The Marco Polo programme: key for sustainable mobility.

The Marco Polo programme: key for sustainable mobility

annual freight transport growth much higher than overall economic

growth

road +35%, short sea shipping +31%, inland waterway +9%,

rail +6%

short sea shipping: strong, sustained dynamism

inland waterway: considerable unexploited potential

rail: halted relative decline since 2001, higher increase in states with

early market opening

environmental impacts of transport remain high: 1% of GDP, road

congestion cost 1% of GDP

MACO POLO - MARKET CONTEXT

2001: Transport White Paper: intermodality as key concept

(shifting the balance, linking the modes)

2003: MARCO POLO programme (2003-2006) to support

intermodal services and alternatives to road-only transport until

commercial viability

2006: Keep Europe Moving - Mid-term review of 2001 White Paper co-modality: promotion of optimal use and integration of

modes (continuity of policy, no U-turn) logistics: using existing capacities more efficiently, cutting

costs, reducing environmental impact

MARCO POLO – POLITICAL CONTEXT

MARCO POLO I

MARCO POLO I (2003 – 2006) : shifting freight off the

road to more environmental friendly transport modes –

modal shift

Budget: € 102 million

4 Calls for proposals published

3 different action types: Modal shift actions, Common

learning actions and Catalyst actions

Call 2003 Call 2004 Call 2005 Call 2006

Available budget (in M€’) 15 20.4 30.7 35.7

Committed budget (in M€) 13 20.4 21.4 18.9

Received proposals 92 62 63 48

Concluded contracts 13 12 15 15

Contracts cancelled before ending 2 2 0 n.a.

Average subvention per contract (in M€) 1 1.7 1.4 1.3

Planned freight to be shifted (in billion tkm)

12.4 14.4 9.5 11.5

Environmental benefit (in M€) 204 324 245 241

External costs saved per € subvention 15.7 15.9 11.4 12.7

MARCO POLO I – OVERALL RESULTS

Total Planned Model Shift (bln. Tonkms)

