- 21.07.2011 EWTC II - Purpose, definition and vision for Green Transport Corridors - A draft report
- 23.11.2010 EWTC II - EWTC Association meeting was held in Klaipeda and Karlshamn the 8th to 9th of November
- 23.11.2010 EWTC II - Green Corridor Stakeholder's Forum in Tallin the 14th of October
- 27.05.2010 EWTC II - Project East West Transport Corridor II will exhibit at BDF Summit in Vilnius
- 17.03.2010 EWTC II - East West Transport Corridor presented at EUSBSR working meeting
- 28.09.2011 East West Transport Corridor II Partner Meeting
- 27.05.2011 EWTC Assocation Forum meeting in Odessa, Ukraine
- 24.03.2011 EWTC II Partner and Steering Committee Meeting
- 23.03.2011 EWTC II Midterm Conference
- 18.01.2011 EWTC II Task 3B task force meeting
- 09.11.2010 EWTC II Arranges EWTC Association Meeting in Karlshamn
- 27.04.2010 Green Corridor Manual workshop
- 18.03.2010 EWTC II Steering Committee Meeting in Malmö
- 11.03.2010 EWTC II Financial Seminar
Project title: East West Transport Corriodor II - a green corridor concept within the Northern Transport Axis approach.
Application call: 2
Priority: 2. Internal and external accessibility
Project website: www.ewtc2.eu

Lead Partner:
Region BlekingeRonnebygatan 2
37132 Karlskrona
SE
Mats Johansson
E-mail: mats.johansson@regionblekinge.se
Phone: +46 708-671300
Fax: +46 455 305010
Project Manager:
Region BlekingeRonnebygatan 2
37132 Karlskrona
SE
Mathias Roos
E-mail: mathias.roos@regionblekinge.se
Phone: +46 455 305053
Fax: +46 455 305010
Information Manager:
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Summary description of the project:
The EWTC II project started in 2009 and was a follow up of the EWTC project completed in 2007, with the overall aim to highlight the development of a ”Green Corridor Concept” as a best practise case in the European context. Green transport corridors are defined as a concentration of freight traffic between major hubs and by relatively long distances where short sea shipping, rail, inland waterways and road complement each other to enable the choice of environmentally friendly transport. The Corridor stretches from Esbjerg, Denmark and Sassnitz, Germany in the west to Vilnius, Lithuania in the east. The eastern part of the corridor is a gateway to and from the Baltic Sea Region connecting it with Russia, Kazakhstan and China to the east and Belarus, Ukraine and Turkey to the south-east. It consists of an intermodal transport system with each of the different transport modes being links in the national and European transport system.
The project addressed the increased cross border traffic in the corridor between Esbjerg, strengthened the transport development through studies highlighting infrastructure improvements, new business solutions for, logistics, Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), outreach activities to the Far East and co-operation between researchers. An increased transnational cooperation along the corridor was considered important in order to be able to deal with bottlenecks in the corridor. Another important area for transnational cooperation was the environmental aspects since trade and traffic in the east-west direction had increased dramatically. The final report of EWTC resulted in a vision, strategy and action plan supporting EU policies. The corridor has a potential to become an important east-west connection for Europe as it links northern Europe to Russia and the Far East as well as an entrance point to the Black Sea Region with the parts of Europe located in the Atlantic region.
Achievements of the project so far:
The hubs in the corridor were considered a key strategic area for development together with the further removal of bottlenecks in the road and rail networks. Based on the identified key strategic areas, a group of actions were developed and presented as a way to continue the work. The project has used the experiences gained during EWTC to implement actions from the EWTC action plan such as to establish a platform for the long term development of the corridor, the EWTC Association. The project highlighted steering mechanisms and concepts for more environmentally friendly transports, tested systems for exchange of information, developed an intelligent truck parking strategy and speed control systems as well as strengthened rail transport patterns and the development of intermodal transport solutions.
EWTC II gained political support for the process towards the green corridor status and also established cooperation with projects such as TransBaltic and Scandria. Partners of the EWTC II project have seen the project as a laboratory for harmonizing respective national transport policies of the EWTC countries and for testing the EU transport policy in practice to demonstrate the feasibility of policy-driven concepts and to provide feedback to the Commission and national transport ministries on adjustment needs. The project has contributed with the following: EWTC is considered a best practice case for Green Corridor development. Thus the EWTC is a part of the European Commission’s Action Plan for the Baltic Sea Region and is an integrated part of the Northern Transport Axis. The EWTC Association is established as an innovative tool for interregional cooperation along EWTC. The EWTCA has been chosen to lead the flagship project of developing a network of green corridors in the BSR.
