OPTIMED PROJECTRATIONALISING MEDITERRANEAN SEA WAYS:

FROM NORTH-WESTERN TO SOUTH-EASTERN PORTS

Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Beirut and Mount Lebanon

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OPTIMED’S GOALS

to optimise the trade network between the northern shores of the High Tyrrhenian arc and the eastern-southern shores of the Mediterranean sea

to promote new opportunities, facilities, tools and skills that lead to the improvement of commercial connections and relationships between public and private operators in maritime transport and logistics sector of Lebanon, Italy, Spain and France

to identify new opportunities of the maritime trade network and the potentialities of a supporting tool like a virtual logistics platform among economic operators from EU and Mediterranean Partner countries

to give an answer to the need of more efficiency and sustainability of trade relations between the two shores of Mediterranean basin, and in particular among involved territories

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GOALS

WHAT OPTIMED DOES

OPTIMED tests new and alternative hub-based network layouts in order to verify the efficiency of the new system from several points of view:

Costs borne by the various operators (firms, forwarders, shipping companies, …)

Travel and total delivery times and their reliability

Environmental impacts in terms of air pollutant emissions

Energy saving

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THE OPTIMED PROJECT

FREIGHT DISTRIBUTION WITHIN THE MED-EUROPEAN AREABY LAND

BY SEA

LYON

ALGIERS

LISBON

GENOA

TANGIERS

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BACKGROUND

HOW THE MEDITERRANEAN FREIGHT TRANSPORT WORKS TODAY: SPOT SERVICES

CAGLIARIOrigin port

TARTOUSDestination port

GENOACargo consolidation

ITINERARY 1 (IDEAL)

ITINERARY 2

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BACKGROUND

HOW THE MEDITERRANEAN FREIGHT TRANSPORT WORKS TODAY: REGULAR SERVICES

SAGUNTODestination port

MERSINOrigin port

GENOA – 1 day

LIVORNO – 7 days

TARRAGONA – 1 day

IZMIR – 10 days

INTERMEDIATE PORT CALLS – DWELL TIME

ITINERARY 1 (IDEAL)

ITINERARY 2

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BACKGROUND

LIMITS OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM OF TRANSPORT BY SEA

Not scheduled boarding times (in the majority of existing maritime services)

Uncertainty and very low reliability of delivery times

High costs

High delivery times

Congestion of the Ro-Ro yards, because of the high number of waiting trucks

Use of large port areas as parking areas for trucks

ADVANTAGES OF THE ROAD MODE

Reliability of the door to door service

Temporal continuity of the links

LIMITS AND ADVANTAGES OF THE EXISTING TRANSPORT OPTIONS

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BACKGROUND

REQUIREMENTS OF THE NEW SYSTEM

Greater reliability of delivery times

More competitive times with respect to the existing transport options

More competitive costs

All ports of origin/destination must be covered (considerable reduction of land routes)

Social and environmental sustainability

All ports maintain and increase their market shares through modal shift (from road to sea)

HOW TO DO IT?By transforming the logic of distribution of goods by sea

SPOT CONNECTIONS

NEW NETWORK SYSTEM CHARACTERISED BY SCHEDULED, REGULAR AND RELIABLE FREQUENCIES

AND MORE COMPETITIVE DELIVERY TIMES

OPTIMED PROPOSES A 2-HUB-BASED NETWORK SYSTEMTO REDUCE LIMITS OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM

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BACKGROUND

WP 1: Management and Coordination

WP 2: Communication

WP 3: Capitalisation of the results

WP 4: Design of new hub-based network system

WP 5: Preliminary design of new hub-based port facilities

WP 6: Design and test of information system for virtual logistics platform

WP 7: Business to Business meetings

TECHNICAL WP

TECHNICAL WP

TECHNICAL WP

COORDINATION

COMMUNICATION

CAPITALISATION

BtoB

STRUCTURE

STRUCTURE OF THE OPTIMED PROJECT

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TECHNICAL CONTENTS

WP 4: Design of new hub-based network system

A.4.1 Creation and analysis of data-bases

This activity has been characterised by a preliminary step of data collection and a subsequent step of data preparation and creation of the origin/destination matrices necessary to calibrate the new hub-based network. In particular, the data collection has been performed to collect all the information necessary to define the current scenario in terms of demand and supply characteristics.

A.4.2 Development of a new alternative network structure

A new optimised hub-based network between the two Mediterranean shores has been developed on the basis of the collected data.

