Growing Intermodal Traffic in CEEC Countries

Mr. Marko Babič, Head of PC Container Terminal – Port of Koper

Budapest

Bratislava

Milan Belgrade

Kiev

Moscow

Zurich

Koper

Port of Koper as a gateway for Central and Port of Koper as a gateway for Central and SouthSouth--Eastern EuropeEastern Europe

München

Corridor X

Corridor V

Vienna

Zagreb

Prague

Koper

Rotterdam

Hamburg

The shortest way from Far East The shortest way from Far East to the heart of Europeto the heart of Europe

2000 Nm shorter route 2000 Nm shorter route

Distance by sea (nm)

0 2.000 4.000 6.000 8.000 10.000

MUMBAI

SINGAPORE

PORT SAID

Distance by land (km)

0 500 1.000 1.500

VIENNA

BUDAPEST

BRATISLAVA

Port of Koper Container terminal in briefPort of Koper Container terminal in brief

• 600.000 TEU capacity (today)• up to 900.000 TEU planned capacity increase till 2013• equipped with STS post-panamax size cranes for 10.000 TEU vessels • Koper and Trieste ports together app. 1,5 million TEU capacity• performance of Koper and Trieste port in 2009 app. 650.000 TEU• estimated today's capacity to be reached in 5 to 6 years

Container traffic Container traffic (TEUs)(TEUs)

Destination from Port of Koper Frequency

SLOVENIA (Ljubljana) daily train

HUNGARY (Budapest) up to 15 trains / week

SLOVAKIA (Bratislava, Žilina, Dunajska Streda) up to13 trains / week

AUSTRIA (Graz) up to 6 trains / week

ROMANIA (Arad) 1 train / week

SERBIA (Belgrade) 2 trains / week

GERMANY (Muenchen) 3 trains /week

Excellent hinterland connectionsExcellent hinterland connectionsfrom Port of Koperfrom Port of Koper

Munchen, Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, Belgrade reachable from PMunchen, Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, Belgrade reachable from Port of ort of Koper:Koper:

•• by road in by road in less than 12 hoursless than 12 hours•• by rail in by rail in less than 24 hoursless than 24 hours

Ratio between rail/truck: 55% rail, 45% truck (2009).

Container block trains from Koper

Hungary200.000

Slovakia 120.000

Czech Republic250.000

S. Germany 500.000

Austria400.000

Ex-Yugoslavia120.000

N. Italy500.000

Container traffic market potential Container traffic market potential (TEU)(TEU)

SW Romania150.000

Slovenia100.000

TEUs

Austrian container traffic Austrian container traffic through Koperthrough Koper

Estimated market potential 400.000 TEU –Port of Koper portion app. 10% (40.385 TEU)

Hungarian container traffic Hungarian container traffic through Koperthrough Koper

TEUs

Estimated market potential 160.000 TEU –Port of Koper portion app. 47% (75.824 TEU)

� Bližnje zaledje severnega Jadrana zagotavlja 12 mio ton tovora in ima velik potencial za nadaljnjo rast

Koper

Wien Bratislava

Budapest

Beograd

Zahony

Krakow

Praha

The South (Adriatic) transport routeThe South (Adriatic) transport route

Advantages:

• Shorter sea voyages (↓ costs/TEU),

• short inland connections (↓ costs and

transit times) ,

• good infrastructure (completed highway

network, ongoing modernization of rail

infrastructure – EU financed projects),

Challenges:

• modernization/investments timing?

• ports infrastructure Koper/Trieste/???

Thank you for your attention.

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