Freight and Logistics Advancement in Central Europe - Validation of processes, Improvements, Application of co-operation

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The current trade and goods traffic relations in Central Europe (CE) are strongly oriented towards Western Europe. However, through the accession of the South-Eastern European countries to the EU new sales and supply structures arise which have to be strengthened in the fields of trade as well as in goods traffic and logistics. The main direction of impact of the FLAVIA project is to substantial contribute to the European cohesion, especially along the TEN-T corridors IV and VII and the FLAVIA corridor itself. This will be achieved by the reduction of organisational and network barriers in the intermodal logistic channels of the involved regions which will increase the accessibility of regions from the logistical point of view. Furthermore, strategic enlargements of the sales and supply structures are necessary to reach new potential trade partners around the Black Sea and the TRACECA area (Transport Corridor Europe Caucasus Asia). The countries in these areas are on the one hand interesting business markets for European industrial products and on the other hand there are valuable natural and energy resources. To link efficiently these new markets and the Southern Silk Road to the European heartland is the topic of the FLAVIA project. Thereby the focus of the project is an intermodal cargo flow related and process-oriented approach. Through the logistical approach and the logistical instruments being used (e.g. benchmarking, accessibility analyses, running time und bottleneck analyses, pre-feasibility studies to prepare necessary investments) new and innovative measures for a better interconnectivity of the regions will be developed and implemented. Also the exchange of knowledge and the promotion of best practice will be an essential part of the FLAVIA project to foster the use of environmentally friendly transport rail and inland waterway. More than 10 pre-feasibility studies to support inter- / multimodal goods transport in the FLAVIA corridor will be carried out. The related investments will improve the accessibility of the involved regions drastically in terms of intermodal transport, unburden the congested roads and contribute to the ecological aims of the regions. But the Southern endpoint of the FLAVIA corridor does not mark also the final destination of the logistics channels. Therefore an extension of the corridor towards the Black Sea bordering and TRACECA countries is foreseen. Main goal of the extension process is the establishment of cooperation structures in the fields of trade and transport.

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