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A new vision for cargo freight

07-10-2010

Imagine you could take container traffic off the roads and put it onto boats and railways… imagine if you could transform customs bureaucracy to achieve the paperless port… This is what the EU-funded EuroMed Transport Motorways of the Sea project is doing through two pilot projects in Israel, transforming the approach to cargo transport, with substantial benefits to users, consumers and the environment.

"The highways in Europe are so congested. There is so much pollution, traffic jams, reliance on gasoline, and we would like to solve it or at least to try. And the solution is in the sea and the railroads. From ancient times, the Mediterranean Sea was an intersection between Europe, Africa and Asia – in modern times we need to find a way to make good use of it that would be a win-win solution" says Prof. Yehuda Hayuth, the EU consultant for the Israeli part of the ‘Motorways of the Seas’ project.

This is part of a series of features on projects funded by the EU’s Regional Programme, prepared by journalists and photographers on the ground or the ENPI Info Centre. (ENPI Info Centre)

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