŽUPANIJSKA LUČKA UPRAVA PULA
Department: N/A
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 882831145
Partner’s ID if not PIC: 98035365721 | 98035365721 | info@lup.hr (EN)
Address: Riva, 52100 Pula, Croatia
Department address: Riva, 52100 Pula, Croatia
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Local public authority
Website: http://www.lup.hr
Total budget: EUR 240 000.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 192 000.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 48 000.00
- Save S.p.A.
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Name: Save S.p.A.
Department: N/A
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 893498526
Partner’s ID if not PIC: 02193960271 | 02193960271 | savespa@legalmail.it (EN)
Address: Viale Galileo Galilei, 30173 Venice, Italy
Department address: Viale Galileo Galilei, 30173 Venice, Italy
Legal status: private
Organisation type: Infrastructure and (public) service provider
Website: https://www.veneziaairport.it
Total budget: EUR 269 120.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 269 120.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 100.00%
Contractors:
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Name: AD-ET
VAT registration or tax identification number: CHE234920891 -
Name: techneprojects s.r.l.s.
VAT registration or tax identification number: IT04977890286 -
Name: S.I.R.
VAT registration or tax identification number: IT01196270506
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Name: AD-ET
- Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale - Porti di Venezia e Chioggia
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Name: Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale - Porti di Venezia e Chioggia
Department: N/A
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 938957382
Partner’s ID if not PIC: 00184980274 | 00184980274 | autoritaportuale.venezia@legalmail.it (EN)
Address: Santa Marta, 30123 Venice, Italy
Department address: Santa Maria, 30123 Venice, Italy
Legal status: public
Organisation type: National public authority
Website: http://www.port.venice.it
Total budget: EUR 281 720.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 281 720.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 100.00%
Contractors:
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Name: PASTICCERIA LOREDANA S.A.S.
VAT registration or tax identification number: 03904490277 -
Name: BAG PLANET Sas
VAT registration or tax identification number: 03070670272 -
Name: CFLI
VAT registration or tax identification number: 03395860103 -
Name: techneprojects s.r.l.s.
VAT registration or tax identification number: 04977890286 -
Name: Otello Segni
VAT registration or tax identification number: 00862880119 -
Name: ATVO Spa
VAT registration or tax identification number: 00764110276
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Name: PASTICCERIA LOREDANA S.A.S.
- Lučka uprava Dubrovnik
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Name: Lučka uprava Dubrovnik
Department: N/A
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999526704
Partner’s ID if not PIC: 51303627909 | 51303627909 | dpa.kristina@portdubrovnik.hr (EN)
Address: OBALA PAPAE IVANA PAVLA II, 20000 DUBROVNIK, Croatia
Department address: OBALA PAPAE IVANA PAVLA II, 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia
Legal status: public
Organisation type: National public authority
Website: http://www.portdubrovnik.hr
Total budget: EUR 248 960.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 199 168.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 49 792.00
- Lučka Uprava Pula
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Name: Lučka Uprava Pula
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 882831145
Partner’s ID if not PIC: 98035365721
Address: Riva, 52100 Pula, Croatia
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Local public authority
Website: http://www.lup.hr
Total budget: EUR 240 000.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 192 000.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 48 000.00
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Lead partner

Project partner
Summary
Project acronym: CROSSCONNECT
Project ID: ITHR0200418
Project start date: 2024-03-01
Project end date: 2026-04-30
Project status: ongoing
Relevant linked projects:
- INTERPASS (EN) | INTERPASS, supported by Adriatic-Ionian Programme INTERREG V-B Transnational 2014-2020, was mainly focusing on the enhancement of the intermodal connections between ports and airports in the Adriatic–Ionian Region in order to improve the processing of passengers (mainly cruise tourists and travelers reaching tourists destinations located on Adriatic and Ionian costs) during the peak season.
- The WP1 of CROSS CONNECT project consists of assessment and capitalization of already identified solutions and available knowledge from INTERPASS Capitalization manual on best practices, their replicability and adaptability, Integrated Strategic Plan for better connection port-airport, Transnational evaluation report on intermodal solutions to improve and speed-up tourists’ transit between ports and airports. Based on this assessment, PPs will jointly work to a Transfer Strategy document.
- Last but not least point of synergy with INTERPASS project is the partnership involved in CROSS CONNECT project that includes regional airports and main port authorities located in the Adriatic region which are already involved in the implementation of INTERPASS project and, for this reason, have a deep knowledge of the state of art in implementing local strategies and policies for multimodal and intermodal connections. (EN), ADRIGREEN (EN) | ADRIGREEN, supported by 2014 - 2020 Interreg V-A Italy - Croatia CBC Programme, was focusing on the improvement of the integration of Croatian and Italian ports and airports with other modes of transportation in order to enhance the processing of passengers during the summer seasons and to improve environmental performances of the Adriatic maritime and aviation systems.