As a basis for that work the Association has the manual of how to develop a Green Corridor for transport in accordance with the EU’s transport policies and to offer stakeholders in the EWTC more sustainable transport alternatives than available today. An innovative IT-based ”Information Broker System” for transport and traffic information was tested and when implemented, it will increase efficiency and reduce the environmental impact. The project supported improved transport services in ports and terminals and increased transport competence among various stakeholders within the EWTC. Overall the project has contributed to improved services for transport of goods between BSR and Russia, Belarus and Far East and secured long term cooperation for further development through the East West Transport Corridor Association.
Project Duration: | Jun 2009 - Sep 2012 |
Approximate total project budget in EUR: | 5.832.400,00 |
ERDF co-financing: | 4.522.600,00 |
ENPI co-financing: | 0,00 |
Norwegian national contribution: | 0,00 |
List of partners
Region Blekinge | ||||||||
37132 Karlskrona | SWEDEN Ronnebygatan 2 Region: Sydsverige |
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Contact person: Mats Johansson Phone: +46 708-671300 E-mail: mats.johansson@regionblekinge.se Web: www.regionblekinge.se |
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Vilnius Gediminas Technical Univ. Competence. centr. of Interm. Transp. And Log. | ||||||||
10105 Vilnius | LITHUANIA Plytines 27 Region: Lietuva |
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Contact person: Ramunas Palsaitis Phone: +370 5 274 4776 E-mail: trvadyba@ti.vgtu.lt Web: www.vgtu.lt |
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Klaipeda Shipping Research Centre | ||||||||
92294 Klaipeda | LITHUANIA Igulos 18A-5 Region: Lietuva |
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Contact person: Vytautas Paulauskas Phone: +370 46 255503 E-mail: donatasp@takas.lt Web: NONE |
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Klaipeda State Seaport Authority | ||||||||
92251 Klaipeda | LITHUANIA J. Jannonio Str. 24 Region: Lietuva |
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Contact person: Kristina Gontier Phone: +37046499714 E-mail: k.gontier@port.lt Web: www.portofklaipeda.lt |
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SC Lithuanian Railways | ||||||||
03603 Vilnius | LITHUANIA Mindaugo g. 12/14 Region: Lietuva |
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Contact person: Antanas Zenonas Kaminskas Phone: +370 526 93306 E-mail: z.kaminskas@litrail.lt Web: www.litrail.lt |
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Lithuanian Road Adm. under the Ministry of Transport and Communications | ||||||||
03109 Vilnius | LITHUANIA J. Basanaviciaus g. 36/2 Region: Lietuva |
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Contact person: Gintaras Cilcius Phone: +370 2329673 E-mail: gintiras.cilcius@lra.lt Web: www.lra.lt |
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Blekinge Institute of Technology | ||||||||
37179 Karlskrona | SWEDEN Campus Gräsvik Region: Sydsverige |
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Contact person: Paul Davidsson Phone: +46 457 385 841 E-mail: paul.davidsson@bth.se Web: www.bth.se |
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Energy Agency for Southeast Sweden Ltd. | ||||||||
35196 Växjö | SWEDEN Framtidsvägen 10A Region: Småland med öarna |
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Contact person: Hannele Johansson Phone: +46470723325 E-mail: hannele.johansson@energikontorsydost.se Web: www.energikontorsydost.se |
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Municipality of Karlskrona | ||||||||
37183 Karlskrona | SWEDEN Östra Hamngatan 7b Region: Sydsverige |
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Contact person: Tore Almlöf Phone: +46455303027 E-mail: tore.almlof@karlskrona.se Web: www.karlskrona.se |
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Municipality of Karlshamn | ||||||||
37481 Karlshamn | SWEDEN Rådhuset Region: Sydsverige |
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Contact person: Lennart Henriksson Phone: +46705581401 E-mail: lennart.henriksson@karlshamn.se Web: www.karlshamn.se |
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Port of Karlshamn | ||||||||
37421 Karlshamn | SWEDEN Box 8 Region: Sydsverige |
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Contact person: Anders Wiberg Phone: +46454305000 E-mail: anders.wiberg@karlshamnshamn.se Web: www.karlhamnshamn.se |
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Region Skåne | ||||||||
