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Subido el 20 de julio de 2007 por EducaMadrid

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Heavy goods traffic on the European road network continues to increase. This results in congestion and harms the environment. Is there a solution to this? Yes: the sea. Waterborne transport is emerging as a viable alternative for the movement of freight between Member States. The European Union plans to develop "Motorways of the Sea" around Europe's coastline. For this to be a success, attitudes need to change...

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Out to sea, there's a vast emptiness. 00:00:00
On land, nothing but road congestion. 00:00:20
Traffic, especially goods traffic, is constantly increasing throughout Europe's road network. 00:00:23
Statistics are very clear. 00:00:29
By 2020, freight transport will have increased by more than 70% in the European Union and 00:00:30
by 95% in the 10 new member states. 00:00:35
The result will not only be gridlock on the roads, but also damage to the environment, 00:00:40
more accidents, and the danger that European business will become less competitive. 00:00:45
And then there's the sea, which appears to be an increasingly credible alternative for 00:00:52
transporting goods between member states. 00:00:56
The European Union is aiming to develop what it calls motorways of the sea, all around 00:01:02
Europe. 00:01:07
The motorways of the sea are floating infrastructures that allow the transport of goods from one 00:01:09
member state to another member state by sea. 00:01:14
And this offers many advantages compared to road itineraries, which are often congested, 00:01:18
crowded by too many trucks on these land motorways. 00:01:26
And, of course, Europe would be badly inspired not to use these sea routes. 00:01:32
40,000 km of coast, really, it deserves, I think, attention. 00:01:41
In concrete terms, the idea is to establish high-quality maritime links between a limited 00:01:49
number of selected ports located at strategic points on Europe's coastline. 00:01:54
With the timescale to 2010, the network of motorways of the sea will be established along 00:02:00
four major corridors. 00:02:05
The first links the countries surrounding the Baltic Sea with the states of Central 00:02:07
and Western Europe. 00:02:11
The second runs along the Atlantic coastline, which will reduce traffic across the Pyrenees. 00:02:12
The third in the Western Mediterranean will link Spain, France, Italy, and Malta. 00:02:18
And the fourth will make a link from Slovenia to Cyprus. 00:02:24
The sea routes have two advantages. 00:02:28
The first is that they are not expensive. 00:02:32
A sea route with four boats that rotate all day costs 400 million euros. 00:02:35
A large railway tunnel through the Pyrenees to transport trucks on trains costs 6 billion euros. 00:02:45
The second advantage is that you save on congestion and bottling at the border. 00:02:54
If I take the example of a sea route between Nantes and Bilbao, you put 100 trucks on 00:03:01
each boat with four rotations a day, that's 200,000 trucks less at the Franco-Spanish border per year. 00:03:10
But the concept of motorways of the sea is not only limited to the sea itself. 00:03:17
It's global, integrates the entire European transport network and builds upon Europe's 00:03:22
terrestrial axes. 00:03:26
In reality, everything is connected. 00:03:28
A truck loaded with merchandise boards a boat operating on a motorway of the sea. 00:03:31
On arrival in the other country, it can then proceed to its destination. 00:03:38
The merchandise can also travel by rail and then by sea to be finally loaded onto another 00:03:43
train, barge or truck, which will deliver the cargo to the customer. 00:03:49
The predominant factor in the success of motorways of the sea is a harmless and a seamless integration 00:03:57
of overland transport, whether it be road only, rail only or in waterways only. 00:04:04
And the best example is, of course, the combination of them all. 00:04:10
It's obvious that the success of motorways of the sea lies in the choice of ports and 00:04:16
the quality of their connections to land transportation. 00:04:20
The ideal port must have good links to roads, rail and waterways and must not be congested. 00:04:26
It's what's called a multimodal hub. 00:04:36
Accessibility is fundamental to allow a port to attain the necessary critical mass in terms 00:04:40
of tonnage. 00:04:44
This is vital if it's to be both profitable and competitive. 00:04:45
In order to be, let's say, a full and 100% alternative to road operations, frequency 00:04:51
and regularity is an absolute necessity, yeah? 00:04:59
But you can only reach that if you have sufficient volume, yeah? 00:05:03
And the volume, the critical mass determines the frequency you can actually have. 00:05:07
Regular frequent connections, that means at least two round trips per day between the 00:05:17
ports. 00:05:22
The transporters must also be able to count on rapid competitive links. 00:05:23
This involves pulling out all the stops to reduce the time vessels and their cargo spend 00:05:28
in port. 00:05:32
In future, a huge effort must be made to make transport more flexible. 00:05:33
This requires a highly efficient service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. 00:05:38
It also involves simplifying administration with the systematic use of a one-stop shop. 00:05:44
And finally, it involves the establishment of a system to monitor maritime as well as 00:05:54
land transportation. 00:05:58
In Galileo, the future European satellite radio navigation system will enable transport 00:06:02
to be monitored with great precision. 00:06:06
It will permit operators as well as authorities to pinpoint the exact position of a cargo 00:06:09
at any given moment, whether it's at sea or on land and whatever the mode of transport. 00:06:14
Historically speaking, Europe was built thanks to its ports and the trade they attract. 00:06:24
Today it's reclaiming this ancient idea by means of the motorways of the sea. 00:06:30
All these connections will establish or reinforce a multitude of links between Europe's regions. 00:06:34
Seen from the land, the motorways of the sea are an undeniable asset for regional development. 00:06:39
The motorways of the sea have a great added value for freight traffic and thus for the 00:06:44
regions. 00:06:51
We can connect remote regions to islands, but we can also bypass natural barriers such 00:06:52
as the Alps and the Pyrenees and thus organise shorter transport routes. 00:06:58
This helps the regions to develop, and this is the main idea of the motorways of the sea. 00:07:03
The motorways of the sea also aim to link islands and regions on the periphery of Europe 00:07:13
with the centre, whatever the weather conditions. 00:07:17
In the Baltic, for example, the motorways of the sea will allow ships to sail all year 00:07:22
round making ports accessible in winter with extended icebreaker services. 00:07:26
Generally speaking, the ports will once again become centres of economic development with 00:07:36
especially favourable advantages for economic and social cohesion between regions. 00:07:40
Today, work on the motorways of the sea has already begun. 00:08:10
The first European funding has been made available. 00:08:22
Guarantees will be given to all the major players, whether they're local authorities, 00:08:25
port authorities, industries or operators, they all need to feel that the system will 00:08:29
be permanent to enable it to work efficiently. 00:08:33
It's not possible to convince operators to put goods or trucks on a ship if they don't 00:08:37
have the guarantee that this service will last over the medium term. 00:08:45
This is why the budgetary effort of the European Union will be to give aid to operation going 00:08:50
up to four or five years, which is exceptional in terms of aid to operation. 00:08:58
To convince transport operators, the Commission plans to introduce a label for the motorways 00:09:03
of the sea, a quality label which will guarantee that levels of service meet certain criteria, 00:09:08
frequency, speed, regularity, safety, quality of service. 00:09:13
But above all, it's vital to ensure that everyone feels involved. 00:09:17
If not, motorways of the sea will not be realised. 00:09:21
In the minds of people, we need to design the logistics chain of transport, 00:09:25
from the company that produces a good to the consumer. 00:09:32
And that's a bit of a revolution of mentality. 00:09:37
The motorways of the sea will have two major assets. 00:09:43
They'll make industry more competitive and they'll improve the quality of people's lives 00:09:46
by reducing pressure on the roads. 00:09:50
In time, the motorways of the sea will not only serve member states. 00:09:52
Europe is already planning to extend them to third countries. 00:09:56
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