- 20.09.2012 C.A.S.H. - C.A.S.H. key findings, recommendations and latest publications available on C.A.S.H. website
- 20.08.2012 C.A.S.H. - C.A.S.H. Final Conference in Helsinki on 5-6 September 2012 to discuss project main results and future challenges relating to safety and security of international road haulage operations
- 10.08.2012 C.A.S.H. - C.A.S.H. Project Director Lauri Ojala invited to new High Level Group on Logistics set by Commissioner Kallas
- 10.08.2012 C.A.S.H. - C.A.S.H. Brussels dissemination event joined together over 50 high level logistics experts to discuss future of European road freight transport
- 28.06.2012 C.A.S.H. - Successful ending for series of C.A.S.H. Joint Exercises
- 28.06.2012 C.A.S.H. - C.A.S.H. seminar in Imatra presented tentative results of survey on cooperation between Finnish Police, Customs and Border Guard in Eastern Finland
- 11.05.2012 C.A.S.H. - C.A.S.H. themes drew interest at ITF Leipzig Summit 2012
- 11.05.2012 C.A.S.H. - Tachograph manipulation and overweight offences spotted at C.A.S.H. Joint Exercise in Haparanda-Tornio
- 26.03.2012 C.A.S.H. - C.A.S.H. Project Director Professor Lauri Ojala received DHL Innovation Award
- 26.03.2012 C.A.S.H. - C.A.S.H. Open Conference in Ukraine enhanced knowledge on road freight transport safety on both sides of border
- 05.09.2012 C.A.S.H. Final Conference in Helsinki on 5-6 September 2012 to discuss project main results and future challenges relating to safety and security of international road haulage operations
- 21.06.2012 C.A.S.H. Brussels dissemination event on 21 June to discuss “Wise Men” assessment of the internal market for road haulage
- 17.06.2012 C.A.S.H. project present at 14th Baltic Development Forum Summit and European Commission’s 3rd Annual Forum on EU Strategy for Baltic Sea Region
- 27.03.2012 C.A.S.H. WP3 "Training for trainers" workshop in Stavern, Norway, 27 -28 March 2012
- 01.03.2012 C.A.S.H. Open Conference in Ukraine on 1 March 2012
- 14.04.2011 C.A.S.H. dissemination event
- C.A.S.H. report 15/2012
- C.A.S.H. report 12/2012
- C.A.S.H. Final Report 11_2012
- C.A.S.H. report 10/2012
- C.A.S.H. report 9/2012
- C.A.S.H. report 8/2012
- C.A.S.H. report 7/2012
- C.A.S.H. report 6/2012
- C.A.S.H. report 5/2012
- C.A.S.H. report 4/2012
- C.A.S.H. report 3/2012
- C.A.S.H. report 1/2010
- C.A.S.H. Note 12
- C.A.S.H. Note 11
- C.A.S.H. Note 10
- C.A.S.H. Note 9
- C.A.S.H. Note 8
- C.A.S.H. Note 7
- C.A.S.H. report 2/2012
- Newsletter 5 (Russian)
- C.A.S.H. report 1/2011
- C.A.S.H. report 2/2011
- C.A.S.H. report 3/2011
- C.A.S.H. Note 5
- C.A.S.H. Note 4
- C.A.S.H. Note 3
- C.A.S.H. Note 6
- C.A.S.H. report 1/2012
- C.A.S.H. Note 2
- C.A.S.H. Newsletter 1:2010
- C.A.S.H. leaflet
Lead Partner:
University of TurkuRehtorinpellonkatu 3
20014 University of Turku Turku
FI
Lauri Ojala
E-mail: lauri.ojala@tse.fi
Phone: +358 2 333 9243
Fax: +358 2 333 8900
Project Manager:
University of TurkuRehtorinpellonkatu 3
20014 University of Turku Turku
FI
Annukka Vahtera
E-mail: annukka.vahtera@utu.fi
Phone: +358 50 562 9737
Fax: +358 2 333 8900
Information Manager:
University of TurkuRehtorinpellonkatu 3
20014 University of Turku Turku
FI
Anne Nykänen
E-mail: annyka@utu.fi
Phone: +358 50 502 7072
Fax: +358 2 333 8900
Summary description of the project:
C.A.S.H. = Connecting Authorities for Safer Heavy Goods Traffic in the Baltic Sea Region
Sector: transport
Theme: Making international road freight transport safer
Geographical area: Baltic Sea region (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Norway and Sweden)
C.A.S.H. project aims to develop practical solutions to make international road freight transport safer, more predictable and affordable in the Baltic Sea region. The project intends to do this by:
• improving co-operation between authorities
• harmonising training of inspection officials
• testing safety equipment and IT systems to be used by relevant authorities
The project will benefit not only the authorities inspecting the traffic through harmonised practices, but logistics business as a whole.
