Mediterranean

3. Results of the Multimodal transport market Study (MTMS)
3.1 Introduction
Despite the global context of relatively weak economic growth in the EU over the 2010 –
2014 period, there is no major element to reconsider the overall conclusions of the 2014
MTMS and its long-t erm forecasts for 2030.
First of all, in the absence of a new complete full set of origin/destination data at
European level (such as the ETIS database), the base year for projection remains 2010
since more recent data are available for ports only. From this point of view, the traffic of
the ports of the Mediterranean Corridor remains dynamic , with an average growth of
2.2% per year between 2010 and 2014 for global tonnage and 5% per year for
containers.
Furthermore, recent studies at Corridor level (like the CLYMA project study or the RFC6
study) also arrive at conclusions that are in line with those of the MTMS. For example,
the potential rail freight market share at the French-Spanish border is estimated 21%
against road for 2030 in the CLYMA study, very close to the figure of the Mediterranean
Corridor MTMS.
Most importantly, the mentioned studies agree on the general conditions to generate
modal shift from road to rail, insisting on the necessity of attractive train paths (mostly in
t erms of reliability and precise schedules) and reasonable operating costs from door to
door, thus clearly underlining the need for improving interoperability along the whole
Corridor, including the last mile to main traffic generators.
The short-sea maritime dimension of the Corridor, currently mainly consisting in MoS
services between Spanish, French and Italian ports on the Tyrrhenian side, will be
tackled and further analysed in the framework of the MoS horizontal Corridor, especially
with a study recently launched by DG Move (“Study on support measures for the
implementation of the TEN-T core network related to sea ports, inland ports and inland
waterway transport”).
The MTMS
The Corridor Study, which has been published end of 2014 6 contains a detailed transport
market Study (TMS) (cf. chapter 4.2.2) which analyses the transport flows along the
Corridor by assessing the capacity and traffic flows on the respective parts of the
infrastructure.
The results of the TMS presented in this chapter have been inserted in the Work Plan in
order to illustrate the traffic flows, demands and future prospects. These results will be
used and further deepened in the on-going works to be undertaken in the 2015-2017
Study.
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