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A report produced within the Baltic Gateway project in close co-operation with SEBTrans-Link The Sea Transport Infrastructure A Baltic Gateway report Work Package 1 October 2004 PROJECT PART-FINANCED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION www.balticgateway.se MariTerm AB & Lloyd’s Register Fairplay Research Project: The Baltic Gateway Authors: Anders Sjöbris, MTAB, +46 (0) 31 12 20 30, +46 (0)705 693445 Title: Sea Transport Infrastructure Ylva Sjödahl, MTAB, +46 (0) 31 12 20 30 Report date: Sept.30, 2004 Niklas Bengtsson, LRFR, +46 (0) 31 704 4330, +46 (0)709 99 69 77 Version Final Christopher Pålsson, LRFR, +46 (0) 31 704 4330, +46 (0)708 53 77 10 Lennart Nilsson, SAI +46 (0)31 337 55 30 Andreas Krantz, SAI +46 (0)31 337 55 30 Algirdas Sakalys, Vilnius Gediminas Tech.University, +370 5 269 9711 MariTerm AB, (visiting address: Banehagsgatan 15), P.O. Box 12 037, S-402 41 Gothenburg, Sweden, [email protected] Lloyd’s Register – Fairplay Research, (visiting address: Banehagsgatan 15), P.O. Box 12 037, S-402 41 Gothenburg, Sweden, [email protected] SAI (Shipping Analysis Institute), Marieholmsgatan 1, S- 415 02 Göteborg, [email protected] The sea transport infrastructure Foreword This report has been produced for the Interreg IIIb project Baltic Gateway WP 1 that is one of six projects that covers the regional development in the South Baltic Sea Region (SBSR) in various ways. The report contains the following chapters: 1 Introduction; The outline of the report is described as well as the methodology for producing the future trade flows etc. The chapter also gives a definition of the Baltic Gateway area. 2 General business environment; Gives the conditions for the market and the development from trading, technical and political points of view. 3 Economic growth and trade; Describes the economics, the current trade and the conditions for growth. 4 The Ports in the Baltic Gateway area; The ports are summarised by turnover in the region. 5 The Baltic Shipping market; Ships are presented as by type and typical type of products transported. The development and market conditions for each type are commented. The vessel activity in the BGW region is presented. 6 The Ferry market within the BG; The ferry services and operations are presented. 7 Current transport by cargo type – important trade lanes; The total trade flow is presented and the flow is projected on ship activities. 8 Future demand for sea transportation in the BGWcountries; The trade development is projected on ships activities and the traffic routes predicting the development in tons between countries and in the ports. 9 Summary and suggestion for further analysis; Conclusions of the report are presented and some suggestions for further analyses. In Appendix 1 the ports are presented individually. For a better understanding the report also provides background information around the basics of sea transportation. The report aims to give information that is of value for further analysis of transport routes/corridors and the demand for infrastructure for the future. The report has been produced by MariTerm AB in close cooperation with Lloyds Register – Fairplay Research, the Institute of Shipping Analysis and Prof A Sakalys, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. Göteborg 05/08/2004 Anders Sjöbris MariTerm AB & Lloyd’s Register Fairplay Research Page i Baltic Gateway MariTerm AB & Lloyd’s Register Fairplay Research Page ii The sea transport infrastructure Content 1 Introduction.......................................................................................1 1.1 Objectives.................................................................................... 3 1.2 Methodology................................................................................ 3 1.3 Baltic Gateway Area................................................................... 6 2 General business environment .......................................................9 2.1 Shipping specific changes and trends ....................................... 10 2.2 The policies as regard sea transports ....................................... 11 2.3 The infrastructure for transports............................................. 13 Ice conditions ..............................................................................................15 2.4 Europe, including Russia .......................................................... 20 Shipping specific policies...........................................................................24 2.5 The Baltic S BSR countries....................................................... 24 The “old” EU countries in the region........................................................25 The “new” EU countries in the region ......................................................26 Shipping and Ecology.................................................................................28 3 Economic growth and trade..........................................................31 3.1 Growth ...................................................................................... 32 3.2 Trade ......................................................................................... 37 4 Ports in the Baltic Gateway area..................................................45 4.1 Description of the ports............................................................. 47 4.2 The trade routes over the ports ................................................ 48 5 The Baltic Gateway shipping market..........................................49 5.1 Ship types, development and their typical cargo...................... 51 Oil tankers ...................................................................................................53 Chemical tankers.........................................................................................54 LPG tankers.................................................................................................55 Bulker carriers.............................................................................................55 Combination carriers ..................................................................................57 Container ships............................................................................................57 Reefer ..........................................................................................................62 General cargo vessels .................................................................................63 Vehicle Ro-ro carriers ................................................................................64 Ro-ro excluding ferry.................................................................................65 5.2 General traffic pattern by ship type (excl. Ferry) .................... 66 5.3 The traffic pattern related to ports........................................... 70 5.4 The traffic pattern by ship type and ports ............................... 73 Transport of crude and oil products...........................................................75 LPG trades...................................................................................................80 Bulker trades ...............................................................................................81 Container transports....................................................................................82 Reefer trades................................................................................................84 General cargo trades ...................................................................................85 Ro-ro trades.................................................................................................89 Vehicle Ro-ro trades...................................................................................92 5.5 Ships that pass the Baltic Gateway area................................... 94 6 The Ferry market within the BGW.............................................95 6.1 The Baltic .................................................................................. 98 6.2 Ferry passenger traffic............................................................ 100 6.3 Cargo transports on ferries .................................................... 101 MariTerm AB & Lloyd’s Register Fairplay Research Page i Baltic Gateway 6.4 North – South bound ferry operations in the BGWregion..... 104 Sweden – Denmark.................................................................................. 107 Sweden – Germany.................................................................................. 109 Denmark – Germany................................................................................ 111 Sweden – Poland...................................................................................... 113 6.5 East – West bound ferry operations in the BGWregion ........ 115 Poland – Denmark.................................................................................... 117 Lithuania – Germany............................................................................... 118 Lithuania – Sweden ................................................................................. 120 Latvia – Sweden....................................................................................... 121 7 Current transport by cargo type – important trade lanes .... 123 7.1 Trade, cargo flows and transport modes................................ 123 7.2 Total cargo flows 2002............................................................. 125 7.3 Wet cargo flows in 2002 .........................................................