With about one million road haulage companies in Europe and over 560,000 million tonkilometer of goods transported annually on the roads of the Baltic Sea region, the road freight transport is big business.
Despite similar regulations, authorities in European countries may apply different practices and equipment to inspect the traffic. This puts additional pressure on road haulage companies that have to comply with regulations when they are already facing the challenges of a very competitive market.
In addition, more than 1,300 fatalities involving a heavy vehicle took place in the Baltic Sea region in 2007, equal to 10 % of all accidents.
This is why 13 organisations from eight countries in the Baltic Sea area created the C.A.S.H. project. It is co-ordinated by Turku School of Economics in Finland, as part of University of Turku. C.A.S.H. project has a budget of EUR 3.4 million and runs for three years, from September 2009 to September 2012.
C.A.S.H. project brings together police officers and other authorities inspecting Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) in the Baltic Sea area, in order to spread good inspection practices across the region.
The C.A.S.H. project partnership is made up of 13 organisations in eight countries around the Baltic Sea region, including:
• police and other authorities dealing with road traffic safety
• regional councils
• research institutes
Participating countries and organisations
Denmark: • Danish National Police
Estonia: • Police- and Border Guard Board
Finland: • Police of Finland
• Regional Council of South Karelia
• Regional Council of Kymenlaakso
• Regional Council of Southwest Finland
• Turku School of Economics, University of Turku
Germany: • Hamburg Waterways Police
• Hamburg University of Technology
Latvia: • Latvian Transport Development and Education Association
Lithuania: • Vilnius Gedimino Technical University
Norway: • Norwegian Mobile Police Service
Sweden: • Swedish National Police Board
Achievements of the project so far:
C.A.S.H. project has enhanced knowledge of working methods and created operational networks for police authorities. One of the most successful part of the C.A.S.H. project has been the numerous Joint Exercises (14), Staff Exchanges (22), trainings and workshops for authorities inspecting heavy goods vehicles. Also numerous publications (17 public and 2 confidential reports and 13 notes in different languages) produced by universities, regional councils as well as police authorities around the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) have increased knowledge and raised awareness on the road transport safety and security questions. According to C.A.S.H. key findings, day-to-day police work does not vary between countries. The most fundamental difference lies in the BSR countries' systems of legal sanctions; this calls for uniform regulations and penalties e.g. for securing of loads. Also, exchange of monitoring information on international transport operations should be intensified between authorities.
Cooperation and information exchange between the police and the logistics business should be increased for solving crime. In addition, cooperative meetings between the control authorities should be held regularly in order to chart problems associated with control operations and to develop legislation. Also, training of new heavy goods vehicles (HGV) drivers should be augmented with attitude education provided by the police, with the focus on safety issues. Harmonising training of enforcement officers is an important objective. This was initiated in C.A.S.H. project and work should continue towards this end. C.A.S.H. project provided a manual for competent authorities to conduct HGV inspections and guidelines for competent authorities to harmonise a common training structure relating to e.g. dangerous goods, load securing as well as control of driving and resting hours. It is also important to include training for different levels of operational staff.
C.A.S.H. also tested safety equipment and IT systems to be used by relevant authorities. The project recommends that exchanging test results on state-of-the-art equipment is more feasible than joint procurement. Long-term objective should be harmonisation of regulations and used control equipment regarding road freight transport in all Baltic Sea Region countries. In addition, enforcement authority should be involved in discussions with the parties offering technology at the product development stage. All these results have been disseminated to policymakers, relevant ministries, authorities and interest groups nationally and internationally in order to influence the future transport policy. For example creation of operational networks, exchange of information and harmonisation of some parts of training have already been done in the BSR countries participating in the C.A.S.H. project.
