A-B LANDBRIDGE – ADRIATIC-BALTIC LANDBRIDGE

5D053

Veneto Region - Logistic Unit
Palazzo Linetti, Calle Priuli - Cannaregio 99
30121 Venice
Italy

Mr. Luigi Crimi
Tel.:	+390412792324
Fax:	+390412792022
Email:	landbridge@regione.veneto.it

2 - Transport systems and IS
2.1 - Efficient transport systems

(See here for a priorities and measures overview)

4th Call

Besides east/west connections and transport corridors, the enlarged EU also needs an improvement in the transport routes connecting the Mediterranean and Baltic countries. The Adriatic-Baltic land bridge project will conduct a pre-feasibility analysis and develop a deployment roadmap for north/south intermodal transport connections which link Europe and the Mediterranean countries with global markets. The multi-sector partnership, consisting of actors from regional administrations, ports, ministries of transport, transnational associations, operators, and other multi-sector specialists from six participating countries (Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland) will conduct a bottom-up assessment of the land bridge corridors and an identification of potential market opportunities.

By means of improving transport infrastructure between the Adriatic and Baltic Seas, the project aims to improve service levels for freight transport users, including regional and national industries, businesses and global forwarders. The expected modal shift towards rail, inland waterways and shipping will benefit the environment and particularly populations now negatively affected by road freight traffic and lack of access to transport and markets. The results of this analysis will provide regions, ports and operators with the opportunity to adjust the production of innovative transport services and create an attraction of flows and growth of the local economies. Moreover, the project should articulate and consolidate a transnational spatial and transport development vision. It should facilitate the integration of national and regional transport systems into the pan-European networks. Finally, the Adriatic-Baltic Landbridge should lead to the development of strategic plans for public-private partnerships along the landbridge routes.

Total budget (EUR):	2.489.998,32 EUR
ERDF:	1.540.638,23 EUR

Start:	06/2006
End:	04/2008

• Veneto Region - Logistic Unit, Venice, Italy
• AMRIE, Mestre (VE), Italy
• Central European Initiative CEI-Executive Secretariat, Trieste, Italy
• Centre for Transport System Studies-CSST S.p.A., Venice, Italy
• Venice Port Authority, Venice, Italy
• South Bohemia Region SBH , Ceske Budejovice, Czech republic
• City Plan Ltd., Prague, Czech republic
• Czech Railways (Ceské Dráhy, a.s.), Prague, Czech republic
• The Central Bohemia Region CBR, Prague, Czech republic
• Ministry of Infrastructure of the Republic of Poland, Warsaw, Poland
• Amber Road Cities Association - Gdynia ARCA, Gdnya, Poland
• The Port of Gdynia Authority S.A., Gdnya, Poland
• Maritime Institute in Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
• Self-Government of the Pomorskie Region (Voivodeship), Gdansk, Poland
• Szczecin and Swinoujscie Seaports Port Authority, Szczecin, Poland
• West Pomerian Region (Zachodniopomorskie Region) , Szczecin, Poland
• University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transportation, Portoroz, Slovenia
• Austrian Transport Ministry (Bundesministerium für Verkehr) , Vienna, Austria
• Telepark Bärnbach Errichtungs-u. Betriebs GmbH, Bärnbach, Austria
• Baltic Energy Forum E V., Mallentin, Germany
• EPV-GIV Europroject Traffic -Society for Engineering Services Ltd, Erfurt, Germany
• Rostock Port Hafen-Entwicklungsgesellschaft Rostock mbH, Rostock, Germany
• German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development, Berlin, Germany