3RD SEETAC ANNUAL MINISTERIAL MEETING AND SEEIF

Angelina Živković MScADVISOR TO MINISTER

22 MAY, 2012, ATHENS

Government of Montenegro Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs

MONTENEGRO

ADRIATIC-MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRY SITUATED IN SEE AREA 13.812 KM²

NUMBER OF CITIZENS 620.000

POPULATION DENSITY 48,7 INHABITANT/KM²

25% OF ROAD NETWORK OVER 1000M ATTITUDE

FROM COSTAL AREA TO REACH MOST DISTANCED PART OF MONTENEGRO-2 HOURS BY ROAD

PORT OF BAR ENTERING IN OUTRAN 180 KM

ROAD NETWORK 6.928 KM

PRIMARY ROADS 846 KM

SECONDARY ROADS 950 KM

LOCAL ROADS 5.132 KM

RAIL NETWORK 249 KM

NAVIGABLE LINES IN COASTAL AREA 66NM

PORT OF BAR, PORT OF KOTOR, PORT OF ZELENIKA, PORT OF RISAN

LENGTH OF MONTENEGRIN COAST 316 KM

AIR TRANSPORT

AIRPORTS PODGORICA AND TIVAT

Transport development strategy

Transport priority projects

Restructuring and privatization

process

Transport international organizations

Future steps

VISION

STABILE AND SUSTAINABLE, IN WIDER AREAS INTEGRATED, ECONOMICALLY STIMULATING TRANSPORT SYSTEM

MISSION

QUALITATIVE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE READY TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC NEEDS OF MONTENEGRO, AIMING TO ENCOURAGE ITS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND

MANAGEMENT, RESPECTING ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES, ATTRACTING PRIVATE CAPITAL IN TRANSPORT AND BETTER FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY OF TRANSPORT

INFRASTRUCTURE WITH ITS USERS

FACTORS WHICH DETERMINE

MONTENEGRO TRANSPORT

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

PROCESS OF INTEGRATION WITH THE EU AND ACCESSION INTO WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION

ACHIEVEMENT OF POLITICAL STABILITY IN THE BALKANS REGION

COMPLEMENTARINESS WITH TRANSPORT POLICIES OF NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES AND PARTICULARLY WITH THE EU STATES

FULL INTEGRATION INTO SEETO CORE NETWORK

INTEGRATION INTO TRANS EUROPEAN TRANSPORT NETWORK (TEN-T)

PRESENCE AND COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION

UPGRADING EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE

BAR - BOLJARE (BORDER WITH SERBIA) MOTORWAY

RECONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAY LINE BAR-BORDER WITH SERBIA

CONSTRUTION OF COASTAL BYPASSES

REVITALIZATION OF THE MONTENEGRIN MARITIME FLEET

ADRIATIC-IONIAN MOTORWAY

SEETO COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK ROUTE 4

LINKING THE ADRIATIC COAST AT BAR VIA THE CAPITAL PODGORICA TO THE

SERBIAN BORDER AT BOLJARE.

PLANNED TO CONNECT MONTENEGRO WITH REPUBLIC OF SERBIA THROUGH

POZEGA – BELGRADE AND FURTHER LINK ON TEN-T CORRIDOR X, AND

HENCE TO ROMANIA AND CENTRAL EUROPE.

IT WOULD ALSO CONNECT WITH ROUTES TO THE REGIONAL CAPITAL CITIES

OF SARAJEVO IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, TIRANA IN ALBANIA AND

SKOPJE IN MACEDONIA THEREFORE BAR-BOLJARE MOTORWAY HAS A CLEAR

STRATEGIC ROLE TO PLAY IN THE REGION.

MOTORWAY CORRIDOR: BAR – DJURMANI – TUNNEL SOZINA – VIRPAZAR –TANKI RT- FARMACI (PODGORICA) – MAREZA (PODGORICA) – SMOKOVAC (PODGORICA) – BRATONOZICI – VERUSA – MATESEVO – ANDRIJEVICA –BERANE – BOLJARE

APPROXIMATE LENGTH 170 KM

42 TUNNELS AND 101 BRIDGES, VIADUCTS (OVER 30% OF ALIGNMENT UNDER STRUCTURES)

PART OF CORRIDOR- TUNNEL SOZINA WITH ACCESS ROADS, APPROX. LENGTH 11 KM;

TRANSPORT CHAIN

PORT OF BAR

BAR-BELGADE RAILWAY

BAR-BELGRADE MOTORWAY

SEETO COMPREHENSIVE ROUTE 4

REGULAR MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRAFFIC REGULATION €10MIL PER YEAR (BUDGET)

REHABILITATION OF BAR-VRBNICA LINE FIRST-STAGE -COMPLETED (2003-2007) (LOAN FROM EIB, IN AMOUNT OF 15 MIL EUR)

SECOND-STAGE – IN PROCESS (2007-2012) (LOAN FROM EBRD, EIB AND OTHERSOURCES IN AMOUNT OF 68 MIL EUR)

IPA 2007, 2009, 2010 IN AMOUNT OF 11 MIL EUR FOR MAJOR REHABILITATION OF A PART RAIL LINE

REPAIR AND ELECTRIFICATION OF PODGORICA-NIKSIC LINE (LOAN OF THE CZECH EXPORT BANK, IN AMOUNT OF 59,5 MIL EUR )

BAR BYPASS-CONNECTION TO BAR-BOLJARE MOTORWAY;

BUVA BYPASS-OVER 30.000 CARS DAILY DURING SUMMER SEASON;

