Port of Rauma has participated in the Efficient Flow project funded by the EU.

The project was designed to improve the efficiency of maritime transportation between Finland and Sweden.

RESULTS OF THE PROJECT

• The project has ended.
• The final conference for the project was organised on 4 June 2021, providing a presentation of the results of the project and an introduction to the port solution. There were almost 100 participants at the conference, from 26 different countries.
• The Port Activity App™ developed in the project is a digital application for the sharing of information before and during arrival in the port. The sharing of information among the port operators utilising the app improves the efficiency of planning activities for all the parties.
• The Port Activity App™ of Efficient Flow has been published and is available for free from app stores.
• The application is made as open source, see documentation: https://port-activity.github.io.
• The aim of the Efficient Flow project has been to improve communication between port operators when a vessel calls at the port.
• Finntraffic will continue the development of the project’s end result, the Port Activity App™, also after the completion of the project.
• The final report for the Efficient Flow project can be accessed via this link.

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT

• To develop through joint efforts a new overall information system for the needs of future port operations.
• The improve the efficiency of international sea and land logistics.
• To improve the flow of goods and passengers in the transport corridors between Rauma and Gävle, and Turku and Stockholm, through more efficient utilisation of an electronic Sea Traffic Management (STM) system.
• To develop processes, business models and ICT tools for the improvement of information sharing between port operators, ports, ports and inland operators, as well as ports and vessels.
• To promote the achievement of the goals specified for transport policy in the participating countries, the central Baltic area and the corridors covered in the project, as well as in the European Union.
• To seek savings of about 7% in the transport corridors referred to and in transports in the ports in question.

PROJECT INFO

FINANCIER
EU: Interreg Central Baltic Program

Duration:
01.03.2018 – 28.02.2021 EUR

Total budget: 4.572.901,98 €
Port of Rauma Ltd.: 634.097,93 €
EAKR: 475.573,45 €

LEAD PARTNER
Swedish Maritime Administration (Sweden)

PARTNERS
Swedish Maritime Administration (Sweden)
Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (Finland)
VTS Finland Ltd (Finland)
Port of Gävle (Sweden)
Port of Rauma (Finland)

More information on the project can be found on the project’s own website www.efficientflow.eu .