Safely connected and sustainable small ports in Central Baltic region

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

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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.

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.

Themes

Coastal management and maritime issues Tourism Infrastructure

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

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Lead Partner (EN): Satakunta University of Applied Sciences

Lead Partner: Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu

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

City of Rauma

Name: Rauman kaupunki

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

Kökar Havspaviljong Ab

Name: Kökar Havspaviljong Ab

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

Municipality of Söderhamn

Name: Söderhamn kommun

Address: Västra Storgatan 16-18, SE-82680 Söderhamn, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website (not verified): http://www.soderham.se

Total budget: EUR 535 495.90

ERDF budget: EUR 401 621.92

Municipality of Sottunga

Name: Sottunga kommun

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

City of Gävle

Name: Gävle kommun

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

Summary

Project name (EN): Safely connected and sustainable small ports in Central Baltic region

Project acronym: PortMate

Period: 2014-2020

Date of latest update: 2020-12-14

Website: http://centralbaltic.eu/

Project start date: 2016-11-01

Project end date: 2019-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 725 455.27

European Union funding: EUR 2 044 091.45

Co-financing sources: ERDF

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Municipality of Söderhamn

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Municipality of Sottunga

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City of Gävle

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Satakunta University of Applied Sciences

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

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