The European Union policy aims at providing a viable and more efficient alternative to road only transport and will permit the substantial modal shift of freight traffic from congested roads to key combined “land-maritime routes”. This will be achieved through the improvement of existing or the development of new integrated intermodal maritime-based logistics chains with high quality maritime links that will connect a limited number of strategically located ports.The EastMed-MoS project aims at the successful implementation of the MoS concept in the Eastern Mediterranean region providing the framework for the development of the Eastern Mediterranean Motorways of the Seas. In order to achieve these objectives, the representatives of governments and authorities of Greece, Italy, Malta, Cyprus and Slovenia joined forces on November 2007 and commenced working on the preparation of the Master Plan for the Eastern Mediterranean Motorways of the Sea. The project implementation shall finish within the first semester of 2008. The project is structured in four work packages:
