Logistics in Europe: A Green Corridor Between Two Seas
A conference held in Malmo on 4-5 April 2011 confirmed the determination of partners from Swedish, Danish and German regions to make the green transport corridor from the Baltic to the Adriatic a reality.
The determination of political, scientific and business representatives to make the project of a “green” Baltic-Adriatic corridor a reality was confirmed at a recent conference held in Malmo on April 4-5. The conference was co-hosted by the Scania region and the Swedish Transport Administration. “Looking forward and looking back” was the title of the conference aimed at assessing the project of the “green corridor” 18 months after its inception. The “looking back” part concerned the analysis of the successes already achieved. One of them, the Rostock-Gedser ferry link, has been included in the European Union’s “motorways of the sea” programme. Another successful project was the re-activation of the Neuruppin-Neustadt rail line aimed at boosting the links between the Baltic ports and their hinterland. For the “looking forward” part of the project the development of new trains was examined which in future will connect Scandinavia to the Adriatic shifting transport from sea to rail. According to the studies carried out by the Scania Region and the University of Rosklide there is a perfect correlation between the logistics sector and the potential for innovation in the corridor. This was highlighted by one of the speakers, Per Tryding from the Southern Sweden Chamber of Commerce, who stressed the importance of Germany as Sweden’s second export destination after Norway. Another important element which was highlighted was the creation of infrastructure which helps remove previously important barriers. This has been the case for instance with the creation of the Øresund Bridge which has helped increase Sweden’s export to Denmark by 60% just one year after its opening. Another speaker, Horst Sauer, from the Joint Spatial Planning Department of Berlin and Brandenburg, said that the imminent start of the Brenner Base Tunnel through the Alps is going to be one of the key investments along this corridor. The completion of the high-speed Berlin-Nuremberg, Copenhagen-Ringsted and Berlin-Dresden rail lines and the expansion of the Rostock-Gedser and Sassnitz-Trelleborg ferry services in the next few years will make the corridor fit for the growing volume of freight and passenger traffic. PRESS4TRANSPORT is funded by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Research under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7)
From 10 -13 May 2011, solutions supported by the Wildau University of Technology and the Transport Ministries of Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania will be presented at the Transport Logistics Fair in Munich, one of the leading international trade shows of its kind. Scandria is a cooperation of 19 partners from Germany and Scandinavia willing to assume a future role in developing a green and innovative transport corridor between the Baltic and the Adriatic Sea. Scandria is funded by the Baltic Sea Region Programme (BSRP) of the European Union. For more information please contact: Philipp Becher, Press officer +49 30 28 87 61-38 philipp.becher@wbpr.de
PRESS4TRANSPORT is funded by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Research under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7)