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June
28
First SuperGreen Workshop
The
first SuperGreen Workshop will take place in
Helsinki, Finland, on Monday June 28, 2010.
The project entitled “Supporting EU’s Freight Transport
Logistics Action Plan on Green Corridors Issues”, abbreviated
name “SuperGreen,” is a Coordination and Support Action,
co-funded by the European Commission in the context of the 7th
Framework Programme. The project involves 22 partners from 13 European
countries.
SuperGreen aims to assist the Commission with defining the ‘Green
Corridor’ concept and promotes the development of European
freight logistics in an environmentally friendly manner. The objectives
of the SuperGreen project concern supporting the development of
sustainable transport networks by fulfilling requirements covering
environmental, technical, economic, social and spatial planning
aspects. More details of the project are available at www.supergreenproject.eu .
Within the context of the project, and starting from an initial list of
some 60 corridors, a pre-selection of 15 European corridors has been
made by the consortium, based partly on the current TEN-T and is also
relevant in terms of the market and logistics needs of the
project’s industrial partners. The pre-selection of corridors has
been made according to the criteria such as transport volumes, average
length of transport chains (share of long distance transports),
existing transport infrastructure, types of transported goods,
multimodality, effects on environment, human habitat and land use
planning, geographical preconditions (cases covering different
preconditions), used transport and information technology, supply chain
management strategies and procedures of main transport clients and
other relevant criteria defined more exactly in the beginning of this
task. The analysis of the corridors is based on existing data, and
previous research and development projects. Adequate care has been
given so that the pre- selected corridors achieve an adequate
geographical and modal balance.
Modal-wise, the mix of pre-selected corridors include:
• Land-based corridors
• Corridors (short sea-road-rail-intermodal) that are alternatives to road
• Corridors (deep sea- road- rail-intermodal) with non-European trade partners
Geography-wise, pre-selected corridors cover (indicatively):
• Corridors in the Iberian and/or Italian peninsula
• Corridors in Scandinavia
• Inter-Mediterranean corridors
• Corridors linking Scandinavia with the Baltic countries, Poland and Germany
• Corridors in the Hamburg- Le Havre range
• Corridors between UK and continent
• Corridors between the Balkans and Central Europe
• Corridors between EU and Russia
• Deep sea corridors (Far East and North America to Europe)
• Inland navigation corridors
The above modal and geographical categories are roughly equally represented in the pre-selection of corridors.
Details on the pre-selection methodology will be made at the workshop,
which will also cover Key Performance Indicators, the role of eFreight,
a further selection of the most favourable set of corridors for further
analysis in the project, and a discussion among representatives of key
stakeholders and among the audience.
Based on the above, we are delighted
to invite you to Helsinki on 28th June 2010 to take part in the
workshop and contribute to the benchmarking of European Green Corridors!
Target Audience
Logistics service providers, shippers, carriers in all surface modes,
intermodal transport companies, policy makers, researchers and
analysts, environmental organizations, other stakeholders interested in
green logistics.
TRAVEL
Participants are expected to make their own travel arrangements. A
nominal fee to attend the workshop will be charged. A list of hotels is
provided (see bottom of the page).
REGISTRATION
As space for the workshop is limited, advance registration is
necessary. To register for the workshop, please visit this link: www.sito.fi/en/supergreen
CONTACT
For any clarifications, please contact Mrs. Sanni Rönkkö at Sito, tel: +358 400 417445, email: sanni.ronkko@sito.fi
COMMUNICATIONS PARTNER
The Baltic Transport Journal (www.baltictransportjournal.com) has been appointed communications partner for this event.
Provisional Programme,
28th June 2010 (2nd Announcement)
| 09.30-10.00 | Registration and coffee |
| 10.00-10.10 | Welcome Kimmo Fischer, Sito, Finland, host of workshop Harilaos Psaraftis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, Coordinator of SuperGreen project |
| 10.10-10.30 | Aspects of greening the transports in European Union Rein Jüriado, European Commission, DG-MOVE (SuperGreen project officer) |
| 10.30-11.00 | Overview of the SuperGreen project Harilaos Psaraftis, NTUA |
| 11.00-11.30 | Preliminary results of corridor survey: pre-selecting 15 European Corridors Ilkka Salanne, Sito Harilaos Psaraftis, NTUA |
| 11.30-12.00 | Discussion of the results |
| 12.00-13.00 | Lunch break |
| 13.00-13.20 | eFreight: one of the key facilitators for green corridors Jerker Sjögren, Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications, Sweden Jan Tore Pedersen, Marlo A/S, Norway |
| 13.20-13.45 | Status report: Key Performance Indicators for green corridors Niklas Bengtsson, IHS - Fairplay Research, Sweden |
| 13.45-14.00 | Workshop methods and ranking of corridors Sanni Rönkkö, Sito Harilaos Psaraftis, NTUA |
| 14.00-15.00 | Workshop groups deliberations |
| 15.00-15.30 | Coffee break |
| 15.30-15.45 | Workshop groups reporting |
| 15.45-17.15 | Panel discussion (issues list below not exhaustive) What is a green corridor? Which KPIs are more important? Which technologies are more promising? What barriers should be removed? What possibilities for greening exist? What policy actions should be pursued? What other issues need attention? Moderator: Harilaos Psaraftis, NTUA Panelists (alphabetically): • Herman de Meester, European Community Shipowners Association (ECSA) • Karin de Schepper, Inland Navigation Europe (INE) • Jacques Dirand, Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) • Rein Jüriado, European Commission, DG-MOVE • Fuensanta Martinez Sans, ACEA-European Automotive Manufacturers Association • Manfred Reuter, Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) • Algirdas Sakalys, Competence Centre of Intermodal Operators Transport and Logistics (CCITL) of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU), Lithuania • Jerker Sjögren, Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications, Sweden • Nicolette van der Jagt, European Shippers Council (ECS) • Peter Wolters, European Intermodal Association (EIA) |
| 17.15-17.30 | Summary and way ahead Harilaos Psaraftis, NTUA |
| 17.30-18.00 | Workshop closure |
| 18.00- | Port Tour and Cocktail Event: Port of Helsinki Bus transportation from VR Conference Centre |
Venue
VR Conference Centre
Vilhonkatu 13
Helsinki
HOTELS
Some hotels close to VR Conference Centre:
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