Mediterranean

Figure 5 –Volume of total goods handled by ports and rate of EU-internal flows (1000
tons / year)
As regards inland waterways, in 2010, freight traffic on the two waterways of the
Corridor amounted to:
• 5.8 million tons on the Rhône;
• 1.6 million tons in northern Italy, from which 0.4 million on the Po river and 1.2
million between Venice and Porto Nogaro.
The main inland port on the Rhône is the Port Edouard Herriot of Lyon, which accounted
for 1.3 million tons in 2010.
In Italy Mantua had 0.2 million tons, Cremona 0.08 million tons and Rovigo 0.09 million
tons of IWW traffic in 2010. Porto Nogaro had 1.2 million tons. It is to note that IWW
traffic in Italy has known a severe decrease between 2008 and 2010. In 2007 the port of
Cremona had an IWW traffic of nearly 0.5 million.
Passengers
The total international passenger traffic between the six Corridor countries is 81 million
passengers per year. The two main flows are between France and Spain, and France and
Italy: these two relations represent 80% of the international traffic considered. The
overall modal split is 64% for road, 33% for air and 3% for rail transport.
The Spain – France and Italy – France relations are characterized by strong road traffic,
consisting mainly of short-distance trips around the respective border points of Le
Perthus (ES-FR) and Ventimiglia (IT-FR). Regarding air traffic, the first country per
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