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Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden

Green Corridors Green Corridors

Jerker SjögrenTransBaltic WP3 Seminar

Stockholm 2010-02-01

Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden

The Swedish Transport Policy Context

• Sweden is a sparsely populated country• The Swedish economy is heavily

dependent on international trade• Growing demand for transport • Global warming needs immediate action

Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden

The Swedish Logistics Forum

• Advisory Forum to the government chaired by the transport minister Åsa Torstensson

• Since autumn 2007• 24 members: transport buyers, transport

companies, researchers• Arena for dialogue, exchange and

cooperation; triple helix• Quarterly meetings and an Annual Open

Meeting

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Green Corridors – a Swedish initiative

Concept launched by EU: Freight Action Plan, ITS Action Plan, Green Paper on TEN-T

Swedish initiative within the Logistics Forum

Objectives:

- to demonstrate efficient transport solutions

- to promote development of Green Corridors in EU transport policy

- to establish partnership for European Corridors

Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden

What is a Green Corridor?

• Sustainable logistic solutions • Co-modality• Harmonised system of rules • Concentration of freight flows• Effective transshipment points • Platform for innovation

Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden

What we have done• Kick-off 1 Octobre 2008• 4 working groups: Market, Intermodal, Innovation

& Technology, Policy and Communications• All modes of transport and ”all” stakeholders• More than 30 running projects and proposals• Seminar 30 June in Visby• ITS World Congress 21-25 September i

Stockholm• Green Corridors in Baltic Sea Region – seminar

24 November• EU Green Corridor ”kick-off” 9 December

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RoRo Railshows co-modal solutions from road to rail without a crane

Green Corridors

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Hallsberg – Maschen – a green European corridor

Efficient international rail freight

New line infrastructure eliminates bottlenecks

Longer trains

Increased loading gauge allows cost efficient transport of semi-trailers on flat wagons

Rail freightSweden - Denmark

Conceptual outline of future main routes

Map: Gerhard Troche

Malmö

Copenhagen

Helsingör

Helsing-borg

Hässleholm

Trelleborg

Future – trailer on flat wagon(800 mm floor height)

Joint corridor

Train-Coupling and –Sharing (TCS)

Gerhard Troche (2009)

Green Corridors

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Green Corridorsin Baltic Sea Region

• Strategic projects

• East West Transport Corridor II

• Scandria

• TransBaltic

• Baltic Transport Outlook

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SCANDRIA in general

Project in Brief

Interfaces in BSR

Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden

Green Corridors and the Baltic Sea Strategy

• Baltic Transport Outlook - a common study basement for closer cooperation

• Infrastructure planning – initiative already taken within the nordic-baltic cooperation

• Green corridors well anchored in the strategy:”Cooperate for smarter transport” -Flagship projects”Facilitate efficient overall Baltic freight transport and logistics solutions” by developing Green Corridor concept through the implementation of concrete projects”

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Next step: Green Corridor 2.0 – what is needed?

• Political support

• Stakeholders involvement; goods owners etc

• Selected pilots

• Low hanging fruits

• Innovative solutions

• New business models

• Rules/regulations for test period/area

• Eliminated bottlenecks

Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden

Green Corridor Hype – what will happen now?• EU Green Corridor kick-off 9 December 2009• Super Green• Strategic projects in the Baltic Sea Region• Green Corridor concept and TEN-T• Conceptual developments• Crossborder pilots• Business driven - partnership for commercial

corridor; new business models• Green Corridor Action Plan

Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden

Thank you for the attention!

jerker.sjogren@enterprise.ministry.se