anti moppel ministry of economic affairs and communications november 6, 2007 tallinn

Anti Moppel Ministry of Economic Affairs and

CommunicationsNovember 6, 2007

Tallinn

Enhancing Maritime Links Between the North Sea

and the Baltic Sea

Cooperation opportunities in Short

Sea Shipping and multimodal transport between the North Sea

and the Baltic Sea harbours

Motorways of the Baltic Sea - Estonia

Developing TEN-T network by providing better connections between transport corridors and better access to ports;

Creating more favourable conditions for the development of international freight traffic and helping improve Estonia's competitiveness;

The objectives of the Estonian national transport policy:

Transport Development Plan foresees integrated approach for transport networks and enforcement of intermodality;

Our aim is to take advantage of the strengths of every mode and to create synergy between modes thus creating a flexible system for all kind of economic needs.


Overall MoS legal and management structure: Decision 884/2004/EC and other working documents; The Baltic Sea MoS Task Force established 2003 –

Decision of Nordic and Baltic States transport ministers. Next meeting in Brussels on 22.11.2007 chaired and organised by Estonia;

Focal Points for MoS – coordinated by COM.


Motorways of the Baltic Sea – approach: Focus on infrastructure and facilities; Improved accessibility and cohesion is of high importance; Horizontal Projects of Wider Benefit:

– Winter navigation / Icebreaking;

– Quality assurance of the main fairways;

– Information systems (one-stop-shop/single window); Corridors-specific projects (port to port); Industry/Administration partnership.


Motorways of the Baltic Sea – What is achieved so far?

A Master Plan Study project is currently under implementation 2005-2007 (non-MIP 2005);

An ”Information Motorways project” has been approved (non-MIP 2006);

Finnish-German Call for MoS proposals (February - March 2006);

Joint Baltic Call for MoS proposals (September 2006 – January 2007).


Master Plan Study project – Baltic Maritime Outlook:

Report on current and forecasted (2020) maritime goods flows in the Baltic Sea region;

Targets both intra-regional and extra-regional trade and maritime transport;

Describes transport system, supply of maritime transport services, development trends in logistics etc. in the Baltic Sea area.



Master Plan Study project - Baltic Sea Winter Motorways: Baltic Sea Icebreaking Web (www.baltice.org) - “single window”

for accurate and up-to-date icebreaking and winter traffic information to vessels, shipping companies etc;

Instruction DVD to inexperienced ice navigators - Describes how low-temperatures affect the ship and how to handle the vessel in sea ice and during icebreaker assistance


Master Plan Study project - Safe major routes:

Existing hydrographical data is not sufficient;

Re-survey scheme of main routes developed and approved by BSHC;

Speed-up of quality assurance will enhance maritime safety Reliable surveyed extended areas allow safe icebreaking.


Joint Baltic Call for MoS Proposals: September 2006 – January 2007; Organised by all Baltic Sea EU Member States; Nine project proposals received; Evaluation by the directly involved countries; Five projects put on the shortlist; Coordination between all Baltic Sea EU Member

States.

Funding opportunities 2007-2013:

TEN-T: MoS Calls in December 2007: 20 m €2008: 30 m €2009: 85 m €2010: 100 m €2011: 50 m €2012: 25 m €

Marco Polo 2007-2013: Calls in beginning of the year (60m €);

Cohesion (58 b €) and Regional Funds (220 b €); National aid schemes.


Conclusion: The Baltic Sea MoS Task Force is a platform for further

cooperation and development of the MoS concept in the Baltic Sea;

The Master Plan project provides valuable input to corridor-specific projects (Joint call for MoS proposals in the Baltic Sea);

MoS supports further cooperation and development of projects in areas of wider benefit;

A joint Baltic approach is required in order to have a coherent implementation of MoS in the Baltic.


EU initiatives - Report on the Motorways of the Sea - State of play and consultation :

Recognition of existing Short Sea Shipping links as Motorways of the Sea

On-line questionnaire (deadline 20.12.07):

Key performance indicators - To help promote the Motorways of the Sea as a quality door-to-door Short Sea Shipping alternative to road transport on major transport corridors

Benchmarking - to measure the performance of Short Sea Shipping-based intermodal chains and Motorways of the Sea in comparison to other modes

European Coordinator for the Motorways of the Sea - Mr Luis Valente de Oliveira

Call for MoS proposal 2007 (December – February?)


During the next years Estonia is planning major investments to transport system:

Investments into the road network - Tallinn-Narva road in Väo-Maardu section (2009-2011; ca 90 MEUR)



2009-2011 Ca 83 MEUR

Border facilities with Russia at Narva/Ivangorod – construction of new road bridge


Sea Motorway corridors as a part of the broader multimodal transport chain have obvious need for the better utilisation of port infrastructure and good hinterland connections in the single market area - but quite often the bottlenecks related with the border-crossing with the EU neighbouring countries are becoming a serious obstacle to the long distance cargo flow.

Investments to East-West/West East railway connection:

Reconstruction of Tallinn – Tapa II track ( 2009-2010);

Construction of new railway border station at South-East of Estonia (2008-2010, ca 66 MEUR);

Construction of Tallinn railway bypass.


Icebreaking Development Programme for 2006-2013 Acquisition of two new multi-purpose ships (first and

second ships) for the Gulf of Finland region; 2010-2013 – deciding the acquisition of one icebreaker for

the Gulf of Finland (third ship) and one icebreaker for the Gulf of Pärnu (fourth ship) and building these in case of a necessity;

International cooperation with Finland and Sweden (IBNet and etc.).


Thank you for your kind attention!


anti moppel ministry of economic affairs and communications november 6, 2007 tallinn

Documents

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baltic sea approach

baltic sea regiontargets

baltic sea area

baltic sea estoniadeveloping

baltic sea harbours

baltic sea icebreaking

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