Website: Motorways of the Sea

In its Transport White Paper of September 2001, the European Commission proposed the development of 'Motorways of the Sea' as a 'real competitive alternative to land transport'. To help these lines develop, the White Paper states that European funds should be made available. These 'motorways of the sea' should be part of the Trans-European network (TEN-T).

Four corridors have been designated for the setting up of projects of European interest:

Motorway of the Baltic Sea (linking the Baltic Sea Member States with Member States in Central and Western Europe, including the route through the North Sea/Baltic Sea canal) (by 2010)

Motorway of the Sea of western Europe (leading from Portugal and Spain via the Atlantic Arc to the North Sea and the Irish Sea) (by 2010)

Motorway of the Sea of south-east Europe (connecting the Adriatic Sea to the Ionian Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean, including Cyprus) (by 2010)

Motorway of the Sea of south-west Europe (western Mediterranean, connecting Spain, France, Italy and including Malta and linking with the Motorway of the Sea of south-east Europe and including links to the Black Sea) (by 2010).

Wikipedia: Motorways of the Sea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorways_of_the_Sea

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