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Midnordic Green Transport Corridor

Midnordic Green Transport Corridor. It is of utmost importance that the Midnordic Green Transport Corridor be anchored in the right context.

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Midnordic Green Transport Corridor

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  1. Midnordic Green Transport Corridor It is of utmost importance that the Midnordic Green Transport Corridor be anchored in the right context. It is not a main thoroughfare but a complement and an alternative to the national main routes in the Nordic countries, for example the Bothnian Corridor. In many cases, the corridor allows transport-smart solutions to be adopted in a local, regional, national, international and global perspective.

  2. TEN-T Priority in Finland and Sweden Midnordic Green Transport Corridor

  3. Midnordic Green Transport Corridor Why do we all need this…?

  4. Midnordic Green Transport Corridor Putting it in easy terms… It’s all about business…

  5. Midnordic Green Transport Corridor • Business is a major driver for development • Locally • Regionally • Nationally • …and not leastimportant • For companies!

  6. Midnordic Green Transport Corridor However…In order to be able to do smart business and contribute to the national and regional development the companies need to have some basic structures in place namely… Efficient Infrastructure

  7. Today only international traffic for cars/trucks (Not railway)

  8. Today only international traffic for railway (Not for cars/trucks)

  9. Every minute a truck is stuck in a border crossing is wasted money…

  10. Midnordic Green Transport Corridor Things goes hand in hand creating a positive loop…

  11. Import/export Finland/Russia • Russia is Finlands largest import and export market • Import is twice the size of export • 2011 import from Russia increased by 24% • Export to Russia increased by 14% Source: Swedish Embassy in Moscow, Finlands-Svenska handelskammaren

  12. Import/export Sweden/Russia • Sweden's export to Russia amounts to approximately 2543 m€ and is increasing. The value of Swedish imports amounted to 6474 m€ in 2010 • Trade rose by 600% from 1998 to 2008 • Swedish exports to Russia increased by 49% 2010 (v 2009) • Crude oil represents 72% of Sweden's total import from Russia. • Sweden is among top ten foreign investors in Russia Source: Swedish Embassy in Moscow, Finlands-Svenska handelskammaren

  13. Traffic and transport Finland-Russia • A record number of visas was granted to Russians in 2011: over 1.2 million • Double amount compared to 2006 • In 2011, 10 million passengers and over 4 million cars crossed the border. Over 70% of these are Russians • The Finns made more than 1 million trips to Russia in 2011 • Growth rate of border crossings is 20-40% per year • Major part of border crossings is made in South-Eastern Finland (Vaalimaa, Vainikkala, Nuijamaa, Imatra and Parikkala) • Russians spend about € 1 billion per year in Finland. Approximately 50% of this money is spent in South-Eastern Finland. • In Finland the net income of transit transport is approx. €300 million

  14. Russians tourism in Finland and Sweden • More than half the adult population in S:t Petersburg have visited Finland in the last two years. 20% have been to Finland four times or more. • They come to Finland for shopping – clothes, food, beverages, consumer goods, interior design and cosmetics • Almost 30 000 Russians went to Swedishski resort Åre 2011- Russian tourists important customers Source:www.etableringutomlands.se

  15. Border Traffic South Finland

  16. Potential for increase in trade between Russia and the Nordic Countries • Even though trade between the Nordic Countris and Russia has increased significantly in the last decade, bottle necks in the transport corridor takes away approx. 50% of the actual potential POTENTIAL TODAY

  17. Potential development of trade Without border barriers: Annual growth 30 – 50% Trade volume As today: Annual growth 20 – 40% Year

  18. Parikkala – Syväoro border crossing5th of November 2012

  19. Parikkala – Syväoro border crossing5th of November 2012

  20. Meeting in Petrozavodsk, Russia, with the president of the Republic of Karelia regarding Parikkala – Syväoro border crossing6th of November 2012

  21. Meeting in Petrozavodsk, Russia, with the president of the Republic of Karelia regarding Parikkala – Syväoro border crossing6th of November 2012

  22. Things are changing……and it will affect us! This will be completed in 2016 The Russians are however concerned about Finlands official “Signals”regadingPariakkala – Syväoro!

  23. Russian main gods volumes

  24. Parikkala – Syväoro border crossing 20th of November 2012

  25. Parikkala – Syväoro border crossing20th of November 2012

  26. Finnish border guard in Parikkala20th of November 2012

  27. Parikkala – Syväoro border crossing New business area 201420th of November 2012

  28. Parikkala – Syväoro border crossing New business area 201420th of November 2012

  29. 16th of November 2012. Contract between the Norwegian Railway authorization and Municipality regarding physical planning of the Meråker line is signed.

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