Call for Papers!
Motorways of the Sea: Transportation, Sustainability and Safety
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22 March 2006
Conference in Helsinki 2nd -3rd October 2006
The MSUO and Interreg IIIB Baltic Sea Neighborhood Programme will be holding a joint conference to discuss the use of the Motorways of the Sea concept to promote sustainable and safe transport of goods. The seminar will discuss the importance of Motorways of the Sea in promoting transport links between ports in the Baltic and Scandinavia to ports surrounding the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Atlantic and other parts of the World. The seminar will also seek to identify the possible mechanisms to encourage and fund Motorways of the Sea Projects in the next transnational programme for 2007 to 2013.
Motorways of the Sea are an important initiative to promote sustainable transport of goods to and through the European economic area as a “real competitive alternative to land transport”, as part of the Trans-European network (TEN-T). In addition, the initiative will aid port development by introducing new intermodal maritime-based logistics chains in Europe.
Four principle Motorways of the Sea Routes have been identified. In addition, the Interreg IIIB Northern Maritime Corridor I and II projects have identified a further route connecting North Sea Ports to Norway, Barents Sea and the North Atlantic. Initiatives are now being developed to map possible routes to provide geographical areas where actual Motorways of the Sea and associated port infrastructure can be developed (e.g. the InterBaltic Project in the Interreg IIIB Baltic Sea Region Neighborhood Programme).
Call for Papers!
If you wish to contribute to the discussion, you are invited to send in your paper by 30th May 2006 to the MSUO concerning one or more of the following issues:
Transportation:
- The concept of Motorways of the Sea and practical implementation;
- Existing projects and proposed initiatives to develop Motorways of the Sea;
- The economic and development benefits of Motorways of the Sea;
- Promotion of links between markets in Baltic States, Scandinavia, Europe, Russian Federation, Black Sea States, North Africa,Near-Middle East and other parts of the World;
- Linking Motorways of the Sea to Rail, Short Sea Shipping and Inland Waterways logistic routes;
Sustainability:
- The benefits of moving transport of goods from road to sea - sustanability in practice;
- Measures to ensure sustainable port development and associated transport links (navigation channels, roads, rail, waterways, etc.)
- Linking Motorways of the Sea to the concept of sustainable/ “green” shipping;
Safety:
- Does the "floating infrastructures" of Motorways of the Sea require additional safety measures?;
- How can the marine and coastal resources adjacent to Motorways of the Sea be protected? and;
- How can the appropriate onboard safety standards and the quality of vessels that use Motorways of the Sea be guaranteed?
Other issues you feel should be discussed!
Please send your proposed paper to:
Deadline: 31st May 2006.
The paper should be a maximum of 1500 words and provided in MS Word.
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