Sustainable Development of Cruise Port Locations

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Baltic Sea

Date of latest update: 2023-11-02

Description

Description (EN):

Planning and meeting the fast growing demand and the associated environmental requirements in the cruise sector in a strategic, sustainable manner is necessary. Due to the transnationality of the ‘cruise product’, only a joint planning process of Baltic Sea Region ports will have sustainable results. The cruise shipping sector in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) has grown enormously in the last decade. From 2001 to 2013 cruise ship calls (visits by a cruise ship at a port) grew by a total of 59 % (1,601 to 2,552), passenger visits increased by a total of over 260 % (1,227,000 to 4,434,000). Cruise tourism is global and in the BSR continued strong growth is predicted and is going to remain on a strong growth trend with the available capacity (determined by the active cruise fleet) continuing to grow. While at the seaside private shipping lines and international bodies, e. g. the International Maritime Organization (IMO) are the main actors, on land national port administrations and terminal operators take over this responsibility. Clean Shipping is needed in order to encourage investments in environmentally friendly cruise port infra- and superstructure as well as in better, smart traffic links to the public transport and supply systems. Consequently the core challenge of the project with its ten partners and ten supporting organizations from all BSR countries will address the main public and private stakeholders in the region (and beyond), like ports and Port Authorities, terminal operators, shipping lines, politicians, etc. The project aims to find smart solutions for greener cruise ports in the BSR in three work packages (WP): Sustainable Energy Supply & innovative Emission Reduction, Cruise Terminal Buildings & innovative Reception Facilities and Maritime and Landside Cruise (Terminal) Traffic Links. This integrated thematic approach, supported by consequent project management will build a sound basis for a successful project implementation 2016-2019. Project tools and main outputs and results will include Conferences, Workshops and Best Practice Tours (taking place in all BSR countries), Policy Papers, Research, Technical and Concept Studies as well as Business Cases, Sustainable enhancement of partner staff capacities (and other cruise industry stakeholders) and launching of a BSR Green Cruise Port Action Plan 2030, offering strategic orientation and practical guidance for a smart green cruise port development in the coming decade.

Achievements (EN):

Eight ports and two cruise lines explore green solutions together: In the project, the port authorities of eight large cruise ports in the Baltic Sea region joined forces, namely Hamburg (Germany), Rostock (Germany), Klaipeda (Lithuania), Riga (Latvia), Tallinn (Estonia), Helsinki (Finland), Bergen (Norway) and Esbjerg (Denmark) for an ambitious approach towards green cruise ports. The port authority RosMorPort which operates the ports of St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad (Russia) contributed as well. Together with the cruise lines AIDA and TUI as well as researchers from the Maritime Institute in Gdansk they looked into smart solutions for greener cruise ports in terms of sustainable energy supply and innovative emission reduction, cruise terminal buildings and innovative reception facilities and maritime and landside cruise terminal traffic links and published a series of thematic studies in each of those fields. A study on "Sustainable energetic solutions for the cruise terminal building in Northern climate" laid the fundament for an engineer-layout of a smart cruise terminal building at the Port of Tallinn. The new terminal was built 2019. A common vision and an action plan for green cruise tourism by 2030: To bring all the experience and ambitions together, the ports established a joint vision: To decouple growth in the Baltic Sea region cruise port industry from negative sustainability, and especially environmental impacts that result from port and vessel operations. In order to pursue this vision, the ports and cruise lines developed a Green Cruise Port Action Plan 2030 with specific goals for its realization. The Action Plan serves as an important tool and source of reference for ports, cruise lines, policy and others striving for a high level of sustainability. In 2017, the Baltic Sea Forum awarded the project the Baltic Sea Clean Maritime Award in the category “Infrastructure”. EUR 1.93 million of support from the European Union were used to initiate change in the cruise industry towards a green, low-carbon Europe in the Interreg project Green Cruise Ports. http://interreg-baltic.eu/project/green-cruise-por/

Website: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/green-cruise-port/

Delivered Outputs (EN): Declarations & Green Cruise Action Plan 2030 Environmental Impact and Energetic Studies Business Plans (OPS & LNG Barge) Engineering Plans for Optimal Terminal Design WS Results and Concept Studies (Economy) WS Results & Concept Studies (Smart Traffic)

Thematic information

Green technologies Infrastructure

Specific Objective: ‘Environmentally friendly shipping’: To enhance clean shipping based on increased capacity of maritime actors

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 (10)

Lead Partner: Hamburg Port Authority AöR

Department: Port Development

Address: Neuer Wandrahm 4, 20457 Hamburg, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.hamburg-port-authority.de

Total budget: EUR 698 500.00

ERDF budget: EUR 523 875.00

Rīgas brīvostas pārvalde

Name: Rīgas brīvostas pārvalde

Address: 12, Kalpaka blvd., LV-1010 Riga, Latvia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.rop.lv

Total budget: EUR 201 300.00

ERDF budget: EUR 171 105.00

Hamburg Cruise Net e.V.