PORTO TORRES HUB

PORT OF BEIRUT HUB

CIVITAVECCHIA

VALENCIA

BARCELONA

MARSEILLE TOULONLEGHORN

LA SPEZIAGENOASAVONA

NAPLES

SAGUNTO

TARRAGONA

ALEXANDRIA

LIMASSOL

PORT SAIDDAMIETTA

SALERNO

LATAKIA

MERSIN

TRIPOLI

TARTOUS

SETE

OPTIMED: A NEW 2-HUB-BASED NETWORK LAYOUT

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THE NEW NETWORK LAYOUTWP4

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE TWO HUB PORTS:

All ro–ro units from different origin ports are unloaded from feeder vessels and then loaded on a bigger mother vessel for all the destinations

All ro-ro units unloaded from a mother vessel are loaded on the various feeder vessels serving the different ports of destination

A LOGIC OF SYSTEMIC DISTRIBUTION:

Origin ports should mantain as direct links only those serving significant shares of traffic, while minor ports should plan the transfer of goods by working as a system

Origin and destination ports are linked to the hub of reference by frequent and regular feeder services

All the origin and final destinations are covered thanks to the systemic logic of distribution

In order to have an efficient system the 2 hubs need to be conceived as free-trade areas12

THE NEW NETWORK LAYOUTWP4

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RESULTS

NETWORK RESULTS

PORTO TORRES HUB

VALENCIA

BARCELONA

MARSEILLE

LA SPEZIAGENOA

NAPLES

2

1

6SETE

1

2 1

1

5

11 1

1

6

1

WP4

VESSEL TYPE

Increased vessels load factor

Increased storage capacity of the port areas

Higher efficiency of the system due to scheduled, frequent and reliable services

Reduced transport costs both for customer and shipping line

Lower levels of air pollution (significantly lower in populated areas)

Improved road safety as a consequence of the lower freight volumes transported by road

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EXPECTED RESULTSWP4

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PORT LAYOUTWP5

WP 5: Preliminary design of new hub-based port facilities

Preliminary design of new hub-based port facilities of Porto Torres (Italy) and Beirut (Lebanon) have been developed in order to propose a riorganization of the port-area structure and improve their performance as RO-RO hubs in the framework of the freight shipping network.

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PORTO TORRES NEW LAYOUT

MEDIUM-TERM LAYOUT LONG-TERM LAYOUT

WP5

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PORTO TORRES NEW LAYOUT WP5

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BEIRUT NEW LAYOUT WP5

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BEIRUT NEW LAYOUT WP5

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VIRTUAL LOGISTICS PLATFORMWP6

WP 6: Design and test of information system for virtual logistics platform

In order to support the new optimized trade network and to enable users to plan shipping a virtual platform has been implemented. Thought the platform users can identify and evaluate the best transport option considering different itineraries, departure dates, travel times, service frequencies, transportation costs and so on.

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DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR VIRTUAL LOGISTICS PLATFORM

The platform shall provide users with all available options in terms of:

Origin/Destination ports and connections Departure dates Itineraries Times (boarding, travel, delivery) Space availability Service frequency Freight transportation costs

THE NEW VIRTUAL LOGISTICS PLATFORM SUPPORTS THE NEW OPTIMISED TRADE NETWORK AND ENABLES USERS TO PLAN SHIPPING AND IDENTIFY THE BEST TRANSPORT OPTION

VIRTUAL LOGISTICS PLATFORMWP6

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THE PLATFORM WILL BE ABLE TO:

PROVIDE ONLINE BOOKING SERVICES SUGGEST MINIMUM COST ITINERARIES OFFER TRACKING SERVICES ESTIMATE DELAYS IN DELIVERY TIMES changing demand intensity and sea conditions OFFER ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

PLATFORM AS A TOOL TO SUPPORT THE ENVIRONMENT• INEFFICIENT VESSELS• PEAKS IN CONSUMPTION

VIRTUAL LOGISTICS PLATFORMWP6

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VIRTUAL LOGISTICS PLATFORMWP6

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energy and environmental

balances

cost-benefits analysis

multi-criteria analysis

IDENTIFICATION OF KEY SUCCESS FACTORS

The feasibility of the new alternative network structure has been determined in economic, social and environmental terms throught the elaboration of:

KEY SUCCESS FACTORS

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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THE OPTIMED PROJECT

Chamber of Commerce, Industry, & Agriculture - Beirut & Mount LebanonOffice: +961 01353190 ext. 266

Mobile: +961 70789178E-mail: optimed@ccib.org.lb