East-West Transnational Transport Corridor in the S-BSR

Programme 2000 - 2006 Baltic Sea Region

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

Description

Description (EN):

In the Baltic Sea Region, trade and traffic in the east-west direction is increasing dramatically. The need to develop sustainable transport in the east-west direction is therefore of outmost importance. The “East-West transport Corridor (EWTC)” between Vilnius and Esbjerg via the Öresund region, includes several TEN-T ports, road and railways links, parts of the Nordic triangle and Corridor IX B/D in Lithuania /Kaliningrad. The EWTC has a strong and growing market position, but is hampered by bottlenecks and lack of intermodal transport concepts. The Northern Transport Axis is one of the five Trans-European transport Axes defined by EU “High Level Group” in 2005. The Axis is the main trade and transport connection between Russia and EU countries. The fully operational EWTC, with the links Klaipeda-Vilnius-Moscow/Minsk and Kaliningrad-Vilnius, and the fast growing traffic makes the EWTC to one of the most important corridors of the Northern axis initiative. In addition, the EWTC is already now playing an important role to connect Europe with the emerging markets in Far East, China, Kazakhstan and the countries around the Black Sea. The project “East-West Transport Corridor” aims to strengthen the corridor through a wide range of activities dealing e.g. with development of an overall strategy for the corridor, infrastructure improvements, new solutions for business and logistics and strengthened transport research and co-operation between researchers as well the deployment ITS as a tool for innovative actions. Specific tasks are divided into five work packages: WP1 Transnational Transport Corridor Development Strategy WP2 ITS a Tool for Innovative Actions in the Corridor WP3 Improvements of Infrastructure. Bottlenecks WP4 Development of business and logistics WP5 Knowledge development One of the aims has been to establish a framework for co-operation between different kinds of actors. Therefore, the partnership consists of organizations from both public and private sectors. IKEA, Karlshamns AB, Railog, Smelte and LISCO are some of the enterprises involved. Ports and universities are other important partners as well as local, regional and national authorities. The origin of EWTC stems from increased cross border traffic in the corridor and from different EU-financed projects like i.e. the Baltic Gateway. Traffic forecasts and conclusions from different projects in combination with a strong political support, announced the need for a transport corridor in the area. EWTC aims to strengthen the transport development through infrastructure improvements, new solutions for business, logistics and co-operation between researchers.

Achievements (EN):

The main result of the EWTC project is a) a strong EWTC network b) a strong support for the corridor from different authorities and others c) a report that presents a vision, a strategy and a short-term action plan for the EWTC project. A Strategic Environment Assessment (SEA) has been carried out in the project to describe environmental impact in the corridor. The main conclusion of the SEA is that with increased road transport the negative impact on environment will increase. However, an implementation of the EWTC strategy aims to decrease this negative impact. The aim has been to develop the East-West Transport Corridor as an efficient transport corridor with close co-operation between interlinked hubs, meeting market demands for growing freight transport to and from Scandinavia and Lithuania in a more environmentally-friendly way. The strategy is based on the results of the EWTC project and has been discussed in public hearings in Vilnius and Karlshamn and received broad political support. There is now a commitment to further support to the development of the East West Transport Corridor. This document sets out the long-term goals for this development and outlines the next steps to be taken in a short-term action plan. At the Final Conference in Vilnius December 2007 the Vision, Strategy and Action Plan were approved as well as a joint statement from the Steering Committee of the EWTC. One of the recommendations in the documents is to develop the EWTC as a Green Corridor in the European context.

Thematic information

Multimodal transport Transport and mobility Infrastructure

Partners (47)

Lead Partner: Region Blekinge

Address: Ronnebygatan 2, 371 32 Karlskrona, Sweden

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SC Lithuanian Rail Administration

Name: SC Lithuanian Rail Administration

Address: 3603 Vilnius, Lithuania

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Klaipeda municipality

Name: Klaipeda municipality

Address: 5800 Klaipeda, Lithuania

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Klaipeda State Seaport Authority

Name: Klaipeda State Seaport Authority

Address: 5800 Klaipeda, Lithuania

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Baltic State Fishing Fleet Academy

Name: Baltic State Fishing Fleet Academy

Address: 236029 Klaipeda, Lithuania

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Baltic Business Development Institute

Name: Baltic Business Development Institute

Address: 91220 Klaipeda, Lithuania

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Klaipeda County Governor's Administration

Name: Klaipeda County Governor's Administration

Address: 5800 Klaipeda, Lithuania

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ITS Sweden

Name: ITS Sweden

Address: 78127 Borlänge, Sweden

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Karlshamn Expressbyrå AB

Name: Karlshamn Expressbyrå AB

Address: 37123 Karlshamn, Sweden

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Swedish National Rail Administration

