Assuring Depth of fairways for Archipelago Public Transportation

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

Date of latest update: 2023-11-11

Description

Description (EN):

The overall objective of the ADAPT project is to develop and implement safe, time-saving and fuel-efficient routes for the transportation of passengers and goods in the Åland and Stockholm archipelagos. The approach will consider the entire multimodal system for public transportation in the archipelagos, although the focus for actions will be on waterborne traffic. At the end of the project, some traffic routes will have been adjusted, while others will be under consideration for future adjustments; and new tools and methods for optimisation of vessel use and operation under difficult circumstances (shallow and narrow waters, severe weather, etc.) will be in place. These changes will result in time saved for transportation and improved flows of people and goods. More efficient transportation with e.g. reduced CO emissions will also contribute to decreased environmental impacts. The project addresses several common cross-border challenges connected to attaining the joint goal of a reliable, safe and efficient public transportation system in the archipelagos. Both archipelagos face the same challenges. On the one hand, they have already solved certain issues differently and therefore an organised exchange of experiences and mutual learning will be an important process; on the other hand, certain challenges are better solved in cooperation through developing and researching joint solutions, methods and tools. With its focus on waterborne public transportation and transport routes in the archipelago, the project is closely linked to the programme objective for a well-connected region with improved transport flows of people and goods. The main beneficiaries of project results will be passengers using public transport in the archipelago, as well as the communities and businesses on the islands gaining from tourism as well as from safer and more reliable public transportation.

Achievements (EN):

The system for public transportation at sea differs in Stockholm and Åland archipelago, but project ADAPT tackled the joint challenges in offering a safe, timesaving, and fuel-efficient public transportation at sea. New and updated hydrology was needed to reach an improved maritime transport system and to reduce its environmental impact. Altogether, there were 46 corridors and nodes identified in the ADAPT project with proposals for adjustments for safer and shorter routes in both Stockholm and Åland archipelagos. Time savings as high as 30 minutes for a single journey was presented, which shows the possibility to decrease CO2 emissions. The smaller fairways had not been updated for years, so the knowledge of where new and shorter routes could be used had to be ensured. Last time the depths were sounded was 100 years ago – by hand! Now the project did hydrographical surveys of sea floor by modern multibeam laser scanning of about 240 square kilometres seabed in Stockholm. In Åland, more than 100 square kilometres were scanned. The surveys detected several deviations, and about 60 NtM (Notices to Mariners) were published as the deviations found were considered as immediate dangers. A lot less urgent updates have been introduced to and are implemented in the electronical sea charts. On Åland it led to more than 70 new or adjusted sea marks. By giving a detailed view also in a wider corridor around the seabed, the surveys resulted in modified routes. The environmental gains focused on reduced fuel use and emissions of CO2, NOx and SOx, but also on reduced backwash along sensitive shorelines. The main beneficiaries of a more effective public transport are the passengers, as well as the communities and businesses on the islands depending on tourism and visitors. The results are important to leisure boaters to gain safer navigation within the archipelago. The authorities involved considered the partnership very fruitful. The project enabled people working with waterborne public transportation to meet and exchange experiences, and together they created a toolbox providing useful knowledge for those planning and operating the public transportation in the archipelago.

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Expected Results (EN): R3.1. Travel time of passengers

Expected Outputs (EN):

The project will result in more safe and efficient transportation of people and goods in the Åland and Stockholm archipelagos. ADAPT aims at improving routes and developing solutions to challenges such as optimising vessel use and securing reliable traffic in difficult conditions, e.g. ice, fog and low water levels in the narrow and shallow waterways characteristic of these archipelagos. This should result in overall reduced travel times for passengers using public transportation in the Stockholm and Åland archipelagos.In Stockholm, the archipelago is divided into about 30 timetable areas. A vessel travelling through the archipelago often traverses several timetable areas and connect with other modes of public transportation at several nodes along the way. The traffic hence consists of a web of corridors making up a traffic system that has intermodal connections at about 20 nodes (ports and jetties). In Åland, a more sustainable intermodal transport system will be implemented in the south-eastern part of the archipelago (maps provided as an appendix). This will be achieved by shortening ferry routes (in general decreasing travel times to < 60 min) and by increased integration with land-based transport. The reduction in total travel time is estimated to be over 10% when new routes are taken into use. Evaluation of the effects of implemented measures and results of the project’s improvements would be carried out at intermodal nodes regarding travel-time savings for people and goods. Different effects could be monitored, such as total travel time for people and goods; ship travel times; punctuality with regard to timetables; and time for intermodal change. Measurements of some of these indicators are already in use. Measurements of improvements resulting in reduced CO2 emissions can be carried out and calculated as totals for people and goods. In Åland, decreased emissions of NOx and SOx are expected. The fuel consumption of ships will also be evaluated.

Thematic information

Multimodal 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 (3)

Lead Partner: Sjöfartsverket

Department: Hydrographic Office

Address: Östra Promenaden 7, SE 601 78 Norrköping, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.sjofartsverket.se/en/

Total budget: EUR 1 578 368.92

ERDF budget: EUR 1 183 776.69

Stockholms Läns Landsting

Name: Stockholms Läns Landsting

Department: Traffic Administration, Waterborne Traffic

Address: Traffic Department, Waterborne Traffic, SE 105 73 Stockholm, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website (not verified): http://www.sll.se/om-landstinget/Information-in-English1/

Total budget: EUR 128 395.20

ERDF budget: EUR 96 296.40

Ålands Landskapsregering

Name: Ålands Landskapsregering

Department: Infrastructure Department

Address: Infrastructure Department, Waterborne Traffic PB 1060, AX-22111 Mariehamn, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.regeringen.ax/

Total budget: EUR 474 668.75

ERDF budget: EUR 356 001.56

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Stockholm County Council

Assuring Depth of fairways for Archipelago Public Transportation

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The Goverment of Åland

Assuring Depth of fairways for Archipelago Public Transportation

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Swedish Maritime Administration

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Summary

Project name (EN): Assuring Depth of fairways for Archipelago Public Transportation

Project acronym: ADAPT

Project start date: 2016-03-01

Project end date: 2019-11-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 181 432.87

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 636 074.65

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 636 074.65.

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Financing programme

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

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

2023-11-11

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

137 / 137 (100%)

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

663 / 663 (100%)

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Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://centralbaltic.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-11-08, 2023-01-12 and 2024-03-08.

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