Baltic Loop

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Finland - Estonia - Latvia - Sweden (Central Baltic)

Date of latest update: 2023-11-11

Description

Description (EN):

The Baltic Sea region is one of the focal points of the world. An area of fast growth, it is a key market of some 100 million consumers. The Baltic Sea region has great potential for structural change and economic growth. The Baltic Loop project focuses on developing solutions to transportation bottlenecks along the East-West corridors to smoothen the transportation flows. Project covers three separate corridors; northern from Örebro – Turku – St. Petersburg, middle from Örebro – Tallin – St.Petersburg and southern from Örebro – Riga – St. Petersburg. The main goal is to minimize travelling and cargo time in corridors. These corridors have to develop to make them more attractive to new business and innovations by reducing traveling and cargo time. In the project new knowledge is deliverable to public and private sector actors. The project tackles the bottlenecks and hindrances in timesaving along the corridors through four themes: 1) the technical and 2) non-technical time saving solutions 3) new business models for smart and sustainable hubs 4) dialog between transportation actors along the corridors. The main result is shortened transportation and traveling time and decreased emissions in these three corridors. The sub-results of the project are as follows: 1) improved competitiveness due to the more efficient transport flow, 2) the efficiency is achieved by improved delivery and terminal operations, which results in a shortened time of good delivery to the retailer or client. 3) reduced traveling time 4) improved passenger accessibility to corridors from hinterland with linking to technical solutions.

Achievements (EN):

Within the framework of the EU project Baltic Loop, Region Örebro County has mapped and analysed various digital and automated working methods that could contribute to shorter travel times in public transport. A number of different nodes, both along the railway and with other public transport, in Sweden, Finland, Estonia and Latvia have been analysed from a travel time perspective. DIGITAL AND AUTOMATED WORKING METHODS, REDUCE TRAVEL TIME IN THE BALTIC SEA COUNTRIES: Current train planning processes and railway operations in the four countries have been analysed to get an idea of how much extra time is applied in timetable construction, and whether this time could be removed by applying one or several of the digital and automated working methods that have been mapped.

Website: http://centralbaltic.eu/

Expected Results (EN): R3.3. Transport flows of goods

Expected Outputs (EN):

The main result is shortened transportation and traveling time and decreased emissions in these three corridors. The sub-results of the project are as follows: 1) improved competitiveness due to the more efficient transport flow, 2) the efficiency is achieved by improved delivery and terminal operations, which results in a shortened time of good delivery to the retailer or client. 3) reduced traveling time 4) improved passenger accessibility to corridors from hinterland with linking to technical solutions Main activities to achieve the result are: 1) Gathering and analyzing open and available data. 2) Improving and creating time efficient transportation solutions. 3) Discovering economic benefits by time managing in transport interface. 4) Dialoging between different transportation actors. The activities we are presenting will tackle the both programme result indicators. The flow of goods will improve as cargo transportation time will decrease compared to the present situation by finding and eliminating bottlenecks with new ways of technologies such as new applications or sophisticated procedures simultaneously also decreasing the emission levels. The findings will enhance the cross border flow of goods and people and furthermore simultaneously decrease the overall emission levels of these specific corridors .

Thematic information

Multimodal transport Logistics and freight transport Improving transport connections

Specific Objective: Improved transport flows of people and goods

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 (7)

Lead Partner: Turun ammattikorkeakoulu Oy

Department: Faculty of Engineering and Business

Address: Joukahaisenkatu 3 A, 20520 Turku, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.tuas.fi

Total budget: EUR 524 342.60

ERDF budget: EUR 382 770.10

Åbo Akademi

Name: Åbo Akademi

Department: Faculty of Science and Engineering / Industrial Management

Address: Domkyrkotorget 3, 20500 Turku, Finland

Legal status: public

Website (not verified): http://www.abo.fi/fakultet/ietkf

Total budget: EUR 359 957.22

ERDF budget: EUR 262 768.77

Rīgas plānošanas reģions

Name: Rīgas plānošanas reģions

Address: Zigfrida Annas Meierovica blvd. 18, LV-1050 Riga, Latvia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.rpr.gov.lv

Total budget: EUR 223 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 189 550.00

Harjumaa Omavalitsuste Liit

Name: Harjumaa Omavalitsuste Liit

Department: -

Address: Sirge 2, 10618 TALLINN, Estonia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.hol.ee

Total budget: EUR 107 107.41

ERDF budget: EUR 91 041.30

Ventspils Augsto Tehnoloģiju parks nodibinājums

Name: Ventspils Augsto Tehnoloģiju parks nodibinājums

Department: Department of Marketing and Development

Address: Ventspils Augsto tehnologiju parks 1, LV-3602 Ventspils, Latvia

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.vhtp.lv

Total budget: EUR 197 380.30

ERDF budget: EUR 167 773.26

Vidzemes plānošanas reģions

Name: Vidzemes plānošanas reģions

Department: Development and Project Department

Address: Jana Poruka street 8-108, LV-4101 Cesis, Latvia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.vidzeme.lv

Total budget: EUR 185 430.43

ERDF budget: EUR 157 615.87

Region Örebro Län

Name: Region Örebro Län

Department: Regional Development

Address: Eklundavägen 1 A, 70116 Örebro, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.regionorebrolan.se

Total budget: EUR 274 930.79

ERDF budget: EUR 206 198.09

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Åbo Akademi University

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Rgas Plnoanas reions.

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Union of Harju County Municipalities (HOL)

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Ventspils High Techonogy Park Foundation

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Vidzeme Planning Region

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Region Örebro County

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Turku University of Applied Sciences

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Summary

Project name (EN): Baltic Loop

Project acronym: Baltic Loop

Project start date: 2019-04-01

Project end date: 2021-09-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 872 148.75

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 457 717.38

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 457 717.38.

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Finland - Estonia - Latvia - Sweden (Central Baltic)

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-11-11

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

137 / 137 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

663 / 663 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://centralbaltic.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-11-08, 2023-01-12 and 2024-03-08.

The financial data featured in keep.eu for this programme, it's projects and its partners is not exact and should be taken as a reference only.

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