Name: Swedish National Rail Administration

Address: 20123 Malmö, Sweden

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Aerotech Telub

Name: Aerotech Telub

Address: 83125 Östersund, Sweden

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Swedish Road Administration, South East

Name: Swedish Road Administration, South East

Address: 55191 Jönköping, Sweden

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Railog AB

Name: Railog AB

Address: 201 22 Malmö, Sweden

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Kaliningrad Branch of North-West Academy of Public Administration

Name: Kaliningrad Branch of North-West Academy of Public Administration

Address: 236023 Kaliningrad, Russia

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Kaliningrad Oblast Administration

Name: Kaliningrad Oblast Administration

Address: 236023 Kaliningrad, Russia

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Transport and Road Research Institute

Name: Transport and Road Research Institute

Address: 44009 Kaunas, Lithuania

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Ronneby kommun

Name: Ronneby kommun

Address: 37180 Ronneby, Sweden

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Municipality of Karlshamn

Name: Municipality of Karlshamn

Address: 37481 Karlshamn, Sweden

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Swedish Road Administration, Skåne

Name: Swedish Road Administration, Skåne

Address: 29125 Kristianstad, Sweden

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Vinnova

Name: Vinnova

Address: 11122 Stockholm, Sweden

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Blekinge County Administration

Name: Blekinge County Administration

Address: 371 86 KARLSKRONA, Sweden

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IKEA Sweden AB

Name: IKEA Sweden AB

Address: 34381 Älmhult, Sweden

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Kaliningrad State University

Name: Kaliningrad State University

Address: 236041 Kaliningrad, Russia

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Klaipeda University

Name: Klaipeda University

Address: Herkaus Manto St., LT-92294 Klaipeda, Lithuania

Legal status: public

Department of Environmental and Business Economics, Univ. of Southern Denmark

Name: Department of Environmental and Business Economics, Univ. of Southern Denmark

Address: 6700 Esbjerg, Denmark

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Vejle County

Name: Vejle County

Address: 7100 Vejle, Denmark

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Municipality of Esbjerg

Name: Municipality of Esbjerg

Address: 6700 Esbjerg, Denmark

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Esbjerg Havn

Name: Esbjerg Havn

Address: 6700 Esbjerg, Denmark

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Esbjerg Erhvervsudvikling

Name: Esbjerg Erhvervsudvikling

Address: 6700 Esbjerg, Denmark

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Railion Denmark A/S

Name: Railion Denmark A/S

Address: 2600 Glostrup, Denmark

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Region Sealand

Name: Region Sealand

Address: 4800 Nyköbing, Denmark

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Sydvestjysk Udviklingsforum

Name: Sydvestjysk Udviklingsforum

Address: 6700 Esbjerg, Denmark

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EC Gruppen

Name: EC Gruppen

Address: 37623 Svängsta, Sweden

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Lithuanian Road Administration

Name: Lithuanian Road Administration

Address: 3109 Vilnius, Lithuania

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Klaipedos SMELTE

Name: Klaipedos SMELTE

Address: 5799 Klaipeda, Lithuania

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Lisco Baltic Service

Name: Lisco Baltic Service

Address: 92251 Klaipeda, Lithuania

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Klaipeda County Coordination Center

Name: Klaipeda County Coordination Center

Address: 92294 Klaipeda, Lithuania

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Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universitetas

Name: Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universitetas

Address: 10105 Vilnius, Lithuania

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Port of Karlshamn

Name: Port of Karlshamn

Address: 37421 Karlshamn, Sweden

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Swedish National Maritime Administration

Name: Swedish National Maritime Administration

Address: 60178 Norrköping, Sweden

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DFDS Tor Line Ab

Name: DFDS Tor Line Ab

Address: 374 93 Karlshamn, Sweden

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Blekinge Institute of Technology

Name: Blekinge Institute of Technology

Address: 371 79 Karlskrona, Sweden

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Karlshamns AB

Name: Karlshamns AB

Address: 37482 Karlshamn, Sweden

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Region Skåne

Name: Region Skåne

Address: 29189 Kristianstad, Sweden

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Municipality of Sölvesborg

Name: Municipality of Sölvesborg

Address: 29480 Sölvesborg, Sweden

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Municipality of Karlskrona

Name: Municipality of Karlskrona

Address: 37183 Karlskrona, Sweden

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Baltijsk Municipality

Name: Baltijsk Municipality

Address: 238520 Baltijsk, Russia

Legal status: n/a

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Project name (EN): East-West Transnational Transport Corridor in the S-BSR

Project acronym: EAST-WEST

Project start date: 2006-01-01

Project end date: 2007-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 3 859 528.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 862 000.00

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2000 - 2006 Baltic Sea Region

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

2019-07-08

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

136 / 136 (100%)

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

3 143 / 3 143 (100%)

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East-West Transnational Transport Corridor in the S-BSR

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