The optimed project, Rationalising Mediterranean sea ways, from southern-eastern to northern-western Ports

1. THE OPTIMED PROJECT
Rationalising Mediterranean Sea Ways,
from Southern-Eastern to Northern-Western Ports
Speaker: Gianfranco Fancello
CIREM – University of Cagliari (Italy)

2. 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…

3.  THE PROJECT OPTIMED IS FUNDED UNDER THE EUROPEAN PROGRAMME ENPI CBC MED
– CROSS BORDER COOPERATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
COUNTRIES
Italy
France
Spain
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 €

4. CIVITAVECCHIA
VALENCIA
BARCELONA
MARSEILLE
TOULON
LIVORNO
LA SPEZIA
GENOA
SAVONA
NAPLES
SALERNO
SÈTE
SAGUNTO
TARRAGONA
CASTELLON
TRIPOLI
BEIRUT
ALEXANDRIA
LATAKIA
MERSIN
LIMASSOL
PORT SAID
PORTO TORRES
DAMIETTA
TARTOUS
25 INVOLVED PORTS

5. 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

6. 26/06/2014 6
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)

7. 26/06/2014 7
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)

8. 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

9. 2. DESIGN OF THE NEW OPTIMISED NETWORK SYSTEM
HUB
HUBCENTER
DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW LAYOUT SEA NETWORK
CENTER
CURRENT
CURRENT
NEW

10. 2. DESIGN OF THE NEW OPTIMISED NETWORK SYSTEM

11. EXAMPLE
Global trade goods volumes in import/export between Lebanon and the European Countries
Lebanon Import Export
Year: 2011 Thousand $ tons net Thousand $ tons net
France 1.510.013 907.957 57.370 8.240
Italy 1.868.777 1.405.899 37.759 45.531
Spain 338.311 240.864 48.933 70.942

12. 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 1.405.899
Mineral 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 45.531
Fertilisers. 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

13. 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

14. Collection of the import/export volumes between areas and ports
OUTPUT: O/D matrices
Trade 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

15. 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

16. ACTIVITY
YEAR 1 YEAR 2
Semester 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

17. fancello@unica.it