South Baltic Transport Loops

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Poland - Denmark - Germany - Lithuania - Sweden (South Baltic)

Date of latest update: 2021-12-14

Description

Description (EN):

The main objective of the SB TRANSPORT LOOPS project is the development of new regular shipping connections to and from project partner ports in order to develop these (small- and medium sized) ports. To and from partner ports does not mean between partner ports only. Shipping connections may be implemented between a partner port and any other port inside and outside the Baltic Sea. The focus are two sectors of the shipping sector, 1) the container, bulk and general cargo transport as well as 2) the ferry (Ro-Ro, Ro-Pax, Rail-Ro) sector. For the second aspect the strengthening of existing ferry connections is an important objective as well. "Strengthening" means the introductions of new products and/or higher frequencies in order to increase passenger and cargo transport figures as well as the market share of these ferry connections. The expected and envisaged change to be gained on the project, is the implementation of new regular shipping connections. The relevant programme priority axis is no. 3 "Improving cross-border connectivity for a functional blue and green transport area". The relevant thematic objective is no. 7 "Promoting sustainable transport and removing key network infrastructures". The relevant specific objective is 3 "Improve the quality and environmental sustainability of transport services in the South Baltic area." New or improved connections are a quality improvement of transport services in the SB area.

Achievements (EN):

2018: Since beginning of the project in spring 2018, several major achievements were realized with the help of the SOUTH BALTIC TRANSPORT LOOPS project. In summer 2018, the frequencies of the ferries between Mukran/Rügen and Roenne/Bornholm were increased. In winter 2018/2019 new year-round operations were introduced on this ferry link. 2019: The access for ferry passengers to Mukran Port has been improved with the introduction of regular bus services between Binz as well as Sassnitz and Mukran Port. Project Partner Klaipeda Shipping Research Centre elaborated a traffic forecast for the partner ports. The Port of Elblag is preparing for a larger traffic volumes in the future (after opening of a new access to Vistula Bay). 2020: The Mid-term Conference of the SOUTH BALTIC TRANSPORT LOOPS project took place in Berlin at the 21st of January 2021. After intense preparations and test operations in 2019, a new regular transport solution for the transport of containers by train + ship has been introduced between China and several place in Europe via Baltiysk/Kaliningrad Area and Mukran. Since then, the weekly frequency of departures has been increased in several steps and additional hinterland container train services from and to Mukran have been established. In later summer 2020, a new regular ferry service between Mukran/Rügen and Ystad/Sweden has been introduced. 2021: Since early spring 2021, the Port of Karlshamn is connected to the Baltic Sea Bridge service between China and Europe with the help of a regular shipping link between Karlshamn and Mukran.

Website (not verified): https://southbaltic.eu/

Expected Results (EN): Implementation of new regular shipping routes (container, bulk and general cargo) and the strengthening of ferry traffic (increased frequency, introduction of new products for passenger and cargo transport or new regular ferry connections).

Expected Outputs (EN):

1) Number of facilitated container (bulk or general cargo) shipping links (regular shipping routes to and from project partner ports). 2) Number of facilitated new and / or significantly improved Ferry shipping links (regular shipping routes to and from project partner ports). 3) Improvement of intermodal connections at project partner ports, considering especially rail (passenger and cargo), bus and bicycle.

Thematic information

Improving transport connections Infrastructure

Specific Objective: Improve the quality and environmental sustainability of transport services in the South Baltic area

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 (5)

Lead Partner: MUKRAN PORT

Address: Im Fährhafen 20, 18546 Sassnitz / Neu Mukran, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: www.mukran-port.de

Total budget: EUR 480 750.00

ERDF budget: EUR 408 637.50

Zarząd Portu Morskiego Elbląg spółka z o.o.

Name: Zarząd Portu Morskiego Elbląg spółka z o.o.

Address: ul. Portowa 1-3, 82-300 Elblag, Poland

Legal status: public

Website: www.port.elblag.pl

Total budget: EUR 50 600.00

ERDF budget: EUR 43 010.00

Rønne Havn A/S

Name: Rønne Havn A/S

Address: Sydhavsnve 12, DK-3700 Roenne, Denmark

Legal status: private

Website: www.roennehavn.dk

Total budget: EUR 137 125.00

ERDF budget: EUR 102 843.75

(NPPE) Klaipeda Shipping Research Center (KSRC)

Name: (NPPE) Klaipeda Shipping Research Center (KSRC)

Address: V. Berbomo 5-7, LT 92221 Klaipeda, Lithuania

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 129 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 109 650.00

Karlshamn Hamn AB

Name: Karlshamn Hamn AB

Address: Box 8, 374 21 Karlshamn, Sweden

Legal status: private

Website: www.karlshamnshamn.se

Total budget: EUR 264 250.00

ERDF budget: EUR 198 187.50

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Port of Elblag

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Port of Roenne

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MUKRAN PORT

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(NPPE) Klaipeda Shipping Research Center (KSRC)

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Port of Karlshamn

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Summary

Project name (EN): South Baltic Transport Loops

Project acronym: SB Transport Loops

Project start date: 2018-04-01

Project end date: 2021-03-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 262 998.53

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 033 411.25

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ERDF: Amount, .

Documents

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Flyers

ports sized–medium for solutions transport modal-multi Smart

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Flyer

Data source: https://www.southbaltictransportloops.eu/

Publication date: 2022-09-28

Document date: 2021-03-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Poland - Denmark - Germany - Lithuania - Sweden (South Baltic)

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

2024-03-01

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

155 / 155 (100%)

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

589 / 870 (67.7%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Data from 66 projects (Seed Money Projects) was retrieved by Interact from the programme´s website on the 2024-03-01. Regarding partners only data only main partners is available. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (https://southbaltic.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-11-24 and 2023-01-24.

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South Baltic Transport Loops

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