Clustering the Motorways of the Sea in the Mediterranean Area BUILDING THE FUTURE ! Sebastian Marx City of Gothenburg EU Office The Baltic Sea Region The Baltic Sea Region Identify simillar problems And provide sustainable solutions 2 Cities… Aarhus • Second largest city in • Second largest city in Denmark Sweden • A population of 1,2 •The Gothenburg region will million within 1 hour grow to a large city region with 1.5 million inhabitants • +300.000 living in Aarhus •+500.000 living in Gothenburg • High growth in inhabitants and jobs • Gothenburg has today ca 60 000 students. • Ambitious investment- and development plans • The port of Göteborg is the largest port in Scandinavia. ...and 2 Ports... Port of Gothenburg 2/3 of Swedish container volumes 1/3 of Swedish oil volumes 1/4 of Swedish ro/ro volumes 1/4 of Swedish car volumes 41 million tons of goods (2009) 175 calls/week The only Swedish port that can handle direct calling ocean going vessels Port of Aarhus Denmark’s largest container port: 60 per cent of the containers handled in Danish ports One of the most efficient container ports in Europe as measured by number of container lifts per crane hour The port has since 1998 gone through a great expansion - in 2023, double its present size and will cover 360 hectares. Co‐operation in competition • In the framework of the Baltic Sea Strategy • Within the Nordic co-operation patterns • Based on traditional contacts • Now also: Through the joint Motorways of the Sea Project Baltic Sea Hub and Spoke Contribute to the implementation of the Baltic Sea Strategy and its goal to make the region •Environmentally sustainable •Prosperous •Accessible and attractive •Safe and secure Baltic Sea Hub and Spoke •Achieve critical mass of goods in hub (contribution from sea (feeder/deep sea/transshipment) and from ports own hinterland •Achieve optimal feeder network to ports in BSR •Achieve optimal operation, planning and ship management in and between ports (and advantages to truck companies in their planning) •Achieve optimal handling of goods, sea port security and supply chain security (harmonizing and standardizing handling procedures) Clustering the Motorways of the Sea in the Mediterranean Area BUILDING THE FUTURE ! 11/12 April in Aarhus, Denmark European Maritime Day 21‐22 Mary 2012 WELCOME TO GOTHENBURG! Sweden and Denmark Contact Sebastian Marx Head of EU Office Rue du Luxembourg 3 B-1000 Brussels [email protected].