The SEA-Bridge (Adriatic port facilities as a bridge for trans-European network) was aimed at developing and strengthening the sea transport networks linking the Region of Abruzzo (Central Italy) to the most important pan-European networks such as Corridor V and Corridor VIII. The Project aimed, in fact, at helping to increase the co-operation between the two versants of the Adriatic sea, to say Adriatic Italian regions and EACs, and at the same time, to favour and strengthen the cross-border exchanges of both people and goods, optimising their flows. Specifically, Abruzzo region’s ports could become a junction point for traffic flaws originating from Lazio region and the capital area and directed to EACs. The Project’s specific objectives were the realisation of two infrastructure interventions in the sea ports of Pescara and of Ortona and the realisation of a feasibility study.

The feasibility study was composed by three sections:

• Evaluation of the traffic between Italy and the Balkan countries by mode of transport;
• Role of the maritime transports in the relationship between the Italian “Mezzogiorno” and the Balkans;
• Market scenarios: external trade, economic cooperation, foreign direct investments.

Type of service

Co-ordination of project activities and of the project partnership with the University of Chieti-Pescara.

Data collecting and analyses on Italy-Balkan foreign trade, transport flows, economic development scenarios, transport maritime links.