It is time to celebrate the results. Welcome to read our last Newsletter.
In this issue:
Read the Newsletter #8 Here or Click on the image below
Given how much has been achieved in a couple of years, we have prepared thematic fact sheets that will help you to find out the most important findings about each of the directions we developed in the project.
Take a closer look at each of the fact sheets:
#1 DISCOVER BUSINESS MODELS FOR SMART AND SUSTAINABLE SEA LOGISTIC AND PORT OPERATIONS
We want to give you an insight into what has been done and invite you to watch three videos.
VIDEO #1 How to reduce transportation bottlenecks?
VIDEO #2 Discover business models for smart and sustainable sea logistics and port operations
VIDEO #3 Dialogue between different transportation actors
The questions are discussed in depth in the reports published in the “Deliverables” section of the home page.
The Final Conference of the Baltic Loop project was a celebration of two years of intensive work as well as an opportunity to present valuable research data and conclusions to industry players about three new transportation corridors in the territory of Central Baltic Sea region. The Baltic Loop partnership chose an ambitious goal at the time of writing the project application, arguing that it was necessary to discover the potential of the West-East direction in the context of freight and passenger transport.
In a couple of years, together with stakeholders at different levels, we have not only managed to pinpoint the current circumstances and problem situations but also worked with stakeholders, as well as industry experts and researchers, to make recommendations on how to solve the problems to reduce travelling time and CO2 emissions.
If you missed our conference, but are interested in what was discussed at it, we invite you to review the presentations. The video of the conference is still available on the Baltic loop Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/projectBALTICLOOP/.
| 12.30-13.00 |
Welcoming speech. Baltic Loop in a nutshell. Jari Hietaranta, Lead partner of the project, TUAS, Finland |
Presentation available HERE |
| 13.15-14.00 | IMPORTANCE OF THE BALTIC LOOP CORRIDOR | |
| Potential development solutions in metropolitan areas Rūdolfs Cimdiņš, Riga Planning Region, Latvia |
Presentation available HERE | |
| Potential development solutions in rural border region for efficient passenger flows Andžejs Stepančuks, Vidzeme Planning Region, Latvia |
Presentation available HERE | |
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People and freight moving – examples from Estonia Kaarel Kose, Union of Harju County Municipalities, Estonia |
Presentation available HERE | |
| 14.00-14.30 | FUTURE PORT SCENARIOS | |
| Future port scenarios Irina Wahlström, Åbo Akademi University, Finland |
Presentation available HERE | |
| Potential of small ports in Latvia Jānis Megnis, Riga Planning Region, Latvia |
Presentation available HERE | |
| Potential of Ventspils Freeport in the Belarus-Latvia-Sweden transit corridor Aleksandra Serebrjakova, Ventspils High technology park, Latvia |
Presentation available HERE | |
| Short break | ||
| 14.40-15.30 | BOTTLENECKS AND SOLUTIONS IN BALTIC LOOP CORRIDORS | |
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Challenges of increased freight flows in Central Baltic Ahmed Alaeddine, Region Örebro, Sweden |
Presentation available HERE | |
| GIS visualisation and animation of bottlenecks and emissions in Northern Corridor Patrick Yliluoto and Jaani Kekäläinen, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland |
Presentation available HERE | |
| Logistics terminal development Lauri Poikela, Noccela Ltd., Finland |
Presentation available HERE
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| 15.30-15.50 | WRAP-UP KEYNOTE: TRANSPORT CORRIDORS AS A DRIVER OF COMPETITION | |
| Ms Marjo Uotila, Director of Strategic Alliances, Northern Growth Zone, Finland | Presentation available HERE | |
| 15.50-16.00 | FINAL HIGHLIGHTS AND CLOSING |
Turku University of Applied Sciences has done GIS mapping as well as visualized bottlenecks of the E18 section in Finland, thus helping to find out exactly where these places are on the road and what kind of problems need to be solved.
The animation identifies problems and shows them with symbols such as accessibility, slow driving, intense traffic flow, lack of route guidance, roadwork, as well as traffic lights, etc.
The video clearly shows bottlenecks and analyzes the situation in each place in more detail. Another major problem that should be tackled in a complex way by the various parties coming together, but above all by the public administration, is the lack of services, including resting and stopping areas for heavy vehicles.
The problem has been known for a long time and over the years the situation has gradually deteriorated. At the same time, the amount of heavy traffic has increased over the past four years by slightly less than 10% on the main thoroughfares and, accordingly, the number of users of break points during the night by almost 20%. Resting areas are limited on the highway network and there have been increasing restrictions on heavy traffic parking on the street networks. Now when amounts of economy transportations are growing the availability of heavy traffic resting areas and driver services connected to these areas has become an increasingly big problem.
Read the resting area report in Northern Corridor Here (.pdf)
