Northern Maritime Corridor

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Public Private Cooperation on the Promotion of
Intermodal
Transport Service By Chair of NMC Gunnar
Eiterjord, Rogaland, Norway
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Interreg IIIB Project Northern Maritime Corridor
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Vision

• The Northern Maritime Corridor
• A means of efficient, safe and sustainable
  transportation,
• connecting coastal areas and
• enhancing regional development in the North
  Sea Region and the Northern Periphery Region.
• NB Transportation is not an aim, but a means
  for development

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The Core of the NMC Project

• To provide an arena for
• key actors that can
• take and/or influence the variety of decisions to
  be taken
• in order to implement competitive intermodal
  maritime transport
• in a door-to-door perspective

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Relations between Strands
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Actors in the NMC

• Industries/cargo owners
• Shipping companies
• Transporters/Forwarders
• Ports, oil supply bases
• County councils
• 2/3 of members in the regional maritime clusters
  are from the private sector

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Examples of NMC SSS Initiatives

• Ro-Ro Relay
• Samskip NE Scotland Service
• Ro Ro Service, Norske Skog
• Mid Norway Rosyth Service (MINORO), local
  investor group
• North Sea Bridge, SeaCargo
• Cuxhaven West Coast of Norway, NorFerries
• Norway-Benelux Intermodal Service for Seafood
• Barents Sea Intermodal Service (BASIS)
• Efficient Transport Chain (ETC)
• Cryo Container/New Technology

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RoRo Relay Service

• Aim To create a continuous RoPax service from
  Iceland, Faeroe Islands to Shetland, Orkney and
  Scotland
• Actors NMC the lead, shipping companies, ports
  and regional government
• Dependent on shipping companies willingness to
  adjust

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Mid-Norway Rosyth Services

• AimNew RoPax service from Trondheim/
  Kristiansund to Rosyth (with link to Zeebrugge)
• Actors Local investor group the lead, ports,
  regional government/NMC
• Negotiations directly with a shipping company
• May tender the service

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Noth Sea Bridge - SeaCargo

• AimNew RoRO service from Bergen/Stavanger to
  Amsterdam and Immingham
• Actors Shipping company the lead, ports,
  regional government/NMC
• NMC prepared market analysis
• Amsterdam port assisted with possible Marco Polo
  application

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Cuxhaven West Coast of Norway - Norferries

• Aim New RoPax service
• Actors Shipping company the lead, ports,
  regional government/NMC
• NMC prepared market analysis
• All ports visited by shipping company, agreements
  on facilities and sailing schedule

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Norway Benelux Intermodal Services for Seafood

• Aim Intermodal transport of fresh fish from
  Northern Norway to the Continent by train and
  ships
• Actors NMC the lead, transporters/ forwarders,
  shipping companies. ports, regional
  government/NMC
• Studies and networking

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Barents Sea Intermodal Service

• Aim Improved services between the Continent and
  NW Russia, and being an alternative to St.
  Petersburg
• Actors NMC the lead, ports, regional government,
  global carriers, terminal invetors
• Studies and an international workshop

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Efficient Transport Chain

• Aim To improve the business processes within the
  shipping companies, to be more competitive
• Actors NMC together with Shortsea Promotion
  Centre in Norway the lead, several shipping
  companies
• Prepared specifications for ICT supported
  business processes
• Shipping companies have now tendered and
  contracted software

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Experience
private public cooperation

• Public/NMC contribution
• Providing expanded network, contacts with ports
  and terminals in both ends
• Independent market analysis
• Assistance in Marco Polo application
• Using the NMC brand
• Private contribution
• Developing business plans
• Providing the business know-how
• Taking the economic risks

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Overall Conclusion

• NMC facilitates and provides an arena and a
  network
• The private sector takes the real and hard
  decisions

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Thank you for your attention!!