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

2003 2004 2005 2006

Total Planned Modalshift

Modal shift target

MARCO POLO I – GLOBAL OBJECTIVES

SalernoValencia

CartagenaPalermo

Barcelona

088

Cadiz

Huelva

Figueira da Foz

Santander

014

Trieste

Le Havre

Moerdijk

008

024

Istanbul

023

023

082

082

Cork

Belfast

014

059

059

Unea

Vaasa

083

Thessaloniki

Lambach

060

Köln

Graz

München

042

Traunreut

035

035

ZeebruggeAntwerpen

038

Marco Polo I

Call 2003

New modally shifted routes

SSS: Mediterranean

Sea, North Sea, Atlantic & East

Sea

Rail: NL/BE to South Eastern

Europe

Bilbao

Birmingham

Ribadeo

Setúbal

Limay

Figueira da Foz

Le Havre

023

026

031

034

040

049

050

061

Santander

009

051

HamburgLübeck

Padborg

061

München

Verona

Sevilla

Setúbal

Bologna

Valencia

Livorno

Piacenza

Lübeck

Rotterdam 040

051

026

023

Koper

009

Marco Polo I

Call 2004


SSS: in the same

geographical areas

Rail: more widespread +

DE to IT

1 IWW

013

Le Boulou

Marin

Aveiro

Huelva

Setúbal

Poznan

Barcelona

Genova

Ventspils

Tanger

009

Esbjerg

013

Golbey

Offenburg

015 034

015

015

Essen

018

018

028

CivitavecchiaToulon

027

Koropi

015

028

Rotterdam

015

034

034

034Zeebrugge

Rostock

040

Vidin

Passau

041

Lyon

047

Taranto

Piombino

Livorno

051

051

051

053

053053

058

058

015

Göteborg

Eskilstuna

Gdansk

Milano

009

Istanbul

Duisburg

011

011

011

Marco Polo I

Call 2005


SSS: also Baltic Sea

Rail: also FR, Scandinavia & new East-west

corridors

Marco Polo I

Call 2006


1 IWW: river Elbe

Rail: BE, ES, RO well presented

Lavéra

Genoa

Tortona

005

006

Hamburg

Novara

Lübeck

009Genk

Timisoara

010

Tarragona

011

Marseille

Ludwigshafen

020

● Magdeburg

Gardenna

Ottmarsheim

022

022

Piacenza

CervignanoArad

Pitesti023

Gyor

027

Valencia

028

028

Barking

030

030

KölnDuisburg

Lambach

037

037037

037

Ronet

Zaragoza

Vitoria

017

015

Poznan

Gliwice015

Pardubice

018

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

2003 2004 2005 2006

SSS RAIL RAIL/SSS IWT

MARCO POLO I – TRANSPORT MODES

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

2003 2004 2005 2006

Modal shift action Common learning action Catalyst action

MARCO POLO I – ACTION TYPES

0

200

400

600

800

1.000

1.200

2003 2004 2005 2006

Sh

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€ s

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MARCO POLO I – SHIFTED TKM PER 1€ GRANT

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

2003 2004 2005 2006

Received proposals

Eligible proposals

Concluded contracts

MP I – GOOD CHANCES FOR GOOD PROJECTS

MARCO POLO II

Continuing Marco Polo I with larger scale and scope

Duration: 2007-2013

Budget: 450 M € more than twofold increase of annual budget

Larger possibility to finance infrastructure – if linked to the service

Larger geographical scope – close third countries

5 action types; 2 new innovative ones:

Motorways of the Sea

Traffic Avoidance Actions

objective: shift international increase in road freight off the

road (road freight transport estimated growth of 20.5 billion

tkm/year in EU-25 in the period 2007 to 2013)

risk funding, business-driven

all segments of international freight (except air)

services only <> no research, studies or (core) infrastructure

MARCO POLO II – Key Features

legal entity: commercial undertakings only (private or public) eligible for participation:

EU-27 Member States “close third countries”

eligible for EC-funding: EU-27 Member States EFTA & EEA States after conclusion of specific agreement Candidate and close third countries after Memoranda of

Understanding

European dimension international routes (EU Member States and close third countries) min. 2 undertakings,1 of them in EU – but exceptionally also1 EU MS


Eligible costs: only costs incurred after submission date of

the application – even if the action starts earlier

No profit allowed: during the (accumulated) years for

funding – does not exclude the possibility to show profit

sometime in the period

Viability: - the project should show profit and continue after

MP funding

No state aid allowed: maximum combined public grant

allowed = maximum subsidy rate of eligible costs of each

action type (35% - 50%)



No unacceptable distortion of competition: - a detailed

justification must be given!

Credibility essential: proven by letters of intent/commitment,

good business plan, market study etc. – presently the main

reason for failing the evaluations!

Financial capacity: last annual financial statement

Technical capacity: track records and experience of all

partners, CV’s etc.


Modal shift actions

New or significantly enhanced existing transport services

Robust, not necessarily innovative: just shift freight off

the road

Maximum subsidy of 1 € per 500 tkm shifted

Minimum grant threshold: 500 000 € or 250 M tkm

shifted

Subsidy rate up to 35 %

Maximum duration 3 years


Catalyst actions

Overcoming structural market barriers

Highly innovative: causing a real breakthrough

Subsidy rate up to 35%

Minimum grant threshold: 2 M €

Maximum duration 5 years


Common learning actions

Improve co-operation and sharing of know-how

Mutual training: coping with an increasingly complex

transport & logistics market


Minimum subsidy threshold 250 000 €

Duration up to 2 years



frequent, large volume intermodal services based on

SSS


Maximum subsidy of 1 € per 500 tkm shifted

Minimum subsidy threshold 2,5 M€ - at least 1.25 billion

tkm to be shifted per contract



same general objective of sustainable efficient transport but different approach

funding is fully complementary

MARCO POLO II TEN-T

Transport services Infrastructure

Ancillary infrastructure Strategic infrastructure

Modal shift objective Creation of transport network

Private sector driven Public sector driven

Bottom-up (undertakings) Top-down (Member States)

Short-term Long-term



Traffic avoidance actions - innovative integration of

production and transport logistics – less empty runs,

reduction of volume/weight etc.


