Description
Description (EN): Currently common challenges for small ports especially in archipelago and islands are
1) limitations in safe access arrival, stay and departure the port due to less experienced seafarers as well as nature factors such as shallow and rocky routes,
2) lack of sustainable resource efficient services in ports, and
3) insufficient marketing activities separately in each port.
In our project, these challenges are solved by mating the pilot small ports with the sailing triangle from Rauma, FI through Sottunga and Kökar, ÅX to Gävle-Söderhamn region, SE. Rauma and Gävle are also official sister cities. These areas have huge potential for visitors to the area both by the nature values and urban services. However, these small ports need practical co-operative actions to improve local and regional mobility and contribute to tourism development.
Our pilot small ports are owned and operated by the cities or private company in Rauma, FI, Sottunga and Kökar (ÅX) and Gävle and Söderhamn (SE). The practical activities in pilot small ports are 1) formation of interactive step-by-step guidance by using ICT solutions, compatible with those existing used by the operators, for seafarers on safe arrival, stay and departure to/from the ports, 2) investments to sustainable and resource efficient infrastructure on land (e.g. solar energy, water, sanitation and WIFI availability), 3) mating the small port operators with each other and with seafarers (local people and visitors) in the small ports to meet the needs for services and their availability as well as co-operation activities i.e. marketing.
The PortMate will enhance safe access, suitable "green services" and joint marketing in small ports. The best practices on share of pilot small ports with good services will be expanded to other Central Baltic areas by an open access web-based ICT solution as well as in face-to-face events. The result will be 19 Central Baltic small ports with improved services.
Read more Achievements (EN): PortMate - improved safety and resource efficient services in small ports:
Project partnership worked during end 2016-end 2019 to improve services in 19 small ports in Finland, Sweden, and Åland (Rauma, Gävle, Söderhamn, Kökar, Sottunga and other small ports nearby). A considerable part of the project budget and resources was devoted to the upgrade of investments – service houses, waste management solutions, drinking water, lighting, renewable energy by solar panels, etc, which is a valuable achievement that is used by boaters and other small port users today and during coming years.
The project also worked on resource efficiency in the small ports. As result, a practical guide on technology, purchasing & installation, and perfect small port within resource efficiency: best practices and sustainability were developed. In addition, guidance videos on resource efficiency solutions and installations were released.
The resource efficiency was considered also as much as possible when upgrading investments in the small ports (using led lights, placing solar panels).
The project worked also on the most essential aspects of boaters' safety and produced series of videos, concerning the safe approach to the pilot ports, best practices when sailing and a collection of risky situations at sea. Safety equipment was upgraded in some project small ports.
Finally, throughout the duration of the project, PortMate collaborated with other Central Baltic and international projects, finding both a common background and possible synergies for future implementations.
This cross-border cooperation created an extended network, that was evident at the PortMate final conference, which collected the presence and presentations of many different projects and organizations.
All these efforts created the conditions for future developments of the PortMate core themes.
All achievements and other materials of PortMate are collected to a freely available browser-based ICT tool at http://www.portmate.eu/ .
The project results are compiled in English, Finnish, and Swedish.
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Website: http://centralbaltic.eu/
Expected Results (EN): R3.2. Share of Central Baltic small ports with good services
Expected Outputs (EN): Alltogether 19 Central Baltic small ports with improved safety and resource efficient services in a network of small ports. These small ports are:
- in Finland / City of Rauma: 1. Kylmäpihlaja, 2. Kuuskajaskari, 3. Petäjäs, 4. Poroholma, 5. Syväraumanlahti
- in Åland / Sottunga municipality: 6. Sottunga port, 7. Hästö, 8. Finnö, 9. Husö
- in Åland / Kökar Havspaviljongen Ab: 10. Hellsö, 11. Källskär, 12. Hamnö, 13. Kyrkogårdsö
- in Sweden / City of Gävle: 14. Gävle, 15. Furuviks gästhamn, 16. Axmar Brygga Havskrogs Gästhamn
- in Sweden / Söderhamn municipality: 17. city guest harbor, 18. Storjungfrun, 19. Enskär.
Every small port will be involved in the first level activity of improving safety with interactive ITC-based guidance material combined with availability to free WIFI connections. Second level activity as investments for advanced services are mainly targeted to "bigger" guest ports (1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 14, 17) to utilize the existing infrastructure and available technology. Every port will participate in third level activity on mating; marketing and networking with more small ports in the programme region.
These small ports provide higher standard and broader selection of sustainable, low carbon services with ICT solutions to serve new types of seafarers. As result, the small ports are safe places, where the sea meets the land and are high in significance as a meeting place and activities. PortMate enhances marketing efforts, attracts new visitors and make them aware of what the small ports offer, thus increasing prosperity and well-being of the region. Through cooperation with regional and local projects, we evolve and ensure that development efforts are coordinated and scalable to other small ports. The best practices on share of pilot small ports with good services will be expanded to other Central Baltic areas by an open access web-based ICT solution as well as face-to-face events of small ports.
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Thematic information
Specific Objective:
Improved services of existing small ports to improve local and regional mobility and contribute to tourism development
Thematic Objective:
(07) promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures by:
Investment Priority:
(07c) developing and improving environmentally-friendly (including low-noise) and low-carbon transport systems, including inland waterways and maritime transport, ports, multimodal links and airport infrastructure, in order to promote sustainable regional and local mobility
Partners (6)
Lead Partner:
SATAKUNNAN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU OY
Department:
Faculty of Technology and Faculty of Logistics and Maritime Technology
Address:
Tiedepuisto 3, FI-28600 Pori, Finland
Legal status:
public
Website:
http://www.samk.fi
Total budget:
EUR 640 580.61
ERDF budget:
EUR 480 435.46
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Rauman kaupunki
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Name:
Rauman kaupunki
Department:
n/a
Address:
Kanalinranta 3, FI-26100 Rauma, Finland
Legal status:
public
Website:
http://www.rauma.fi
Total budget:
EUR 539 935.68
ERDF budget:
EUR 404 951.76
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Söderhamns kommun
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Name:
Söderhamns kommun
Department:
n/a
Address:
Västra Storgatan 16-18, SE-82680 Söderhamn, Sweden
Legal status:
public
Website:
http://www.soderham.se
Total budget:
EUR 535 495.90
ERDF budget:
EUR 401 621.92
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Gävle kommun
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Name:
Gävle kommun
Department:
n/a
Address:
Drottninggatan 22, SE-80184 Gävle, Sweden
Legal status:
public
Website:
http://www.gavle.se
Total budget:
EUR 463 485.92
ERDF budget:
EUR 347 614.44
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Kökar Havspaviljong Ab
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Name:
Kökar Havspaviljong Ab
Department:
n/a
Address:
Västra Sundet 1, ÅX-22730 Kökar, Finland
Legal status:
private
Website:
http://www.havspaviljongen.ax/en/
Total budget:
EUR 273 212.32
ERDF budget:
EUR 204 909.24
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Sottunga kommun
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Name:
Sottunga kommun
Department:
n/a
Address:
n/a n/a, ÅX-22720 Sottunga, Finland
Legal status:
public
Website:
http://www.sottunga.ax
Total budget:
EUR 272 744.84
ERDF budget:
EUR 204 558.63
