TransBaltic Newsletter No. 15
Published: 2012-05-10 11:09
Download: TransBaltic Newsletter No 15
In this issue –
- Shaping the network of green multimodal transport corridors “To forestall the future course of events” – TransBaltic recently released its second edition in the Policy Report series, with which the project aims to inspire politicians, officials and private enterprises within the transport and logistics sector to take the relevant policy actions towards an integrated transport system in the Baltic region. The article presents extracts from the document focusing on the by TransBaltic designed transport development scenario for 2030 – the so called the “green scenario”, with alternative development trajectories steaming from IMO regulation and TEN-T policy.
Download the TransBaltic Policy Report 2011 here.
- Hub-and-hinterland development in the Baltic Sea region “It’s only the beginning” – Seaports are increasingly functioning not only as individual places that handle ships but as parts of supply chains and networks. A port’s potential hinterland can be defined as an area reachable at a cheaper cost or shorter time than from another seaport, which in turn results in port and carriage providers’ competition to service locations in the overlapping segments. The rise of economic centres in the Baltic area has created opportunities to develop water-based and land-based transport networks which allow increased hinterland penetration. With the emergence of inland terminals and dry ports, hinterlands are extended even further. The article presents ongoing trends in the development of hubs and hinterlands in the BSR based on a TransBaltic report presenting more in-depth information about the development aspirations of Port of Gdańsk and Port of Ust-Luga.
Download the “Hub and Hinterland development in the BSR” report here.
- TransBaltic’s Final Conference ”Crossing macroregional horizons” - On 4-5 September 2012 TransBaltic invites you to its final conference, which will mark the closure of the project after three years’ of intensive work. The two previous conferences were hosted in the southern and northern parts of Sweden, namely in Malmo (Skåne) and Skellefteå (Västerbotten). This time the project has decided to cross the Baltic Sea’s horizon and invites interested stakeholders to gather on Cyprus. Read more about the theme of the conference.