- The capitalization of this project will follow a specific path that start from the WP1 of CROSS CONNECT project by the assessment of the ADRIGREEN Capitalization Report that include useful data related to intramodality, best practise, operational and technological schemes to reduce environmental impacts of airports and ports, innovative solutions, procedures and techniques, SWOT analyses, funding schemes and ends with the evaluation of ADRIGREEN Joint Action Plan for intermodal and multimodal passengers’ transportation from/to ports and airports. As a key deliverable of WP1 of CROSS CONNECT project, a Transfer Strategy document will be realized. An added value to the implementation of CROSS CONNECT project is represented also by the involvement of ADRIGREEN project partners whose staff is already acquainted with some basic environmental monitoring tools, environmental strategic plan, and identification of codes of practice to lower the impacts of airport management. (EN), INTERCONNECT (EN) | INTERCONNECT project, supported by Interreg ADRION Programme, has produced relevant results and recommendations for the proposed project. In particular, the Strategic Roadmap that has been developed in the framework of INTERCONNECT project named “Roadmap; Towards passengers sustainable mobility in ADRION region” has given a significant contribution in terms of measures and fields of interventions in connecting ports with hinterlands. Two aspects of the roadmap and their related measures has been considered of strategic importance for this project, especially:
- - Aspect 2: The future of anyADRIONport
- Measures: New services/enhanced bus services connecting ports to the hinterlands, adequate information sharing provided with ICT tools for user information provision.
- - Aspect 2a: Special Part dedicated to cruise
- Measures: Creation of CIS tools to share passenger and baggage information for cruise passengers, sustainable intermodality promotion of port area as well as connection to hinterlands. (EN), GREEN C PORTS (EN) | The GREEN C Ports project, supported by Connecting Europe Facility 2020-2023. will pilot the use of digitalisation tools and technologies to support port environmental sustainability and performance of port operations in the TEN-T Core- Network. By analyzing the data gathered from the technologies applied, it will be possible to build models to predict in real time the impact of the environmental conditions over port operations (ship loading/unloading, port congestion, traffic management, etc.) and also over nearby city areas. The case studies results and the main benefits of the technologies piloted in GREEN C Ports project could be considered of a relevant importance in the framework of the implementation of CROSSCONNECT project, giving a concrete contribution to the overall project objective that will foresee the development of a multi-modal coordinated sea-land approach based on sustainable and technologically advanced solutions. (EN)
Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 088 780.00
Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 671 024.00
Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 88.76%
Co-financing sources:
- ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 671 024.00. Co-financing rate, 88.76%.
- Others: Amount, EUR 206 224.00.
Investments, deliverables, policy contributions
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Deliverables:
- Cross-border assessment and capitalisation report
- Project Communication Strategy
- Cross-border technical working group procedure and follow-up report
- Collection of mobility solutions
- Pilot action plans
- Manual on tested solutions
- Videoclip on tested solutions
- Testing site visits’ package
- Interviews to key stakeholders
- Appraisal reports on implemented measures
- Passenger Satisfaction feedback
- Joint evaluation of pilots
- Cross-border Evaluation Report
- Strategic Roadmap working document
- CROSS-CONNECT model Digital Infographics
- CROSS-CONNECT Adriatic Forum package
- Memorandum of Understanding
- Roundtables proceedings
Contribution to wider strategies and policies:
- EUStrategyAdriaticIonianRegion The project is coherent with EUSAIR as it will contribute in a clear way to flagship “THE ADRIATIC-IONIAN MULTI-MODAL CORRIDORS” and specifically to the second specific objective of Pillar 2 "To develop reliable transport networks and intermodal connections with the hinterland, both for freight and passengers". Considering that the objective of the project is to improve intermodality of ports with urban
- areas and airports, with the aim of improving passengers’mobility,the partnership will act in coherence with some of the main recommendations included in the Strategy. Countries of the Adriatic Ionian Basin need indeed to modernize the transportation sector also through intermodal investments. This project will achieve the territorial cohesion through better connections and integration among various modes of transport in Italy&Croatia. In addition, as specified in the Pillar 2,it will support and accomplish innovative transportation solutions with reduced costs and improved efficiency.
- EuropeanGreenDeal CROSSCONNECT project will contribute to the comprehensive strategy on Sustainable and Smart Mobility that 2020 Eu Green Deal intends to implement. The project will be implemented by contributing to both levels of the intervention approach foreseen in the core strategy of the EU Green Deal, the Trans-European Transport Network TEN-T policy:
- - close gaps, remove bottlenecks and technical barriers, as well as to strengthen social, economic and territorial cohesion in the EU;
- - improved use of infrastructure, reduced environmental impact of transport, enhanced energy efficiency and increased safety.
- CROSSCONNECT will be implemented also in the framework of another EU Green Deal priority related to the sustainability of blue economy. In particular the project will contribute to this objective by promoting the adoption of sustainable mobility solutions that will be defining firstly by the consortium during the testing phase of the project and will then implemented during the pilot actions.
