Strengthening Combined Transport in the Baltic Sea Region
June 2021

Transport
COMBINE
In combined transport, goods are moved by train, ships or barges, with the first and last mile covered by road as short as possible. However, the share of this efficient and more environmentally friendly transport scheme remains small in the Baltic Sea region due to spatially scattered transport and a tradition of road transport. COMBINE aims to increase this share by improving the operation at terminals and reducing the costs of the last mile by introducing new solutions such as platooning, longer/heavier trucks, e-trucks, and LNG-trucks.
SUMMARY
COMBINE wants to enhance the share of combined transport in the Baltic Sea region in order to make transport more environmentally friendly.
Competitiveness is a challenge
Combining different transport modes results in additional handling efforts which cost time and money. The challenge of combining transport modes is therefore how to make it efficient and competitive. One way is to compensate handling costs by lower transport cost of the main leg and last mile of the transport chain. The longer the main leg and the shorter last mile, the more competitive combined transport is, in general. In the Baltic Sea combined transport to date can hardly compete with road transport due to rural structures, comparatively low transport volumes and a long tradition of pure road transport. Thus, the share of combined transport is low. This results in inexperience and insufficient knowledge about combined transport and thus low exploitation of the potential of combined transport. COMBINE is working to overcome these challenges.
New technologies and better organization can bring the solution
New technologies regarding main leg transport, terminal handling and last mile operation as well as modern and efficient transport organisation are opportunities for the Baltic Sea region. It is vital to use the benefits of each mode and to optimize each part of the transport chain where appropriate to inhibit pure road transport. COMBINE follows a comprehensive transport service-related approach to strengthen all parts of the transport chain: main leg, terminal handling and last mile. COMBINE contributes to a closer cooperation of policy level, stronger support for combined transport in the Baltic Sea region and finally a stronger role of combined transport in the Baltic Sea region transport system.
Budgets
PARTNERS
Town: Hamburg
Region: HAMBURG
Country: Germany
Representative: Adina Cailliaux
Phone: 494 037 709 172
E-mail: cailliaux{at}hafen-hamburg.de
Web: www.portofhamburg.com
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
552.500,00
Town: Berlin
Region: BERLIN
Country: Germany
Representative: Clemens Bochynek
Phone: 493 020 613 760
E-mail: cbochynek{at}sgkv.de
Web: www.sgkv.de
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
248.080,00
Town: Copenhagen S
Region: DANMARK
Country: Denmark
Representative: Niels
Selsmark
Phone: 4 541 780 261
E-mail: ns{at}tbst.dk
Web: http://www.trafikstyrelsen.dk
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
296.125,00
Town: København V
Region: DANMARK
Country: Denmark
Representative: Erik Søbjerg
Phone: 4 572 442 622
E-mail: eris{at}vd.dk
Web: www.vd.dk
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
200.010,00
Town: Vilnius
Region: LIETUVA
Country: Lithuania
Representative: Ignas Gedgaudas
Phone: 37 052 021 212
E-mail: i.gedgaudas{at}litrail.lt
Web: www.litrail.lt
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
202.550,00
Town: Riga
Region: LATVIJA
Country: Latvia
Representative: Gunta Rozentale
Phone: 37 126 110 095
E-mail: gunta.roz{at}inbox.lv; lla{at}lla.lv
Web: www.lla.lv
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
150.000,00
Town: GDANSK
Region: REGION PÓŁNOCNY
Country: Poland
Representative: Ernest Czermanski
Phone: 48 585 231 389
E-mail: e.czermanski{at}gmail.com
Web: www.ug.edu.pl
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
300.000,00
Town: Toruń
Region: REGION PÓŁNOCNY
Country: Poland
Representative: Rafał Modrzewski
Phone: 48 566 218 487
E-mail: r.modrzewski{at}kujawsko-pomorskie.pl
Web: www.kujawsko-pomorskie.pl
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
145.550,00
Town: Bydgoszcz
Region: REGION PÓŁNOCNY
Country: Poland
Representative: Bożena Katarzyna Napierała
Phone: 48 525 858 373
E-mail: b.napierala{at}um.bydgoszcz.pl
Web: www.bydgoszcz.pl
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
180.000,00
Town: Tampere
Region: MANNER-SUOMI
Country: Finland
Representative: Harri Vitikka
Phone: 358 295 036 316
E-mail: harri.vitikka{at}ely-keskus.fi
Web: http://www.ely-keskus.fi/en/web/ely-en
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
300.011,00
Town: Örebro
Region: ÖSTRA SVERIGE
Country: Sweden
Representative: Fredrik
Idevall
Phone: 46 196 026 369
E-mail: fredrik.idevall{at}regionorebrolan.se
Web: www.regionorebrolan.se
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
165.840,00
Town: Göteborg
Region: SÖDRA SVERIGE
Country: Sweden
Representative: Sofie Vennersten
Phone: 46 317 647 016
E-mail: sofie.vennersten{at}lindholmen.se
Web: www.closer.lindholmen.se
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
290.030,00
Town: Hamburg
Region: HAMBURG
Country: Germany
Representative: Jan Wedemeier
Phone: 4 940 340 576 663
E-mail: wedemeier{at}hwwi.org
Web: www.hwwi.org
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
149.350,00
Town: Brussels
Region: RÉGION DE BRUXELLES-CAPITALE / BRUSSELS HOOFDSTEDELIJK GEWEST
Country: Belgium
Representative: Eric Feyen
Phone: 3 225 487 895
E-mail: efeyen{at}uirr.com
Web: www.uirr.com
Approximate total partner budget in EUR:
220.802,50
CONTACTS
Project manager
Hafen Hamburg Marketing e.V.
Nikola Košvancová
420 224 891 298
Financial manager
Hafen Hamburg Marketing e.V.
Kerstin Pfietzmann
494 037 709 140