Freight flows and infrastructure in the Baltic Sea Region Presentation by Magnus Sundström, Swedish Maritime Administration Workshop on Strategy for sustainability in the Baltic Sea Area – Maritime safety Karlskrona, 1 June 2006

Commissioners: Sweden Denmark Norway Poland Lithuania Estonia Finland Contractor: SAI BMT-TS Centre for Maritime Studies Co-financing from EU and the TEN-T programme

Share of intra-BSR trade of total foreign trade per country

Development of trade volumes, Source: Baltic Maritime Outlook 2006

East-West trade corridors Source: Baltic Maritime Outlook 2006

Development of BSR Transport Source: Baltic Maritime Outlook 2006

Development of maritime transport Source: Baltic Maritime Outlook 2006

Maritime Transport in the Baltic Sea region 2003 Net total BSR Maritime Transports, by Commodity group 731 M tonnes Intra-BSR Maritime Transports, by commodity Group 178 M tonnes Source: Baltic Maritime Outlook 2006

Roro and ropax lines in northern Europe. Source: Baltic Maritime Outlook 2006

Sea Routes, all cargoes, TEN-A Ports 2003 Source: Baltic Maritime Outlook 2006

Maritime traffic in the Baltic Sea 30 May 2006

Liquid bulk traffic M tonnes of oil were shipped from ports in the BSR in 2003

Oil throughput development in some East and South Baltic Sea Ports Source: Muuga Port Consortium/SAI

TEN-T priority projects Source: Van Miert report, 2003

Development of Master Plan Studies for the Motorways of the Baltic Sea Work Package 1 – Study on goods flows and maritime infrastructure Work Package 2 – Baltic Sea Winter Motorways Work Package 3 – Safe major routes in the Baltic Sea Motorways Work Package 4 – North Sea Baltic Hub Master plan for the development of the Motorways of the Baltic Sea Project Management and Coordination

Further development of the Motorways of the Baltic Sea Further Development of Horizontal Projects of Wider Benifit –Icebreaking / Winter navigation –Quality assurance of the main fairways –Information systems Development of transnational intermodal transport corridors

Conclusion We face an interesting and challanging development of trade and transport in the Baltic Sea region Maritime traffic is forecasted to increase strongly The regulatory framework and infrastructure are to be able to cope with this development The Motorways of the Sea concept has a role to play Cooperation between the Baltic Sea countries, between national and regional authorities and between the public sector and the industry is of utmost importance

Thanks for your attention! Magnus Sundström Swedish Maritime Administration Maritime Policy and Public Affairs Phone: ,