Ports: EU strategy to save 10 billion euros by 2030
Traffic +50%, up to 165,000 new jobs forecast by 2030
(ANSAmed) - BRUSSELS - The European Commission has approved a packet of measures that will increase maritime traffic in European ports by 50%, create 110,000-165,000 new jobs, cut costs by 7% and save 10 billion euros by 2030, EU sources said Thursday. The packet will modernize of 319 out of a total of 1,200 European ports. Those slated for upgrade are considered key to the internal market.
Of these, 43 are in the UK and 38 are in Italy, the country that will likely benefit the most from the new measures, EU sources said. These give port authorities more autonomy, open up the services market, and make the rules more transparent. For Italy, this will mean determining the costs of services and where to allocate resources. Of the 319 ports, 83 are slated as central to the network.
Italy is among the top 20 cargo ports in terms of tons of goods moved in 2011, with Genoa 13th on the list, Trieste 14th, and Taranto 16th. Antwerp, Hamburg and Rotterdam top that list, absorbing 5% of all maritime traffic to Europe between them.
Because 74% of extra-European imports are shipped in via sea, the new measures also ease congestion and reduce costs for operators and consumers alike by favoring land connections via rail and road, and developing short-range maritime connections within the Mediterranean.
Of these, 43 are in the UK and 38 are in Italy, the country that will likely benefit the most from the new measures, EU sources said. These give port authorities more autonomy, open up the services market, and make the rules more transparent. For Italy, this will mean determining the costs of services and where to allocate resources. Of the 319 ports, 83 are slated as central to the network.
Italy is among the top 20 cargo ports in terms of tons of goods moved in 2011, with Genoa 13th on the list, Trieste 14th, and Taranto 16th. Antwerp, Hamburg and Rotterdam top that list, absorbing 5% of all maritime traffic to Europe between them.
Because 74% of extra-European imports are shipped in via sea, the new measures also ease congestion and reduce costs for operators and consumers alike by favoring land connections via rail and road, and developing short-range maritime connections within the Mediterranean.
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