Intermodality and Interoperability around the Baltic Sea

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Intermodality and Interoperability around the
Baltic Sea
InterBaltic Final Conference A future transport
Policy for the Baltic Sea region Klaipéda, 20
21 November 2007
Presentation of Guidelines for Planning of Dry
Ports Work Package 3 LAKES - Lahti Regional
Development Company, Ramboll
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Agenda

• Objectives of InterBaltic WP3
• Dry Port Planning needs
• Dry Port Toolbox - Process for planning Dry Ports

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Agenda (1)

• Objectives of InterBaltic WP3
• Dry Port Planning needs
• Dry Port Toolbox - Process for planning Dry Ports

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Objectives of InterBaltic WP3

• The main objectives
• to interlink regions and actors of BSR into
  collaborative networks
• to support logistics infrastructure investment
  decisions at country/region/hub level (based on
  analysis of accumulated cargo flow data)
• to improve and to optimize planning of transport
  corridors and intermodal supply chains

Objectives have arisen from the growth in
container throughput
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Agenda (2)

• Objectives of InterBaltic WP3
• Dry Port Planning needs
• Dry Port Toolbox - Process for planning Dry Ports

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What is a Dry Port?

• Dry Port Extended gate (yard) for a sea port,
  with operational connection to a sea port
  terminal. A Part of the sea ports yard lifted
  30-200 km towards hinterland. Business Driven,
  not only a good location.
• Dry Port ? Hinterland terminal with two or three
  transport modes
• Inland port (in EU) e.g. river port (port next
  to inland waterway)
• Inland port (in US) quite near our Dry Port
  definition
• Dry Port ? Freight Village (Logistics centre,
  GVZ)

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Current Dry Ports of the BSR

• Swedish situation
• and experiences
• maybe most relevant
• for the BSR
• German GVZs do
• not see themselves
• as Dry Ports at
• the moment willing
• to be in the future.
• Several Dry Ports
• under development
• in Finland

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Future Transport Policy and Dry Ports

• The role of BSR has changed during the last
  years. The area is not anymore only serving its
  own transport needs but it has increasing role in
  international transport flows.

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Future Transport Policy and Dry Ports

• East West flows are expected to increase ...

Source Ministry of Transport and Communications,
Finland
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Future Transport Policy and Dry Ports

• even now there are huge queues when ports
  unload the vessels to the road network but the
  border crossing is not able to serve the volumes
  increasing every year. For example the volume of
  transit containers to Russia via the Port of
  Hamina has grown over 23 percent
  (January-September 2007 vs. January-September
  2007 ...

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Future Transport Policy and Dry Ports

• many of the major container ports of the BSR
  have problems with lack of space, dwell times,
  road access, low usage of rail transport

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Future Transport Policy and Dry Ports

• Dry Ports with strategic location in relation
  to Trans European Network could have significant
  contribution to EUs objectives, for example
  cohesion and modal shift.

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Agenda (3)

• Objectives of InterBaltic WP3
• Dry Port Planning needs
• Dry Port Toolbox - Process for planning Dry Ports

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Dry Port Toolbox - Process for planning Dry Ports

• Decision tool for Dry Port development in the
  Baltic Sea Region

• Examples of key messages related to different
  planning phases given in next slides

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Dry Port Toolbox - Process for planning Dry Ports

• Preparation
• Future transport policy stakeholders (EU,
  Ministries)
• Implement production scale Dry Port pilot in the
  BSR area
• Measure the affections of the pilot to key
  indicators modal shift etc.
• Regional public organisations (municipalities,
  regional councils, regional developing
  companies)
• Take Dry Port account in your land use planning
  if your region is located in TEN corridor
• Market possibilities of your region to chosen
  ports and port terminal operators
• Maritime industry (ports, terminal operators,
  shipping lines)
• Be open with your Dry Port strategy, authorities
  from EU to local level need information
  concerning your future plans

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Dry Port Toolbox - Process for planning Dry Ports

• Establishment
• Future transport policy stakeholders (EU,
  Ministries)
• Take Dry Ports account while updating the Master
  Plan of the BSR Transport Network, propose
  locations for Dry Ports
• Consider applicable funding instruments for Dry
  Ports, could Dry Ports have TEN status, could
  Dry Ports be a part of Sea Motorway Concept?
• Regional public organisations (municipalities,
  regional councils, regional developing
  companies)
• Do not start construction works before you have
  partners to share the risks of investments
• Try to make long term alliance with chosen ports
• Maritime industry (ports, terminal operators,
  shipping lines)
• The services of the Dry Port can not be provided
  without your cooperation, there must be
  operational connection between a sea port and dry
  port. The operators of the sea port and dry port
  must have deep integration (processes, IT,
  working hours, etc.). However, start with simple
  procedures, do not try to get full integration
  immediately.

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Dry Port Toolbox - Process for planning Dry Ports

• Expansion
• Future transport policy stakeholders (EU,
  Ministries)
• Define locations for Dry Ports in the BSR, define
  public EU and national processes of Dry Port
  implementation public financing, Dry Port status
  certification etc.
• Implement defined public procedures
• Regional public organisations (municipalities,
  regional councils, regional developing
  companies)
• Apply for Dry Port status (national or EU level)
• Maritime industry (ports, terminal operators,
  shipping lines)
• Deepen the integration (processes, IT, working
  hours, etc.). Utilise rail transport between sea
  port and dry port if not yet existing.

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Intermodality and Interoperability around the
Baltic Sea
InterBaltic Final Conference A future transport
Policy for the Baltic Sea region Klaipéda, 20
21 November 2007
Presentation of Guidelines for Planning of Dry
Ports Work Package 3 LAKES - Lahti Regional
Development Company, Ramboll