Efficient flow of goods and passangers between Finland and Sweden

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

Description

Description (EN):

The Baltic Sea Region is extremely dependent of efficient transport solutions all year around. Currently there is a need to improve the quality of maritime transport between Finland and Sweden in order to optimize the flow of goods in the corridor both by sea to better integrate sea transport with road and rail. The possibilities for just-in-time arrivals and departures, especially in the maritime part of the corridor should be improved. The EfficientFlow project is a joint Swedish - Finnish initiative that contributes developing two transport corridors in the Central Baltic area e.g. the corridor to and between the ports of Gävle and Rauma and the ScanMed corridor between Stockholm and Turku. The project will make the transport flow in the corridors more efficient by improved processes and new digital solutions. The project will deliver improved processes, business models and ICT tools for enhanced information exchanged between port actors, between ports, between port and hinterland operators and between ports and ships. The results of the project will be carefully analysed and evaluated, widely disseminated and can serve as best practices examples for other corridors and ports in the Central Baltic area and beyond. By improved information exchange between the actors of the two corridors in the Central Baltic area will contribute to higher efficiency and timesaving in both corridors, reduced transport time, higher transport predictability and improved sustainability and transport quality. The project is expected to produce a time saving of 7%. The project will be implemented in a partnership with the Swedish Maritime Administration as Lead Partner and with the Finnish Transport Agency, Port of Gävle, Port of Rauma and SAMK as partners. Terminals and operators (maritime and hinterland) together with other actors in the maritime transport eco-system will benefit from the project results and will participate in and contribute to the project work.

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

Expected Outputs (EN):

The EfficientFlow project will contribute to more efficient traffic flow in the two corridors Gävle-Rauma and Stockholm-Turku by implementation of Sea Traffic Management and its integration into the full logistic chain. The results will consist of less manual information exchange, improved processes and practical application of new ICT tools. The value proposition identified by the project partners and users, encompasses: • increased situational awareness among the actors in the ports and at sea in the corridors; • connected port and more flexible route planning; • improved port-hinterland information exchange; • well-coordinated, faster and more optimized port operations; • improved just-in-time processes, saved fuel, less waiting times, improved planning horizon, improved berth productivity; and • increased flexibility in case of non-expected events. As a result, ships will adjust speed in order to arrive just-in-time, which means making maritime transport more energy efficient, decreases harmful emissions (CO2), provides positive impact on erosion as well as provides safety and socio-economic benefits to the corridors. Increased accuracy of information by digitization, waiting times and lead times will be reduced in all parts of the logistic chain and a large number of telephone calls between actors will be reduced to a minimum by the introduction of new ICT tools adding to time savings in the movement of goods. The risk of misunderstanding and misinterpretation of information will also be reduced, which contributes to reduced movement time of goods in the corridors. The results achieved will last beyond the lifetime of the project and are transferrable to other ports and countries in the Central Baltic area.

Themes

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

Lead Partner (EN): Swedish Maritime Administration

Lead Partner: Sjöfartsverket

Department: Research and Innovation

Address: Östra Promenaden 7, 601 78 Norrköping, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.sjofartsverket.se

Total budget: EUR 1 796 520.79

ERDF budget: EUR 1 347 390.59

Port of Gävle

Name: Gävle Hamn AB

Department: Port Authority

Address: Fredriksskans 1, 806 47 Gävle, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.portofgavle.se

Total budget: EUR 571 450.27

ERDF budget: EUR 428 587.70

Vessel Traffic Services Finland

Name: Vessel Traffic Services Finland

Address: Palkkatilanportti 1, 2400 Helsinki, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://tmfg.fi/fi/vts

Total budget: EUR 722 136.66

ERDF budget: EUR 541 602.50

Port of Rauma Ltd

Name: Rauman Satama Oy

Address: Hakunintie 19, 26100 Rauma, Finland

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.portofrauma.com

Total budget: EUR 634 097.93

ERDF budget: EUR 475 573.45

Satakunta University of Applied Sciences

Name: Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu

Department: Faculty of Logistics and Maritime Technology and Faculty of Technology

Address: Satakunnankatu 23, 28130 Pori, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.samk.fi

Total budget: EUR 828 164.03

ERDF budget: EUR 621 123.02

Finnish Transport Agency

Name: Liikennevirasto

Department: Traffic Services

Address: Opastinsilta 12A, FI-00520 Helsinki, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.liikennevirasto.fi

Total budget: EUR 20 531.95

ERDF budget: EUR 15 398.96

Summary

Project name (EN): Efficient flow of goods and passangers between Finland and Sweden

Project acronym: EfficientFlow

Period: 2014-2020

Date of latest update: 2020-12-14

Website: http://centralbaltic.eu/

Project start date: 2018-03-01

Project end date: 2021-02-28

Project status: ongoing

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 4 572 901.63

European Union funding: EUR 3 429 676.22

Co-financing sources: ERDF

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Port of Rauma Ltd

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Satakunta University of Applied Sciences

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Finnish Transport Agency

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Swedish Maritime Administration

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

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