Project Duration: | Jun 2009 - Sep 2012 |
Approximate total project budget in EUR: | 3.388.270,00 |
ERDF co-financing: | 2.297.310,00 |
ENPI co-financing: | 0,00 |
Norwegian national contribution: | 203.000,00 |
List of partners
University of Turku | ||||||||
20014 Turku | FINLAND - Region: Etelä-Suomi |
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Contact person: Lauri Ojala Phone: +358233351 E-mail: lauri.ojala@tse.fi Web: www.utu.fi |
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Police of Finland | ||||||||
00700 Helsinki | FINLAND Viljatie 2 (c/o National Traffic Police) Region: Etelä-Suomi |
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Contact person: Pasi Kemppainen Phone: +358913447356 E-mail: pasi.kemppainen@poliisi.fi Web: www.poliisi.fi/lp |
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Hamburg police | ||||||||
21073 Hamburg | GERMANY Wilstorfer Strasse 100 Region: Hamburg |
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Contact person: Roland Gildemeister Phone: +4940428665000 E-mail: roland.gildemeister@polizei.hamburg.de Web: http://ffh.hamburg.de |
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Norwegian Mobile Police Service | ||||||||
3291 Stavern | NORWAY PB 100 Region: Sør-Østlandet |
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Contact person: Odd-Reidar Humlegaard Phone: +4733134400 E-mail: humlegaard@politiet.no Web: www.politi.no |
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Vilnius Gedimino Technical University | ||||||||
3224 Vilnius | LITHUANIA J. Basanavičiaus g. 28B, 1R 10 Region: Lietuva |
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Contact person: Ramunas Palsaitis Phone: +3712744797 E-mail: trvadyba@ti.vgtu.lt Web: www.vgtu.lt |
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Regional Council of Southwest Finland | ||||||||
20100 Turku | FINLAND Ratapihankatu 36 Region: Etelä-Suomi |
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Contact person: Janne Virtanen Phone: +358 (02) 2100 900 E-mail: janne.virtanen@varsinais-suomi.fi Web: www.varsinais-suomi.fi |
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Regional Council of South Karelia | ||||||||
53100 Lappeenranta | FINLAND Kauppakatu 40 D Region: Etelä-Suomi |
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Contact person: Marjo Wallenius Phone: +358 5 6163 100 E-mail: marjo.wallenius@ekarjala.fi Web: www.ekliitto.fi |
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Regional Council of Kymenlaakso | ||||||||
48601 Kotka | FINLAND Karhulantie 36 B Region: Etelä-Suomi |
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Contact person: Ari Pietarinen Phone: +358 05 230 8900 E-mail: ari.pietarinen@kymenlaakso.fi Web: www.kymenlaakso.fi |
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Danish National Police, National Traffic Center | ||||||||
2450 Copenhagen | DENMARK Ellebergvej 52, 2 Region: Hovedstaden |
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Contact person: Jörn Pakula Andresen Phone: +45 33 14 88 88 E-mail: JPA001@politi.dk Web: www.politi.dk |
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Swedish National Police Board | ||||||||
102 26 Stockholm | SWEDEN Polhemsgatan 30 Region: Stockholm |
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Contact person: Anders Arvidsson Phone: +46 8 4019111 E-mail: AndersG.Arvidsson@polisen.se Web: http://www.polisen.se |
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Hamburg University of Technology, Institute of Business Logistics and General Management | ||||||||
21073 Hamburg | GERMANY Schwarzenbergstraße 95 Region: Hamburg |
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Contact person: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kersten Phone: +49 (0)40-42878-3525 E-mail: logu@tu-harbug.de Web: http://www.web.logu.tu-harburg.de/ |
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Latvian Transport Development and Education Association (LaTDEA) | ||||||||
LV-1019 Riga | LATVIA Lomonosova street 1 Region: Latvija |
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Contact person: Igor Kabashkin, President, Professor, Dr.hab.sc.ing Phone: (+371)-67100594 E-mail: kiv@tsi.lv, kiv@LaTAIA.lv Web: N/A |
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Police- and Border Guard Board | ||||||||
10614 Tallinn | ESTONIA Ädala 4E Region: Eesti |
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Contact person: Tonis Sulu Phone: +3726123941 E-mail: tonis.sulu@politsei.ee Web: www.pol.ee |
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