Amber Coast Logistics

Programme 2007 - 2013 Baltic Sea Region

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

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Description (EN):

ACL is a collaborative project that supports the coordinated development of logistic centres and thus fosters the connection of areas with low accessibility in the southern and eastern Baltic Sea Region (BSR) to the European transport network and international trade flows. The project’s main objective is to improve accessibility and locistic processes both via land and sea to strengthen economic ties between emerging countries like Belarus, Russia or Ukraine and EU member states within the BSR. As transnational supply chains become more and more segmented, the number and importance of logistic centres grows inevitably. In all countries considered there are plans to extend the network of inland freight villages, while at the same time ports aim to integrate more and more logistics functions in their service portfolio. The resulting distribution of cargo processing locations offers the chance to better supply areas that are not directly located along the main transport corridors. ACL wants to bring the actors of the transport sector together in order to push interaction and knowledge transfer and stimulate mutual understanding and awareness. It aims to offer transparent services to the market which are neutral in terms of competition. To achieve this, ACL will organise workshops and conferences, arrange staff exchange programmes and initiate an embedded policy forum for effective dissemination of project results. The project partners agreed to compile action and business plans focusing on specific issues. The findings are completed by in-depth research of permanent working groups, being installed for each of the work packages (WPs), WPs 1 and 2 being reserved for project management and communication: WP 3: Flow of Goods and institutional / legal aspects especially relevant for low accessibility areas WP 4: Sustainable and efficient transport concepts and multi-modal transport chains WP 5: Regional Logistics Integration for areas with low accessibility Reflecting the tasks assigned, the project partnership consists of representatives of ports, logistic locations, public authorities and research institutions from six countries in the BSR. Associated partners like important commercial players, relevant associations and further authorities make complete the ACL consortium. The expected output of ACL is increased accesibility of remote areas for cargo within the region. The coordinated transnational development of logistics centers will contribute to this. Knowledge transfer between the partners and transnational market players, and cooperation to harmonize transnational logistics services are importat side effects, too. With this, ACL will create benefits for both customers (better services), companies (stronger partnerships) and regions (increased accessibility of remote areas). As an effect, efficiency of logistics pro

Achievements (EN):

The final ACL conference entitled "Challenges, concepts and recommendations – the transport and logistics sector in the Baltic Sea region", concluded in Hamburg at 27 February 2014, brought the ACL project to a successful end. The conference was used as platform to present the final project results and hand over the final brochure to high-ranking representatives from the politics such as James Pond, Senior Consultant for the TEN-T Corridor "North Sea-Baltic" of the EC (http://www.ambercoastlogistics.eu/sites/default/files/final_brochure.pdf). In addition to the final brochure all fundamental findings from the analytical project part (WP 3 & 4) has been merged in form of a summary recommendation paper on the promotion of accessibility and connection of remote areas in southern and eastern BSR (http://www.ambercoastlogistics.eu/sites/default/files/acl_4.4_recommendations.pdf). Finally a guideline was elaborated summarising the results of WP 5 entitled: Strengthening the logistics sector in the Baltic Sea Region (http://www.ambercoastlogistics.eu/sites/default/files/acl_activity_5.4b_final_report_0_0.pdf). This paper covers an assessment of the experience gathered at four logistics centres in the BSR, which serves as a basis for the formulation of general recommendations for building, implementing and operating logistics centres. Moreover the improvement of transport management, particularly the use of appropriate IT solutions, is a key element of ACL. Accordingly ACL has developed two IT solutions, which facilitate transport chain organisation, operation as well as logistics promotion: 1. The Transport Border EDI package, which improves the information flow between all partners in an intermodal transport chain. Especially for smaller ports like the port of Elblag this slim tool will be an enormous benefit. Selected ACL partners have taken over the task of promoting the tool further on. 2. The online service PORTlog is a marketing tool for logistic service providers. The core idea is to act as a broker for professional contacts between service providers and (potential) clients. According to matching criteria, companies can be selected for specific purposes. For more details on outputs and results please check the project homepage: www.ambercoastlogistics.eu. An active involvement of the business sector was a core element of the ACL strategy. Close contacts with the business sector have been strengthened with the result to establish joint logistic activities and to learn about obstacles and challenges of border-crossing transport into the East. As a result ACL has significantly contributed to establish new business cooperation e.g. between the Ports of Klaipeda and Sassnitz as well as between the Logistics Centres of Frankfurt Oder (DE), Prilesie (BY) and Kaluga (RU). To build up these and further cooperation ACL partners and associates joined networking events like TransRussia Moscow 2012 and the Transport & Logistics Fair in Minsk 2013.