29189 Kristianstad | SWEDEN Skånehuset, J.A. Hedlundsväg Region: Sydsverige |
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Contact person: Mats Petersson Phone: +46 443093301 E-mail: mats.petersson@skane.se Web: www.skane.se |
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Swedish Transport Administration | ||||||||
55191 Jönköping | SWEDEN Kaserngatan 10 Region: Småland med öarna |
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Contact person: Leif Ringhagen Phone: +46 361 920 76 E-mail: leif.ringhagen@vv.se Web: www.vv.se |
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Port of Helsingborg | ||||||||
25108 Helsingborg | SWEDEN Box 821 Region: Sydsverige |
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Contact person: Nicklas Romel Phone: +46 42 10 64 07 E-mail: nicklas.romel@port.helsingborg.se Web: www.port.helsingborg.se |
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NetPort.Karlshamn AB | ||||||||
37435 Karlshamn | SWEDEN Biblioteksgatan 4 Region: Sydsverige |
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Contact person: Samuel Henningsson Phone: +46454572122 E-mail: samuel.henningsson@netport.se Web: www.netport.se |
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Port of Sassnitz | ||||||||
18546 Sassnitz | GERMANY Im Fährhafen 1 Region: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
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Contact person: Patrick Schwabe Phone: +493839255227 E-mail: schwabe@faehrhafen-sassnitz.de Web: www.faehrhafen-sassnitz.de |
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Wismar University of Technology, Business and Design | ||||||||
23952 Wismar | GERMANY Postfach 1210 Region: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
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Contact person: Gunnar Prause Phone: +49 3841 753 297 E-mail: gunnar.prause@hs-wismar.de Web: www.hs-wismar.de |
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Ministry for Energy, Infrastructure and Statel Development Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | ||||||||
19048 Schwerin | GERMANY Schlossstrasse 6-8 Region: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
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Contact person: Karl Schmude Phone: +49 385 588 8431 E-mail: karl.schmude@vm.mv-regierung.de Web: www.regierung-mv.de |
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IT-Initiative Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | ||||||||
18184 Roggentin | GERMANY Konrad-Zuse-Strasse 1A Region: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
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Contact person: Andreas Müller Phone: +49 381 4031-800 E-mail: andreas.mueller@iti-mv.de Web: www.iti-mv.de |
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Municipality of Fredericia | ||||||||
7000 Fredericia Kommune | DENMARK Gothersgade 20 Region: Syddanmark |
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Contact person: Troels Lemonius Phone: +4572113506 E-mail: fetl@fredericiakom.dk Web: www.fredericiakommune.dk |
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Associated Danish Ports A/S | ||||||||
7000 Fredericia | DENMARK Vesthavnsvej 33 Region: Syddanmark |
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Contact person: Jens Peter Peters Phone: +45 79215010 E-mail: jpp@adp-as.dk Web: www.adp-as.dk |
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Danish Road Directorate | ||||||||
1022 Copenhagen | DENMARK Niels Juels Gade 13 Region: Hovedstaden |
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Contact person: Jens Pedersen Phone: +45 7244 3487 E-mail: jp@vd.dk Web: www.vejdirektoratet.dk |
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Region of Southern Denmark | ||||||||
7100 Vejle | DENMARK Damhaven 12 Region: Syddanmark |
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Contact person: Erik Ørskov Phone: +45 766 31989 E-mail: erik.oerskov@regionsyddanmark.dk Web: www.regionsyddanmark.dk |
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Danish Technical Institute | ||||||||
2800 Kgs. Lyngby
| DENMARK Anker Engelundsvej 1 Region: Hovedstaden |
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Contact person: Jens Clausen Phone: +45 45 25 33 87 E-mail: jencl@man.dtu.dk Web: www.dtu.dk |
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Public Transport Authority | ||||||||
1304 Copenhagen | DENMARK Adelgade 13 Region: Hovedstaden |
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Contact person: Jan Albrecht Phone: +45 72 26 71 17 E-mail: jaa@trafikstyrelsen.dk Web: www.trafikstyrelsen.dk |
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