- Developed ICT tools and solution of CROSSCONNECT project will contribute to the achievement of the EU Green deal measure 2.1.5. Accelerating the shift to sustainable and smart mobility where need for smart traffic management enabled by digitalisation is recognised.
- Also, adopted green intermodal solutions, developing new electric urban public bus lines by replacing old combustion-engine vehicles, installing recharging stations in ports and electrifying airport baggage operations will result in less pollution in city, port and airport areas.
- Other EU Blue Economy strategy
- CROSSCONNECT project will be implemented in the framework of the new approach for a sustainable blue economy adopted by the European Commission. In particular the project will tackle directly one of the objectives of the strategy, the development of the infrastructure in coastal areas in terms of green sustainability, while benefiting tourism and the coastal economy. The involvement of different port authorities is a key factor for the implementation of the project. Their crucial role to the achievement of the objectives of climate neutrality and zero pollution, as it has been underlined in the Blue Economy Strategy, will be strengthen by CROSSCONNECT approach that will strengthen the adoption of innovative and sustainable solutions with the aim of optimizing traffic flows in and around ports.
- Other WHITE PAPER - Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area
- At EU level CROSSCONNECT is coherent with main transport strategies such as “Roadmap to a Single EU Transport Area” as it tackles directly the issue of multimodal transport solutions by investigating innovative schemes to enhance greater integration of the modal networks: airports, ports, railway, metro and bus stations, that should increasingly be linked and transformed into multimodal connection platforms for passengers.
- EU explicitly encourages the integration of air and sea modes of transport with hinterland connections and integration of systems and services (ticketing, passenger reservation, baggage transport) which make easier for passengers to switch from one mode to another.
- CROSSCONNECT intends to carry on and implement some of the 10 strategic goals enounced in the White Paper, such as establish the framework for a European multimodal transport information, management and payment system, and improving infrastructure in the context of trans-European networks and integration of the new Member States into the network. In fact the project will foresee a joint testing phase carried out by ports and other transport facilities (airports and urban local transport) involved in the project implementation with the aim of adopting sustainable mobility solutions, bothe per type of connection and at territorial level, that could be capitalize also by other key actors in Adriatic area.
- Other Transport development strategy of the Republic of Croatia (2017 - 2030)
- In Croatia the project directly contributes at the achievement of the “Transport Development Strategy of the Republic of Croatia 2017-2030” which specifically aims to improve the interoperability of the Croatian transport system (public transport, rail, road, maritime, inland water and air)and to enhance the transport system (operation, organization and infrastructure development and maintenance) according to the principle of economic sustainability.
- Other The National Strategic Plan for Ports and Logistics (PSNPL) - Italy
- In Italy, at national level, the project boasts a high coherence with the National Ports and Logistic Strategic Plan released by the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport, which identifies a set of goals to be reached by Italian ports on midterm, one for all, to increase the planning capacity of ports in the field of integrated passenger transport system. CROSSCONNECT project will be implemented by focusing on one of the three central action lines of the plan, that concerns the improvement of transport facilities in terms of:
- -environmental, economic and social sustainability;
- -intermodal transport enhancement, by connecting the road, air and water infrastructures.
- Other Croatian Sustainable Tourism Strategy
- CROSSCONNECT project will make an important contribution to the sustainable tourism development in the region, acting mainly on the integration of, ports, airports and urban transport systems by adopting sustainable solutions with the aim of support a more resilient, balanced and innovative tourism offer. The joint testing phase that will be carried out by project partners will lead to the implementation of a set of sustainable and tested solutions that will benefit directly the touristic flows, in terms of a general improvement of connections of ports with airports and hinterland services.
Deliverable (other than infrastructural investment) areas:
- Hrvatska (HR), Cilipi (1-2) Dubrovnik (3), Dobrota (1-2) Obala pape Ivana Pavla II (2), 14 (1-2) 1 (3), 20213(1-2) 20000 (3)
- Italia (IT), Chioggia (1) (2) Venice (2), Isola Saloni Terminal(1)(2) Stazione Marittima(3), 30015(1)(2) 30135(2)
- Hrvatska (HR), Pula, Riva (1,2,4) Starih Statuta (1,2,3), 52100
- Italia (IT), Brindisi, Contrada Piccoli Z.I.(1) V.le Regina Margherita(2), 72100
Programme Common Output Indicator:
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RCO 083 - Strategies and action plans jointly developed, Measurement unit:
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RCO 054 - New or modernised intermodal connections, Measurement unit:
Programme Common Result Indicator:
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RCR 104 - Solutions taken up or up-scaled by organisations, Measurement unit:
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RCR 079 - Joint strategies and action plans taken up by organisations, Measurement unit:
Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSAIR
EUSAIR Priority (Policy) area / Horizontal action:
EUSAIR Degree of compliance:
Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project
Financing programme
2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-A Italy-Croatia
Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme
2025-04-30
No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)
76 / 76 (100%)
No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)
478 / 468 (102.14%)
Notes on the data
Discrepancy in the number of partners. The correct number is 468.