Efficient flow of goods and passangers between Finland and Sweden

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The Baltic Sea Region is extremely dependent of efficient transport solutions all year around. Currently there is a need to improve the quality of maritime transport between Finland and Sweden in order to optimize the flow of goods in the corridor both by sea to better integrate sea transport with road and rail. The possibilities for just-in-time arrivals and departures, especially in the maritime part of the corridor should be improved. The EfficientFlow project is a joint Swedish - Finnish initiative that contributes developing two transport corridors in the Central Baltic area e.g. the corridor to and between the ports of Gävle and Rauma and the ScanMed corridor between Stockholm and Turku. The project will make the transport flow in the corridors more efficient by improved processes and new digital solutions. The project will deliver improved processes, business models and ICT tools for enhanced information exchanged between port actors, between ports, between port and hinterland operators and between ports and ships. The results of the project will be carefully analysed and evaluated, widely disseminated and can serve as best practices examples for other corridors and ports in the Central Baltic area and beyond. By improved information exchange between the actors of the two corridors in the Central Baltic area will contribute to higher efficiency and timesaving in both corridors, reduced transport time, higher transport predictability and improved sustainability and transport quality. The project is expected to produce a time saving of 7%. The project will be implemented in a partnership with the Swedish Maritime Administration as Lead Partner and with the Finnish Transport Agency, Port of Gävle, Port of Rauma and SAMK as partners. Terminals and operators (maritime and hinterland) together with other actors in the maritime transport eco-system will benefit from the project results and will participate in and contribute to the project work.

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