2009-EU-90002-S

Baltic Transport Outlook 2030

The Baltic Sea Region is facing an increasing trade, both within, into and from the Baltic Sea. This development means that an appropriate infrastructure needs to be in place. By addressing improved accessibility and disparities between the Member States in the region, Norway and the northwestern regions of the Russian Federation, the competitiveness of the Baltic Sea Region could be enhanced.

Solid data on current and future transport and traffic flows is vital to the quality of investment decisions in transport infrastructure. However, information on these flows is currently scattered between countries and different modes of transport. Different forecast figures are used in the different countries. A comprehensive high-quality multimodal study of all intra and extra transport flows and traffic flows in the whole Baltic Sea Region, and of infrastructure status and bottlenecks, would provide a basis for a much needed macro regional perspective in transport planning.

In response to this situation, this project initiated by the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communication will study the flow of freight and analyse the infrastructure for all modes of transport with an outlook to the year 2030. The development of a Baltic Transport Outlook is a way to jointly prepare for more common actions based on joint knowledge which is in line with the aim of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Region.

This project has been completed.

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Member States involved:

Implementation schedule:

Start date: May 2009

End date: December 2011

Beneficiary:

Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications of Sweden

Implementing body:

Banverket

Additional information:

 European Commission, DG MOVE