Modern ports in historic waters

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

Date of latest update: 2023-11-11

Description

Description (EN):

SEASTOP enables infrastructure investments of more than 4 million € in 21 small ports in the Stockholm/Åland/Turunmaa (SÅT) archipelago. This project will develop 300 new mooring places, new water and sewage systems plus lots of other public facilities. The ports are located on archipelago islands where projects like this are very rare. These investments will make the ports attractive stops with high service levels, as well as enhancement of the regional economy and mobility. The main common challenge is to develop and broaden the tourism and overnight stays by upgrading the service levels in the ports. In order to make the ports more attractive to visitors these challenges will be addressed by the various work packages. The work packages are based on assessment of the visitor requirements that has been carried out in workshops with all local port operators in a bottom-up process. Priority is given to the most needed investments, taking into account the targets of the Central Baltic programme. The planned investments will lead to around 550 meters of new floating jetties, upgraded environmentally sustainable facilities, such as water, toilets, electricity, showers, saunas, boat toilet discharge systems and waste recycling etc. The cross-border approach enables the members to develop joint marketing, joint upgraded standards of quality for port services and safety. SEASTOP is related to the long joint history of the archipelago islands in the Central Baltic area. Many of the ports were traditional stopover places on the “King Valdemar’s sailing route" in the 13th century. SEASTOP is now engaging 5 experienced and financially strong project partners and 21 existing small ports in Sweden, Finland and the Åland islands. Apart from the partners, Stockholm County Administrative Board, Government of Åland and the municipalities of Österåker and Norrtälje will co-finance the project.

Achievements (EN):

SEASTOP developed small ports to raise the level of service and to attract visitors to small ports: It was achieved through: Investments: The project developed ca 300 new mooring places, sustainable water and sewage systems as well as other public facilities (toilets, showers, etc.). These investments helped the ports become attractive stops for visitors. In addition, the investments lead to improvements in the local environment and in some cases also accessibility to disabled was improved. List of the ports with short description can be found here: https://seastop.se/hamnar Marketing and improvement of services: SEASTOP has successfully marketed the ports in fairs and helped to enable an increased cooperation between the ports. During the project a mobile application was developed for kids through which one can learn about the history of the archipelago. Each harbour has QR code to open this game. The level of service in the ports have increased through the development of training videos and joint security plans. The videos (in Swedish with Finnish and English subtitles) can be accessed here: https://seastop.se/filmer

Website: http://centralbaltic.eu/

Expected Results (EN): R3.2. Share of Central Baltic small ports with good services

Expected Outputs (EN):

Project SEASTOP will result in 21 small ports in Sweden and Åland/Finland with an extensive increased service level and thus contributes to the increased share of Central Baltic small ports with good services. The ports are: Sweden, Värmdö municipality: Svartsö, Harö, Stavsudda, Lökholmen, Kyrkviken/berg, Löka, Möjaström, Långvik outer port, Långvik inner port. Österåker municipality: Ingmarsö, Nässlinge, Husarö. Norrtälje kommun: Rödlöga. Åland. Sjökvarteret, Bomarsund, Degerby, Sandvik Kökar, Lappo, Fiskö. Finland: Bomarv, Peterzén.

Thematic information

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

Partners (5)

Lead Partner: Värmdö Kommun

Department: Municipality Central administration

Address: Skogsbovägen 9 - 11, 134 81 Gustavsberg, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.varmdo.se

Total budget: EUR 2 504 321.06

ERDF budget: EUR 1 878 240.80

Företagsam Skärgård r.f.

Name: Företagsam Skärgård r.f.

Address: Sottunga 1, 22700 SOTTUNGA, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.skargarden.ax

Total budget: EUR 519 282.34

ERDF budget: EUR 389 461.76

Peterzéns OY

Name: Peterzéns OY

Address: Iniöntie 461, 23360 Kustavi, Finland

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.peterzéns.fi

Total budget: EUR 230 200.00

ERDF budget: EUR 172 650.00

Bromarv Byaråd rf.

Name: Bromarv Byaråd rf.

Address: Bromarvägen 1853, 10570 Bromarv, Finland

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.bromarf.fi

Total budget: EUR 228 782.70

ERDF budget: EUR 171 587.02

Mariehamn stad

Name: Mariehamn stad

Address: Torggatan 17, 22101 Mariehamn, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.mariehamn.ax

Total budget: EUR 296 750.00

ERDF budget: EUR 222 562.50

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Bomarv Village Council

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Värmdö Municipality

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Summary

Project name (EN): Modern ports in historic waters

Project acronym: SEASTOP

Project start date: 2017-12-01

Project end date: 2021-02-28

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 3 779 336.10

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 834 502.08

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 2 834 502.08.

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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.

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