Intermodality and Interoperability around the Baltic Sea

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Intermodality and Interoperability around the
Baltic Sea
The Seafood Corridor a pilot project for
intermodal transport of seafood from North
Atlantic Coast to the Southern Baltic Sea Final
project conference Klaipeda, November 19th
21st, 2007
Jarle Løvland, Nordland Research Institute (N)
and Bo Östlund, Banverket (S)
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Topics of the presentation

• Development and outlook for seafood production
  in (Northern) Norway
• Present transport modes for seafood from Northern
  Norway to present market areas
• Priorities and strategies for modal shift of
  transport of seafood
• Proposed transport corridor solutions from Narvik
  and Bodø towards Poland (Gdynia)
• Conclusions

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TOTAL SALE OF FARMED FISH IN NORWAY BY COUNTY.
ROUND WEIGHT in tonnes

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Possible seafood freight volumes

• Salmon production in 2006
• Nordland 143.739 tonnes
• Troms 72.340
• North-Trøndelag 55.970
• South-Trøndelag 82.456
• Total sales 354.505 tonnes
• Nordland 70 production licenses, 40 companies,
  16 slaughteries (2006/2007)
• 3 main Catching areas for Intermodal seafood
  transport in Nordland
• A) Narvik About 33
• B) Bodø About 30
• C) Helgeland About 37
• Imports of seafood from Norway to Poland 75.000
  tonnes (2005)

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Salmon Slaughtering facilities in Nordland 2006

Kilde Sib
Source Sib/Transportutvikling
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Seafood export to Poland Source Innovation
Norway, Warzaw
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Structure of Norwegian export of seafood to
Poland Source Innovation Norway, Warzaw
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Seafood exports to Central and Eastern Europe -
quantity and transport forms
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Preconditions for seafood transport from
Northern Norway to Poland

• General market development
• Rapid growth in production and demand of high
  value species (salmon)
• Poland
• Growth in welfare and domestic consumption
• Growing industrial demand (further processing)
• Several Norwegian primary producers established
  in Poland/having cooperation with partners
• Concentrated processing industry in Poland
• ? Possible to shift high volumes of seafood cargo
  to this growing market, concentrating on
• Fresh, chilled salmon/trout (high value, limited
  transport time)
• Industrial use (smoking, further processing)
• Few partners with high volumes
• Possible expansion to farmed cod and other fresh
  seafood products
• Possible corridor extension towards Karlshamn
  with ferry to Klaipeda and further to
  Latvia/Riga, Russia, Ukraine .

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Block trains from Bodø to Karlskrona/Karlshamn

• Capacity (26 2) trailers à 19 tonnes ? Ca. 1000
  tonnes per block train
• Weekly trains ? Maximum 50.000 tonnes per year
• Salmon Imports by biggest Polish companies
• Morpol 30.000 tonnes
• Suempol 10.000 tonnes
• Almar 3.000 tonnes
• Sona 1.000 tonnes ?
• Marine Harvest ? (co-located with Morpol in
  Utska)
• Possible to carry necessary quantities (short
  term)

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Contributions to the discussion concerning
seafood transports Norway-Poland

• Bo Östlund
• TFK Transportforskningsgruppen i Borlänge AB

InterBaltic Final Conference Klaipeda November
2007
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Narvik
The Corridors
Bodö
Objective To find a feasible intermodal
transport chain from the production sites
Narvik and Bodö to the consumption area in
Poland. Demands Need to avoid bottlenecks to
get short transport time and avoid delays. Need
for high priority.
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South Baltic ferry lines
Ventspils
Karlshamn
Helsingborg
Klaipeda
Helsingör
Ystad
Trelleborg
Rönne
Sassnitz
Gdynia
Travemünde
Swinoujscie
Rostock
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Bottlenecks
Low capacity single track lines
Heavy passenger traffic during daytime.
Severe lack of capacity due to extensive
construction works
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Narvik
Possible intermodal transport chains
Bodö
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From Narvik 23.30
Approximative timetable
From Bodö 19.30
Transport time from Narvik to ferry arrival in
Gdynia approximately 49 hours
From Ånge 17.00
From Hell 08.00
From Ockelbo 20.00
Transport time from Bodö to ferry arrival in
Gdynia approximately 53 hours
From Hallsberg 23.00
From Alvesta 03.00
To Karlskrona 05.00 Ferry 14.00 (09.00)
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A major problem

• To find return freights

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Present status and challenges for developing the
corridors from Bodø and Narvik towards Poland

• Solutions seem to be feasable in terms of
  transport time related to seafood quality and
  customer demands
• Expected growth in seafood production of 100000
  tonnes per year increasing
• Increasing problems with working conditions and
  resting time for truck drivers
• Road congestions and accidental risks

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Present status and challenges for developing the
corridors from Bodø and Narvik towards Poland
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• Further analysis needed regarding
• Intermodal hubs of the corridors
• Available capacities along the corridor (traffic,
  time slots available, etc)
• Possible bottlenecks in the intermodal transport
  chain
• Catching areas
• Redistribution area
• Cost estimates
• Medium term changes
• Improving slot times (like the ARE train)
• Removing possible bottlenecks infrastructure
  investments
• Handling equipment in intermodal terminals
• The Action Plan for seafood transport from
  Nordland to Poland after Interbaltic will be
  endorsed by Nordland county!

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Environmental aspects of intermodal shift
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Difference in environmental loadings between rail
(diesel) and road transport for 1 weekly block
train from Bodø to Karlskrona (1900 km, 50.000
tonnes 95 000 000 tkm loadings in kgs)