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North Baltic Foresight Debate

North Baltic Foresight Debate. Bodø, 31 May 2010 Per Strømhaug. The Baltic Ring - Vision of the CPMR Baltic Sea Commission (2003). Historical flashback. Historical flashback .

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North Baltic Foresight Debate

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  1. North Baltic Foresight Debate Bodø, 31 May 2010 Per Strømhaug

  2. The Baltic Ring - Vision of the CPMR Baltic Sea Commission (2003) Historical flashback

  3. Historical flashback 2002-03: The Work Group Transport of the CPMR Baltic Sea Commission formulated the idea of “The Baltic Ring” – a continuous railway infrastructure connecting people and businesses around the Baltic Sea 2003-04: Seed money Project “InterBaltic” - resulting in report on “Transport Challenges in the Baltic Sea Area” 2005-07: Pursuing the report on transport challenges through the main project “InterBaltic” under the BSR Interreg III B Programme. Project focused on development of a transport strategy for the BSR aiming at shifting cargo transport from road to rail and sea – including some pilot studies related to specific types of cargo (WP 4). 2008-09 Development of new project description built on the ideas from WP 4 of the “InterBaltic” project with particular focus on transport of fresh seafood and other time critical cargo from Northern Scandinavia to Central and Eastern Europe. Development of the project NACE is made in close cooperation with the “SoNorA”-project in the Central European Program (CADSES) that is concentrating on northbound cargo from Adriatic Sea to Scandinavia. 2009-10 Following non-approval of the NACE-project redefining the scope of the project with close connection to EU’s Baltic Sea Strategy.

  4. Salmon and other fresh and frozen seafood Minerals, metals, forest and other industrial products Supplies to oil and mining industry Fruit/vegetables, wine, other food products (northbound) Congested areas (to be avoided) Some main cargo flows to and from Arctic area

  5. EU Strategy for BSR – To Improve Internal and External Transport Links

  6. EU Strategy for BSR – To Improve Internal and External Transport Links “Facilitate efficient overall Baltic freight transport and logistics solutions” by removing non infrastructure-related bottlenecks, promoting intermodal connections, developing the Green Corridor concept through the implementation of concrete projects, developing infrastructure, supporting logistics service providers, establishing harmonised electronic administrative procedures, harmonising control procedures,...

  7. NACE Northern Axis / Arctic – Central European Green Transport (NACE) Connecting the Arctic Area / Barents Region to Central and Southern Europe (by cooperation with the SoNorA-project)

  8. First step – establish transport Narvik – St. Petersburg - Moscow Trans Siberian Railway The Northern East-West Transport Corridor USA - China (N.E.W.) Possible Future Link Murmansk / Narvik -Western China (joining Northern Axis, N.E.W. TC, Barents Link and Belkomur Railway) Narvik Boden Rovaniemi Oulo “Northern Axis” N.E.W. - Corridor Kajani Syktyvkar

  9. The project Marco Polo project (18. May 2010): Arctic – Central European Green Transport “ACE Green” Objective: Considerable shift of cargo transport from road to rail and sea

  10. Services: Northern Axis / N E W Corridor Arctic – Central European Green Transport Project area with focus on infrastructure and new services

  11. Today.. .. future

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