Motorway of the Sea -Gedser - Part 2

2014-EU-TM-0520-M Horizontal Priority Multi-Annual Call Funding Objective 3

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(Coordinating) Applicant: Scandlines Gedser-Rostock ApS

Implementation schedule: Image found and displayed. Start date: January 2014 End date: June 2017

Requested funding: Total eligible costs: €21 105 000

Requested funding: €6 331 500

Requested EU support: 30.00% This Motorway of the Sea (MoS) link between Germany and Denmark is a transport Recommended funding: solution deploying two RoPax ships calling the ports of Rostock and Gedser. The MoS service Gedser-Rostock transports a daily average of 670 passenger cars, Recommended total eligible almost 250 lorries and over 3,640 passengers. Considering the timeline of IMO's €21 105 000 costs: SECA regulation, the operator decided to implement a feasible, re-producible and Recommended funding: €6 331 500 sustainable solution i.e. the installation on the new vessels of the link ("MS Berlin" and "MS Copenhagen") of hybrid propulsion and exhaust gas cleaning solutions Recommended EU support: 30.00% already tested on the RoPax vessels operating on another sea link (Rødby- ). The Action also includes installation and adjustment of necessary port-side equipment in Rostock and Gedser as well as the redesign of port infrastructure in Rostock in order to optimise operations with the retrofitted vessels. The Action will contribute to sustainability of the maritime link.

Evaluation Remarks

The Action is very relevant to the priorities of the MoS call as it concerns the installation of scrubbers onboard two RoRo vessels and works in Rostock and Gedser ports and together the activities form an upgrade of a maritime link. The Action is very mature and activities have already started. The most relevant contracts have been awarded. The impact of the Action is high in terms of the environment, as it will allow for the reduction of sulphur emissions. The quality of the Action is very good and the proposed activities are coherent with the objectives and adequate to achieve them.