MoS
The Eastern Mediterranean area is recognized as a major international maritime transport arena, with “nodes” and corridors of truly global importance. Due to the existence of the Suez canal and the shortcut it provides between the Indian and the Atlantic Oceans, the Mediterranean sea and the Eastern Mediterranean more particularly, serves a huge number of converging global maritime transport links & services.
The existence of ports and intermodal connections of global importance along with the significant growth potential of the region creates a significant opportunity for the development of the Motorways of the Sea concept in the Eastern Mediterranean (EastMed-MoS). The EastMed-MoS corridor links the Adriatic Sea to the Ionian Sea and to the Eastern Mediterranean (including Cyprus).
To improve the overall efficiency of the transport system in this region and encourage the formulation of MoS projects, a task force was set up, composed of representatives of governments and authorities of Greece, Italy, Malta, Cyprus and Slovenia, in order to develop a Master Plan for the Eastern Mediterranean Motorways of the Sea.