Name: Hamburg Cruise Net e.V.

Department: Executive Board

Address: Wexstraße 7, 20355 Hamburg, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.hamburgcruise.net

Total budget: EUR 89 200.00

ERDF budget: EUR 66 900.00

ROSTOCK PORT GmbH

Name: ROSTOCK PORT GmbH

Department: Port Strategy/ Business Development

Address: Ost-West-Straße 32, 18147 Rostock, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.rostock-port.de

Total budget: EUR 287 900.00

ERDF budget: EUR 215 925.00

aktsiaselts TALLINNA SADAM

Name: aktsiaselts TALLINNA SADAM

Address: Sadama 25, 15051 Tallinn, Estonia

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.portoftallinn.com

Total budget: EUR 278 800.00

ERDF budget: EUR 236 980.00

VĮ Klaipėdos valstybinio jūrų uosto direkcija

Name: VĮ Klaipėdos valstybinio jūrų uosto direkcija

Address: Janonio str. 24, LT-92251 Klaipeda, Lithuania

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.portofklaipeda.lt

Total budget: EUR 133 800.00

ERDF budget: EUR 113 730.00

Helsingin Satama Oy

Name: Helsingin Satama Oy

Address: Olympiaranta 3, P.O. Box 197, FI-00141 Helsinki, Finland

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.portofhelsinki.fi

Total budget: EUR 321 500.00

ERDF budget: EUR 241 125.00

Instytut Morski w Gdańsku

Name: Instytut Morski w Gdańsku

Department: Economics and Law Department

Address: ul. Dlugi Targ 41/42, 80-830 Gdansk, Poland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.im.gda.pl

Total budget: EUR 218 050.00

ERDF budget: EUR 185 342.50

Bergen og Omland havnevesen

Name: Bergen og Omland havnevesen

Address: Postbox 6040, 5892 Bergen, Norway

Legal status: public

Website: http://bergenhavn.no

Total budget: EUR 304 200.00

DEN KOMMUNALE SELVSTYREHAVN ESBJERG HAVN

Name: DEN KOMMUNALE SELVSTYREHAVN ESBJERG HAVN

Address: Hulvejen 1, 6700 Esbjerg, Denmark

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.portesbjerg.dk

Total budget: EUR 228 500.00

ERDF budget: EUR 171 375.00

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Summary

Project name (EN): Sustainable Development of Cruise Port Locations

Project acronym: GREEN CRUISE PORT

Project start date: 2016-03-01

Project end date: 2019-02-28

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 761 750.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 926 357.50

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 69.80%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 926 357.50.

Third-country contribution: 152 100.00

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Reports

Green Cruise Port Action Plan 2030

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://www.greencruiseport.eu/Home.html

Publication date: 2022-02-01

Document date: 2019-02-28

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Studies / surveys

Onshore Power Supply for Cruise Vessels – Assessment of opportunities and limitations for connecting cruise vessels to shore power

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: http://www.greencruiseport.eu/Home.html

Publication date: 2022-02-01

Document date: 2018-01-04

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Common standards in the measurement of economic effects by cruise tourism

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: http://www.greencruiseport.eu/Home.html

Publication date: 2022-02-01

Document date: 2017-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Sustainable energetic solutions for cruise terminal buildings in Northern Climate

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: http://www.greencruiseport.eu/Home.html

Publication date: 2022-02-01

Document date: 2017-11-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Rostock Cruise Tourism: Local Economic Impact and Customer Satisfaction

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: http://www.greencruiseport.eu/Home.html

Publication date: 2022-02-01

Document date: 2019-02-28

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Identification and assessment of new cruise terminal locations in port areas under aspects of sustainability

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: http://www.greencruiseport.eu/Home.html

Publication date: 2022-02-01

Document date: 2018-12-03

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Feasibility of noise monitoring in the cruise port of Warnemünde

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: http://www.greencruiseport.eu/Home.html

Publication date: 2022-02-01

Document date: 2018-10-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Baltic Sea

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

2023-06-16

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

200 / 200 (100%)

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

2 025 / 2 025 (100%)

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