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Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden
Getting a grip on the Green Corridors
Getting a grip on the Green Corridors
Jerker SjögrenGreen Corridors Stakeholders
ForumTallinn 14 October 2010
Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden
Background and context
• Double challenge – economic crisis and climate change
• Logistics and transport – “the lifeblood” • “Decarbonisation of transport”• Europe 2020, TEN-T, Future of Transport,
Baltic Sea Region Strategy• Eco-efficient economy; green growth• Green Corridors – a way to tackle the
challenge
Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden
The decarbonisation challenge
Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden
Green Corridors – the EU initiative• Introduced in “Freight Transport
Logistics Action Plan” in Autumn 2007• Few words on Green Corridors:
“concentration of freight traffic between major hubs”, “integrated transport concept”, adequate transhipment facilities at strategic locations”, “supply point for biofuels”, “used to experiment”
• No definition
Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden
Green Corridors – the Swedish initiative• Concept launched by EU: Freight Logistics
Action Plan, ITS Action Plan, Green Paper on TEN-T
• Swedish initiative within the Logistics Forum• Objectives:
- to demonstrate efficient transport solutions- to promote development of Green Corridors in EU transport policy- to establish partnership for European Corridors
Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden
What is a Green Corridor?
• Sustainable logistic solutions • Co-modality• Harmonised system of rules • Concentration of freight flows• Effective transhipment points • Platform for innovation
Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden
Green Corridorsin Baltic Sea Region
• Strategic projects• East West Transport Corridor II• Scandria• TransBaltic• Baltic Transport Outlook• Stakeholders Forum
Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden
Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden
After the Green Corridor Hype – what is going on now?
• EU Green Corridor kick-off 9 December 2009• SuperGreen; Helsinki 28 June 2010• Strategic projects in the Baltic Sea Region• Green Corridor concept and TEN-T• Conceptual developments• Next step from Swedish side: crossborder
pilots• Business driven - partnership for commercial
corridor; new business models; EWTC Association
• Timeline: 2010-2012 crucial three years
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Towards a detailed definition of a Green Corridor – task for SuperGreen• Infrastructure and transport services
– “Corridors” ~ infrastructure – “Green” ~ transport operations (as the main
polluter)
• Measurability – Key performance indicators are crucial– Multiple criteria but main focus on the
environment and efficiency – Principles instead of drawing maps– Labelling or certification as a possible policy
option
Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden
Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden
A Vision - Freight Transport Corridors 2030
• TEN-T corridors are all green; Green Corridor Action Plan and new guidelines
• Bottlenecks – infrastructure and administrative are eleminated
• Network of corridors linking all capitals in EU 32, ports, multimodal terminals
• Financed via European Transport Fund• Market driven labels & certifications
Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden
Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications Sweden
Thank you for the attention!
