1. www.sebtrans.com SEBTrans-Link

2. Oslo Gothenburg Kopenhagen Karlskrona Stockholm Liepaja Klaipeda Kaunas Elbląg Warszawa Bratislava Beograd Växjö Gdynia Kaliningrad Share of trade related to the SEBTrans corridor: ca 18 million tonnes 1997 ca 27 million tonnes 2010 ca 37 million tonnes 2020 Ferry passengers to 2020, percent Sweden-Germany +130 Sweden-Poland/ +200-300 Lithuania Sweden-Latvia +250 Air passengers, percent Sweden-Poland/Lithuania +500 Sweden-Latvia +350

3. Oslo Gothenburg Kopenhagen Karlskrona Stockholm Liepaja Klaipeda Kaunas Elbląg Warszawa Bratislava Beograd Växjö Gdynia Kaliningrad Conclusions: Missing links and existing bottlenecks in the transport system Doubling of trade until 2020 Growth of passenger transports in the area None existing intermodal solutions for minor quantities of goods

4. Trans European Network An important link missing !

5. Summary Achieve the aims in Transport Policy – time to decide Achieve connections between the different TEN systems in the Baltic Sea area Achieve the aims regarding a common market in the Baltic Sea area Achieve the goals regarding a closer co-operation between new and old EU-members Baltic-Link combines different E-roads, roads with TEN-status and new & old Eu members E4, E6, E22 in Sweden E75 & E77 in Poland

6. SEBTrans-Link Lead Partner – Municipality of Växjö Infrastructure improvments in the North-South transport corridor 24 partners in; Sweden Poland Lithuania Kaliningrad Budget: 2 Milj Project time: 3 years Partners Sweden Municipalities:Regions : Municipality of Växjö, ( Lead Partner )Ass. of Municipalities Sjuhärad Municipality of KarlskronaCounty Adm. In Kronoberg Municipality of RonnebyCounty Adm. in Jönköping Municipality of EmmabodaRegion Council in Kalmar Municipality of TingsrydRegion of Blekinge (Ass.) Municipality of Gislaved Municipality of Alvesta Others: Municipality of Värnamo National Rail Administration Municipality of Gnosjö National Road Administration National Maritime Adm. Chamber of Commerce Stena Line Port of Karlskrona TransportEko Southeast

7. Main Objectives: – Detailed plans of how to solve the problems with missing links and bottlenecks – Find solutions for intermodality regarding minor quantities of goods – Testing theoretical ideas on a real pilot construction (investment)

8. MariTerm & Lloyds Register Fairplay Research Cargo Volumes 1995 2010 Crude oil & oil products17 70744 291 Other bulk26 59645 778 General cargo 9 32722 898 --------------------------------------------------------------- Sum53 630 112 967 SEBTrans-Link

10. Karlskrona – Gdynia 20 %

11. Poland A1 motorway together with a new ferry terminal in the Port of Gdynia

12. Lithuania Port of Klaipeda A 13, Palanga-Klaipeda 141, Klaipeda-Kaunas

13. Kaliningrad/Russia Gateway to Russia and the far East

14. Goods shuttle between Odessa & Klaipeda Goods shuttle between Budapest & Krakow

15. Railway Breakpoints -Borås -Värnamo -Alvesta -Emmaboda / Nybro

16. Railway Possible to start a goods shuttle Start discussions with operators and forwarders Investments in the port of Karlskrona as a first step

17. Roads Roads 27 Västra Götaland 27 Förbifart Bor 27 Kärda-Bredaryd 25 Forsa-Kvälleberg 25 Alvesta Västra 30 Södra Länken 30 Möllenäs-Djuramåla 30 Ronneby-Möllenäs Verkö vägen Baltic-Link Road 27 from Gothenburg to Karlskrona. With new reference over Ronneby & all the way to Verkö (Port of Karlskrona)

18. Pan European Corridors Baltic-Link

19. Business perspective Innovative & productive business sector Enlargement of regions Better preconditions regarding transportation of people Better air connections with more destinations Regional airport more important then geographical closeness

20. Tourism perspective Unique values for recreation & tourism Scarcities in the transport infrastructure Missing air connections Pour information

21. Final conclusions Important to continue the transnational co-operation Baltic-Link needs an own identity The Swedish part of the corridor needs to be part of TEN-T Passenger traffic is of particular importance in the corridor Investments needs to be done in roads, railways and terminals Important with a regional airport in the South East Sweden The work with intermodal goods transportations needs to be continued

22. SEBTrans-Link continuation Baltic-Link Association

23. Objectives: Follow up of the work that have been done within the SEBTrans-Link project Dissemination and lobbying activities on behalf of the corridor Knowledge building about the corridor SEBTrans-Link Contact surface towards other organisations, associations and projects both national and transnational Baltic-Link Association

24. Members: Borås Tranemo Svenljunga Gislaved Värnamo Alvesta Växjö Tingsryd Ronneby Karlskrona Nybro Kalmar Region of Jönköping Region of Kalmar Region of Blekinge County Adm. Kronoberg County Adm. Jönköping Economical association Yearly fee Extra fee in connection with external activities Board with responsible politicians Working group Permanent secretariat Baltic-Link Association

25. Transnational co-operation Baltic-Link Association Sweden Baltic-Link Association Poland Baltic-Link Association Lithuania Baltic-Link Association

26. www.sebtrans.com SEBTrans-Link