Actual, measurable and sustainable traffic avoidance of at least

10% of the freight volume

Maximum subsidy of 1 € per 500 tkm (or 25 vehicle- km)

Minimum subsidy threshold 1 M€ - at least 500 M tkm (25 M vehicle-

km) to be avoided per contract



Infrastructure required for timely completion of

new modally shifted transport service

Works are completed within 24 months after start of action

Transport service starts within 3 months after the completion

of the works

Other EU funding, especially TEN-T funding, is excluded

Total aid (state aid and EC funding) not more than 50% of eligible costs

For all action types except MOD and CLA actions

Ancillary infrastructure – Funding rules

MARCO POLO II – Results of Call 2007

2007

Received Proposals 55

Subvention requested € 93 M

Selected proposals 27 (49%)

Subvention requested by selected projects € 58 M

Budget available € 56 M

Very good chances for good proposals!


Evaluated proposals by mode(s) (2007)

24%

9%

35%

9%

2%

7%

7%sss

rail+sss

rail

Traffic Av.

iww

sss+mos

Logistic

Intermodality

n = 55

Proposals selected for funding by mode(s) (2007)

33%

7%41%

11%

0%

sss

rail+sss

rail

Traffic Av.

iww

sss+mos

Logistic

Intermodality

n = 27


Evaluated proposals by type of action (2007)

62%7%

22%

4%

5% Modal Shift Actions

Catalyst Actions

Common LearningActions

Motorways of theSeas

Traffic Avoidance

n = 55Proposals selected for funding by type of action

(2007)

81%

7%

7%

4%

0%

Modal Shift Actions

Catalyst Actions

Common LearningActions

Motorways of the Seas

Traffic Avoidance

n = 27

Marco Polo I

Call 2007


Very evenly distributed map: except for the

East Mediterranean

area which is not covered

◘Pescara

003

Bilbao

◘

004

Hamburg ◘

007

◘ Verona

◘ Rotterdam

009

Bremerhaven ◘

Lübeck◘

Gdansk

◘

015

015

Castellon ◘

◘ CarraraSassuola ◘

017

Maubeuge ◘

◘ PassauWaghäusel ◘

◘ Vidin

Timisoara ◘ Pitesti ◘

020

020

020

020

020

020

◘ Wels

◘ AradSzeged ◘

◘ Regensburg

027

◘ Zebrzydowice

◘ Gdynia

028

028

Scheerness ◘

030

030

030

◘ Livorno

◘ Barcelona

043

Genoa ◘

Civitavecchia ◘

044

Hannover ◘

◘ Wüppertal

◘ Frankfurt

Ingolstadt ◘

◘ Stuttgart

048

◘ Götteborg

048

Murcia ◘◘ Cartagena

◘ Sète

054

014

054

016

Gent ◘

Volvic ◘

◘ Hockenheim

018

Melnik ◘

022

◘ Istanbul

◘ Genk

024

Le Havre ◘ ◘ Mannheim026

◘ Birmingham

037

037

037

Santander ◘

Poole ◘

039

039

039

046

046

MARCO POLO II – What‘s next?

Next Call for proposals beginning 2008; deadline

March/April – almost no changes compared to Call 2007

1st quarter of 2008: transfer of Marco Polo project

management to EACI – Executive Agency of

Competitiveness & Innovation

Thank you for your attention!

MARCO POLO Help Desk

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/marcopolo/index_en.htm

Email: [email protected]

Phone: +32 (02) 29-96448

Fax: +32 (02) 29-63765

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