KOTOR BYPASS-INTERESTED IFIs-EIB

TIVAT BYPASS-PART OF COASTAL EXPRESSWAY

HERCEG NOVI BYPASS-PART OF COASTAL EXPRESSWAY

CONSTRUCTION OF COASTAL BYPASSES

JSC “CRNOGORSKA PLOVIDBA" KOTOR IN LATE 2009 HAS CONTRACTED TWO SHIPS/ VESSELS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF BULK CARGO THROUGH COMPANY POLY TECHNOLOGIES INC. FROM CHINA, IN THE SHANGHAI SHIPYARD CO. LTD., CHINA;

SHIPS ARE DESIGNED BY BESTWAY - SHANGHAI COMPANY IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS;

SHIPS ARE "HANDY" BULK CARRIER, CARRYING 35,000 TONS, LENGTH 179.90 M, 28.40 M WIDE, WITH 5 WAREHOUSES, 4 COMMERCIAL DEVICES/ PLATFORMS, EACH OF 30 TONS, MAIN ENGINE MAN B & W 6S42MC (MARK 7) 6480 KW OF POWER, AND 3 AUXILIARY ENGINES OF THE 465 KW POWER;

EXIM BANK OF CHINA HAS GRANTED A LOAN TO MONTENEGRO GOVERNENT;

FIRST SHIP "KOTOR" IS UNDER OPERATION FROM JANUARY 2012, WHILE PLACING OTHER SHIP "DVADESTPRVI MAJ" UNDER OPERATION IS EXPECTED TO BE FROM JUNE 2012;

MONTENEGRO OBTAINED IN MAY 2011 AN OBSERVER STATUS IN THE PARIS MEMORANDUM OF PORT STATE CONTROL, WHICH LASTS THREE YEARS.

ADRIATIC-IONIAN TRANSPORT CORRIDOR CONNECT 7 COUNTRIES OF ADRIATIC-IONIAN INITIATIVE FROM TRIESTE (ITALY) OVER SLOVENIA, CROATIA,BOSNIA ANDHERZEGOVINA, MONTENEGRO, ALBANIA TO KALAMETE (GREECE) AND

REPRESENT SHORTEST LONGITUDINAL CONNECTION OF MONTENEGRO TO EU

THIS CORRIDOR INCLUDE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT - ROAD, RAIL, SEA AND AIR

ADRIATIC-IONIAN TRANSPORT CORRIDOR THROUGH MONTENEGRO SHOULD STARTS WITH BORDER OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, OVER THE CITY OF PODGORICA AND ENDS AT THE BORDER WITH REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA. THE LENGTH OF THIS LINK IS ABOUT 100 KM. THIS LINK SHOULD BE CONSISTED OF A COMPLETELY NEW MOTORWAY TO BE BUILT IN THE FUTURE.

THE BAR-BOLJARE AND ADRIATIC-IONIAN MOTORWAY HAVE COMMON ROUTE IN ZONE OF PODGORICA (MAREZA – SMOKOVAC), IN THE LENGTH OF AROUND 10 KM.

ADRIATIC – IONIAN MOTORWAY IS PLANNED AS TWO SEPARATE CARRIAGE WAYS WITH TWO TRAFFIC LANES EACH AND APPROPRIATE STOP LANES. TENTATIVE PROJECT SPEED IS 100 KM/H. ON CERTAIN SECTIONS WITH DIFFICULT RELIEF CONDITIONS IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO ANALYSE POSSIBLE ADVANTAGES OF A PHASED CONSTRUCTION OR REALIZATION OF ANOTHER KIND OF SAVINGS, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE GOM. IN ANALYSING THE DESIGN OPTIONS OF THE HIGHWAY ROUTE, THE EUROPEAN STANDARDS SHOULD BE APPLIED.

CROATIA AND ADRIATIC-IONIAN MOTORWAYS CORRIDOR COUNTRIES IN EUROPEAN LAND AND MARITIME

CORRIDORS

SEPARATION THE INFRASTRUCTURE FROM

OPERATIONS IN PORT OF BAR AND RAILWAY

COMPANY;

PRIVATIZATION OF OPERATIONAL RAILWAY AND

PORT ACTIVITIES;

CONCESSION ARRANGEMENTS FOR RAILWAY

STATIONS;

FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PORT

LANDLOARD MODEL;

PREPARATION OF THE STRATEGY FOR

RESTRUCTURING AND PRIVATIZATION OF

NATIONAL AIRLINES COMPANY AND AIRPORTS

OF MONTENEGRO

GENERAL CHARACTER ECMT/ITF

SEETO

ECE, Geneva

MoU South-East Europe

CIVIL AVIATION ECE

ICAO

ECAC

EUROCONTROL, Brussels

ROAD TRANSPORT FIATA

SECI

IRU, Geneva

CORTE, Brussels

ADR

RAIL TRANSPORT SEECP

COTIF

UIC

CER

CIT

SERG

MARITIME IMO

REMPEC

EMSA

TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL

ORGANIZATIONS

Montenegro become member of the most important International transport related

organizations:

FUTURE STEPS

CONTINUATION OF UPGRADING, RECONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION OF SEETO COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE;

CONTINUATION OF RESTRUCTURING AND PRIVATIZATION PROCESS;

SUPPORT ENDORSMENT OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE TRANSPORT COMMUNITY BETWEEN EU AND SEE;

LIBERALIZATION OF TRANSPORT MARKETS TO INTERNAL, REGIONAL AND EUROPEAN LEVEL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

angelina.zivkovic@msp.gov.me

www.minsaob.gov.me