Call for proposals for West Med corridor

A trilateral committee has launched the first call for proposals for the West Mediterranean Motorways of the Sea.

The call for proposals aims to identify the MoS projects that will become part of the MoS Master Plan of the West Mediterranean. It also aims to enhance the development of the trans-European transport network and which can be submitted to the TEN-T project and Marco Polo Call for Proposals for co-financing, and to determine the needs of the industry and which will be included in the MoS Master Plan.

Project proposals must be submitted by consortia consisting of at least two ports/port terminals from two different EU member states (one of which should be one of the three participating countries: Italy, France and Malta) and at least one maritime transport operator.

The steering committee consists of representatives from Italy's Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, France's Ministère de l'Ecologie, de l'Energie du Développement Durable et de l'Aménagement du Territorie, and the Malta Maritime Authority.

Applications must be submitted by November 15.

For information one may visit www.westmedcorridors.com.

A conference, between the East and West Med MoS project partners, themed "The development of the Mediterranean motorways of the sea - seizing the opportunities of EU support" will be held in Rome on October 1.