Website: http://eu.baltic.net/Project_Database.5308.html?

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Logistics and freight transport Improving transport connections

Partners (20)

Lead Partner: Port of Hamburg Marketing Reg. Assoc.

Address: Pickhuben 6, 20457 Hamburg, Germany

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Ventspils brīvostas pārvalde

Name: Ventspils brīvostas pārvalde

Address: Jana str.19, 3601 Ventspils, Latvia

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Fährhafen Sassnitz GmbH

Name: Fährhafen Sassnitz GmbH

Address: Im Fährhafen 1, 18546 Sassnitz, Germany

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Lavijas Logistikas Asociacija

Name: Lavijas Logistikas Asociacija

Address: Skolas str. 21-605, 1010 Riga, Latvia

Legal status: n/a

Klaipedos valstybinio juru uosto direkcija

Name: Klaipedos valstybinio juru uosto direkcija

Address: J. Jannonio Str. 24, 92251 Klaipeda, Lithuania

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Zarzad Portu Morskiego Elblag

Name: Zarzad Portu Morskiego Elblag

Address: Portowa str. 1-3, 82-300 Elblag, Poland

Legal status: n/a

Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Name: Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Address: Kommunisticheskaya str. 11, 220029 Minsk, Belarus

Legal status: n/a

School of Business and Management of Technology of BSU

Name: School of Business and Management of Technology of BSU

Address: Oktyabrskaya Str.4, room 202, 220030 Minsk, Belarus

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Ministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Landesentwicklung Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Name: Ministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Landesentwicklung Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Address: Schlossstrasse 6-8, 19048 Schwerin, Germany

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Rīgas brīvostas pārvalde

Name: Rīgas brīvostas pārvalde

Address: Saivas iela 40, 1030 Riga, Latvia

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NPPE “Klaipeda Shipping Research centre”

Name: NPPE “Klaipeda Shipping Research centre”

Address: Igulos 18A-5, 92294 Klaipeda, Lithuania

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Instytut Logistyki i Magazynowania

Name: Instytut Logistyki i Magazynowania

Address: E. Estkowskiego str. 6, 61-755 Poznan, Poland

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CASE Białoruś - Centrum Analiz Społeczno-Ekonomicznych Białoruś

Name: CASE Białoruś - Centrum Analiz Społeczno-Ekonomicznych Białoruś

Address: ul.Sienkiewicza 12, 00-010 Warsaw, Poland

Legal status: n/a

Scientific and Technological Park BNTU "Polytechnic"

Name: Scientific and Technological Park BNTU "Polytechnic"

Address: Nezavisimosti Ave. 67-123, 220013 Minsk, Belarus

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Belarusian Association of International Forwarders

Name: Belarusian Association of International Forwarders

Address: Chernyshevskogo str. 10A, room 401, 220012 Misnk, Belarus

Legal status: n/a

FDT – FORENINGEN AF DANSKE TRANSPORTCENTRE

Name: FDT – FORENINGEN AF DANSKE TRANSPORTCENTRE

Address: Ved Stranden 22, 9100 Aalborg, Denmark

Legal status: n/a

Skandinavisk Transport Center / Køge Havn

Name: Skandinavisk Transport Center / Køge Havn

Address: Baltic Kaj 1, 4600 Køge, Denmark

Legal status: n/a

Investor Center Ostbrandenburg GmbH

Name: Investor Center Ostbrandenburg GmbH

Address: Im Technologiepark 1, 15236 Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

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Baltic Sea Forum e.V.

Name: Baltic Sea Forum e.V.

Address: Große Bahnstraße 31, 22525 Hamburg, Germany

Legal status: n/a

Fraunhofer-Center für Maritime Logistik und Dienstleistungen

Name: Fraunhofer-Center für Maritime Logistik und Dienstleistungen

Address: Schwarzenbergstraße 95D, 21073 Hamburg, Germany

Legal status: n/a

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Summary

Project name (EN): Amber Coast Logistics

Project acronym: ACL

Project start date: 2011-06-09

Project end date: 2013-03-08

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 770 300.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 906 720.00

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2007 - 2013 Baltic Sea Region

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2015-03-01

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

92 / 92 (100%)

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

1 414 / 1 414 (100%)

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