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Upgrade of the maritime link with the port interconnections in the ScanMed Corridor 2016-EU-TM-0092-W

Action information

• Implementation time: 07/02/2017-31/12/2020
• Budget approx. 39 M€
• Member states involved: Finland and Sweden
• Project partners:
• Coordinator: Port of Turku

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Objectives

• The existing maritime link between two core ports and one comprehensive port along the Scandinavian-

Mediterranean Corridor is upgraded. The upgrade of the maritime link is two-fold and it includes:

• 1. Environmental upgrade with additional environmental efforts of a ro-pax vessel
• 2. Infrastructure development in three ports.
• Green shipping and the use of alternative fuels are promoted
• A sustainable maritime transport route is developed by introducing an LNG-powered ro-pax vessel with

auxiliary wind propulsion

• The new environmental regulations in shipping will be met cost-efficiently: MARPOL Annex VI and

Sulphur Directive (2012/33/EU) compliant and the IMO´s NOX emission Tier III requirements

• Port connectivity is improved – efficient vessel and land traffic handling
• The peripheral region of the Åland Islands will be better connected to the main maritime transport route

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Activities

• 1. Environmental upgrade of the maritime link: Procurement of additional

environmental efforts of a new ro-pax vessel for the maritime link Turku- Mariehamn-Stockholm

• 2. Infrastructure development at the Port of Turku: new logistics arrangement, a

vehicle measurement system and automated mooring

• 3. Infrastructure development at Stadsgården, Ports of Stockholm: new port

logistics area and Intelligent Transport System (ITS)

• 4. Infrastructure development at the Port of Mariehamn: adapting the

loading/unloading of freight and passengers and automated mooring

• 5. Dissemination, communication and project management

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Activity 1: Environmental upgrade of the maritime link: Procurement of additional environmental efforts of a new ro-pax vessel for the maritime link Turku-Mariehamn-Stockholm

• Environmental efforts of a ro-pax vessel to be delivered by the end of 2020
• Sub-activity 1.1: Procurement of LNG system
• Six high efficiency dual-fuel four-stroke engines
• Six Gas Valve Units (GVU)
• Two dual fuelled steam boilers (for heating during wintertime)
• Two vacuum insulated C-type LNG tanks with approx. volume of 500 m3 at 85 %

filling

• Sub-activity 1.2: Procurement of auxiliary wind propulsion
• Two auxiliary wind propulsion systems will be procured. The rotor sail has a height
• f 24 m and a diameter of 4 m.

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Total installed power 33 000 kW

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The most efficient 4-stroke engine in the world. This new next-generation vessel will have 20 % lower fuel consumption per cargo unit than Viking Grace, the previous state-of-the-art LNG- powered ro-pax delivered in 2013. The rotor sail solution is based on the Flettner rotor – a spinning cylinder that uses the Magnus effect to harness wind power to propel a ship. The auxiliary wind propulsion system has potential for an additional fuel saving up to 5 %.

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Activity 2: Infrastructure development at the Port of Turku: new logistics arrangement for parking, a truck measurement system and automated mooring

• Bottleneck due to the already existing congestion of car traffic in the terminal area.

The new ro-pax vessel will have 67 % more lane metres for cars, trucks and trailers and 13 % more passengers than the vessel it will be replacing. The traffic arrangements will be reorganized in the port area to reduce congestion and to increase efficiency, safety and use of public transport.

• Digitalisation and automation will be enhanced with the vehicle measurement

system at the port to get exact information of the loaded weight for a vessel

• Safety and operational efficiency will be improved by the automated mooring system

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Sub-activity 2.1: Traffic arrangements in passenger harbour area

• Traffic arrangements (lanes, traffic lights etc.)
• Check-in and Gate areas for vehicles
• Stopping area for trucks
• Short-time parking arrangements for drop-
• ff/pick-up of passengers alongside Linnankatu
• Traffic arrangements for charter busses near

Viking Line terminal

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Sub-activity 2.2: Digitalization and automation of the port: vehicle measurement system

• Vehicle measurement system will be introduced at the

port to get exact information of the loaded weight for the vessel

• Including ground works, cabling, portal for imaging and

measuring devices, cameras, laser scanners, truck scale, server room and required software

• The system will use a number plate recognition (to only

let in vehicles with a booking), a measurement scanner (for length, width and height) and weight-in-a-motion scale to measure weight

• Cameras will also be used for damage detection
• A similar system will be installed at the Port of

Stockholm to ensure benefits to the maritime link in both directions

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Sub-activity 2.3: Procurement of automated mooring system

• Improving safety and operational efficiency, and

also enabling the port to make infrastructure

• savings. This enables time savings for the link.
• Vacuum-based automated mooring technology

will eliminate the need for conventional mooring lines

• Remote controlled vacuum pads recessed in, or

mounted on the quayside, are able to moor or release vessels in seconds

• Separate mooring units along quay area will be

installed

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Activity 3: Infrastructure development at Stadsgården, Port of Stockholm: new port logistics area and Intelligent Transport System (ITS)

• The new ro-pax vessel will have larger freight capacity compared with the vessel currently
• perating the evening route. There is a clear bottleneck in the port area of

Stadsgården/Masthamnen with limited area for line-up of trucks and trailers to be loaded into and unloaded from the vessels.

• Sub-activity 3.1: New port logistics area at Stadsgården, Ports of Stockholm
• A new port area of approximately 1 600 m2 will be created on the site of a demolished building in the

already existing port area

• A new cargo check-in building will be built
• Sub-activity 3.2: Intelligent Transport System (ITS) at Stadsgården, Ports of Stockholm
• ITS will optimise the use of the port logistics area
• The system includes digital registration, weighting, measuring and damage control of vehicles (trucks

and trailers)

• Traffic management will control access and guide vehicles to the correct parking spaces and into the

vessel when loading

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Activity 4: Infrastructure development at the Port of Mariehamn; adapting the loading/unloading of freight and passengers and automated mooring

• Currently, the port is not able to accommodate the new larger vessel in the quay without port

infrastructure development. The improvements will enable the new vessel to call Mariehamn at the same time as another vessel, and they will increase operational efficiency and safety at the port.

• Sub-activity 4.1: Improvement of car ramp and procurement of new combi ramp for

loading/unloading cars

• The car ramp will be widened from 20 m to 25 m and adapted to meet today’s weight requirements
• The combi ramp is built and adapted for larger vehicles with a maximum height of 2.4 m from the previous height of

1.95 m

• Sub-activity 4.2: Lengthening of an existing passenger skyway
• Sub-activity 4.3: Procurement of new double gangway
• The new gangways will be built to a height of +14.0 m /+11.05 m compared with the previous heights of +13.5 m / + 9.2

m

• Sub-activity 4.4: Procurement of automated mooring system
• Remote controlled vacuum-based automated mooring along the quay area

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Model for green technology and alternative fuels in Baltic Sea shipping:

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Upgrade of the maritime link with the port interconnections in the ScanMed Corridor 2016-EU-TM-0092-W