Northern Axis / Arctic - Central European Green Transport1 North Baltic Foresight Debate Bodø, 31 May 2010 Per Strømhaug

Northern Axis / Arctic - Central European Green Transport2 Historical flashback The Baltic Ring - Vision of the CPMR Baltic Sea Commission (2003)

Northern Axis / Arctic - Central European Green Transport3 Historical flashback :The Work Group Transport of the CPMR Baltic Sea Commission formulated the idea of “The Baltic Ring” – a continuous railway infrastructure connecting people and businesses around the Baltic Sea :Seed money Project “InterBaltic” - resulting in report on “Transport Challenges in the Baltic Sea Area” :Pursuing the report on transport challenges through the main project “InterBaltic” under the BSR Interreg III B Programme. Project focused on development of a transport strategy for the BSR aiming at shifting cargo transport from road to rail and sea – including some pilot studies related to specific types of cargo (WP 4) Development of new project description built on the ideas from WP 4 of the “InterBaltic” project with particular focus on transport of fresh seafood and other time critical cargo from Northern Scandinavia to Central and Eastern Europe. Development of the project NACE is made in close cooperation with the “SoNorA”-project in the Central European Program (CADSES) that is concentrating on northbound cargo from Adriatic Sea to Scandinavia Following non-approval of the NACE-project redefining the scope of the project with close connection to EU’s Baltic Sea Strategy.

Northern Axis / Arctic - Central European Green Transport4 Some main cargo flows to and from Arctic area Fruit/vegetables, wine, other food products (northbound) Minerals, metals, forest and other industrial products Congested areas (to be avoided) Supplies to oil and mining industry Salmon and other fresh and frozen seafood

Northern Axis / Arctic - Central European Green Transport5 EU Strategy for BSR – To Improve Internal and External Transport Links

Northern Axis / Arctic - Central European Green Transport6 EU Strategy for BSR – To Improve Internal and External Transport Links “Facilitate efficient overall Baltic freight transport and logistics solutions” by removing non infrastructure-related bottlenecks, promoting intermodal connections, developing the Green Corridor concept through the implementation of concrete projects, developing infrastructure, supporting logistics service providers, establishing harmonised electronic administrative procedures, harmonising control procedures,...

Northern Axis / Arctic - Central European Green Transport7 NACE Northern Axis / Arctic – Central European Green Transport (NACE) Connecting the Arctic Area / Barents Region to Central and Southern Europe (by cooperation with the SoNorA-project)

Northern Axis / Arctic - Central European Green Transport8 Narvik Oulo Boden Syktyvkar Rovaniemi “Northern Axis” N.E.W. - Corridor The Northern East-West Transport Corridor USA - China (N.E.W.) Trans Siberian Railway Possible Future Link Murmansk / Narvik - Western China (joining Northern Axis, N.E.W. TC, Barents Link and Belkomur Railway) First step – establish transport Narvik – St. Petersburg - Moscow Kajani

Northern Axis / Arctic - Central European Green Transport9 The project Marco Polo project (18. May 2010): Arctic – Central European Green Transport “ACE Green” Objective: Considerable shift of cargo transport from road to rail and sea

Northern Axis / Arctic - Central European Green Transport10 Project area with focus on infrastructure and new services Northern Axis / N E W Corridor Arctic – Central European Green Transport Services:

Northern Axis / Arctic - Central European Green Transport11 Today.... future