On 11 January an application was dispatched to the JTS, applying for the announced 150 000EUR (incl. VAT) pot with a cluster initiative called ‘Baltic cluster for sustainable, multimodal and green transport corridors’. [Read more]

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. [Read more]

Following investigation on intermodal terminal development as a part of the analysis of transport flows and scenarios till2030 , TransBaltic arranged a thematic debate dedicated to the future of intermodal terminals in the Baltic Sea Region. Regional authorities, ports and terminals around the Baltic Sea were invited to meet on March, 29 in Copenhagen to discuss trends, development drivers and policy responses. [Read more]

Download: TransBaltic Newsletter No 14 In this issue – An economic game – An analysis of duty-free sales in the Baltic Sea region’s transportation system. Today, the Åland Islands play an important role in maritime transport in the Central/Northern Baltic Sea region as business thrives on board the ferry traffic to and from Sweden, Finland and Estonia as well as recently to Russia, all due to tax-free sales. [Read more]

Maritime Institute in Gdansk, leading TransBaltic Task 4.3, organised a seminar on the development of transhipment hubs and port hinterland in the Baltic Sea Region. The meeting was attended by project partners and stakeholders from research & development institutions, local government and business representatives from the Baltic Sea port domain. [Read more]