Interporto Projects

The Adriatic MoS Upgraded Services - "ADRI-UP" project aimed to upgrade port and logistics infrastructure to improve regular water transport logistics services along the Adriatic-Ionian Sea Motorway (MoS) corridor between the ports of Trieste, Ancona in Italy and Igoumenitsa in Western Greece, thus connecting three important Core Network Corridors. The action ran from 01.03.2016 to 20.12.2020 and was co-financed by the European Union - Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), Commission Decision 2015-EU-TM-0310. 

The ADRI-UP project aims to develop the Motorways of the Sea connections in the Adriatic-Ionian context, through infrastructural interventions and the development of projects in the ports of Trieste, Ancona and Igoumenitsa. The Action aims at the development of port and logistics infrastructures in order to enhance the Motorways of the Sea services along the Adriatic-Ionian corridor and in connection with three corridors of the central TEN-T network: Bac, Scan-Med and Orient-East Med. More specifically, the project led by the Port Authority of Igoumenitsa, includes the following actions:

• The construction and development of road connections in the hinterland of Igoumenitsa;
• The definitive and executive design for the upgrading of the railway infrastructures within the port and for the construction of the new Ro-Pax terminal in the port of Ancona;
• The functional and technical restructuring of Pier VI in the port of Trieste;
• The electrification of the internal railway tracks and the extension of the warehouses in the Fernetti hinterland;

The project ended on 20 December 2020 and contributed to the development of the Motorways of the Sea services between Greece and Italy with a view to traffic flows to/from the Eastern Mediterranean countries, with important advantages in terms of reduction of negative externalities and qualitative and quantitative development of logistics connections between ports and their respective hinterlands and of maritime connections between the ports affected by the Action.

The Eastern Adriatic Sea Port System Authority acts as Implementing Body for the Italian Ministry of Transport in the framework of the FENIX project - "A European FEderated Network of Information eXchange in Logistics", co-financed by the Connecting Europe Facility - CEF, with a total budget of 60,863,464 euros - of which 800,000 euros will be managed by the Port System Authority. 

The FENIX consortium, led by ERTICO ITS Europe, includes a wide range of actors from the logistics community: 43 beneficiaries are working on the implementation of innovative actions in 11 pilot sites, covering 9 TEN-T corridors. 

The project started in April 2019 and will end in March 2023

FENIX aims to support the development, validation and deployment of digital information systems along the EU transport core network. It will develop the first European federated architecture for data sharing serving the European logistics community of freight forwarders, logistics service providers, mobility infrastructure providers, cities and authorities, in order to offer interoperability between each existing and future platform. In doing so, the Network will build on the results achieved in other EU-funded projects, in particular AEOLIX (H2020) and CO-GISTICS (CIP).

In particular, the Eastern Adriatic Sea Port System Authority is closely collaborating with public authorities and private operators along the Mediterranean and Baltic-Adriatic TEN-T corridors, as well as the South-Eastern European Motorway of the Sea, to develop standardized and interoperable IT solutions enabling slot tracking and management systems.

The unbalanced development of multimodal transport options, poor coordination and communication between stakeholders and dry ports, as well as uncoordinated cross-border measures and instruments, hinder the full development of the potential of maritime and multimodal freight transport in the Programme Area.

The aim of the PROMARES project is to enhance maritime and multimodal freight transport, involving all ports generating intermodal and multimodal flows, addressing challenges related to multimodal transport accessibility and network efficiency in the region, from port to hinterland, and improving coordination and cooperation among stakeholders.

Within the PROMARES project, partners will carry out territorial analyses based on common methodologies in order to elaborate a cross-border strategy, also in the field of ICT tools, for the enhancement of maritime and multimodal freight transport. Pilot actions will follow in the Programme Area.

Port System Authority of the Eastern Adriatic Sea (Italy)

• Port System Authority of the Northern Adriatic Sea (Italy)
• Venice International University (Italy)
• Trieste Interport (Italy)
• Institute of Transport and Logistics Foundation – ITL (Italy)
• Port System Authority of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea – Port of Ravenna (Italy)
• Central Adriatic Sea Port System Authority (Italy)
• Port System Authority of the Southern Adriatic Sea (Italy)
• Rete Autostrade Mediterranee S.p.A. (Italy)
• Port of Rijeka Authority (Croatia)
• Port of Ploče Authority (Croatia)
• University of Rijeka, Faculty of Maritime Studies (Croatia)

36 months – from January 2019 to June 2021