Maritime Transport Strategy for Finland 2014-2022How government and the industry are tackling the SECA challenge

Leena SirkjärviBaltic Ports Conference 4.9.2014

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Maritime Transport Strategy for Finland 2014-2022

� Overall view that serves Finland's economy, business life and employment and takes account of the new environmental norms

� The result was a positive and forward-looking view of the development of the maritime transport sector

� The maritime transport vision, strategic priorities, and critical success factors are defined in the strategy

� 34 detailed measures for 2014–2022 to achieve the vision

� Measures have been defined together with the maritime sector and operators in this field

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Vision and strategic priorities

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Action programme 2014-2022

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34 detailed actions to achieve the Vision - what, ho w, when, who?

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Efficient and smart transport chains that support competitiveness

� Ensure smooth and cost-efficient transportation also in winter conditions

� Fairway dues will be halved in the period of 2015–2017 in order to compensate for the additional costs arising from the Sulphur Directive

� The fairway dues system and changes to service levels in ice-breaking will be reviewed in medium term

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� A national service point will be developed on the basis of the existing vessel traffic data management system

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More efficient port operations and improved competitiveness for ports

� The port network will be developed on the basis of the changing service needs and the competitiveness of ports

� Reducing the administrative load of ports

� Ports actively develop their service concepts according to customer needs

� Enabling greater logistics efficiency through better usability of information

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Green growth from a strong maritime cluster

� Efforts will be made to advance the development and take up of alternative fuel solutions, and the LNG Action Plan for Shipping 2013–2017 will be implemented

� An increase will be sought in Finnish cleantech project start-ups and in their financing and marketing

� New forms of long-term cooperation between operators in the sector will be developed 7

� Financing opportunities for vessel investments will be improved � opportunities for new financing arrangements will b e investigated,

also taking into account the opportunities offered by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Nordic Investment Ban k (NIB)

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Finland - leading expert on sea and ice

� Sufficient number of experts for shipping and maritime cluster needs

� Enhanced cooperation at national level between secondary-level education and polytechnics

� Develop the qualification system to respond to employment needs

� On-board training will be improved� Career paths developed � Awareness of the sector will be improved � Support for education, research and

training for the maritime cluster� Finland will be a global centre for winter

navigation know-how and Arctic expertise

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Baltic Sea –a sea of opportunities

� The Baltic Sea will be safe and healthy, attracting recreational activities, with high-quality sea transport services

� The Finnish shipping sector a leading service provider

� Finland is a responsible partner in restoring the good status of the Baltic Sea by 2020 (EU MSFD, HELCOM)

� New environmental regulations should primarily be adopted in IMO

� The risks of oil spills will be minimised and preparedness enhanced

� Maritime safety will be further enhanced9

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International cooperation and priorities

� Finland is a pro-active international actor in IMO, EU and HELCOM

� Cooperation at national level will be enhanced to deliver common messages

� Develop public private partnerships, bilateral international cooperation

� Sufficient resources

Priorities

� Finland must in all situations be able to meet the challenges of winter conditions and winter navigation

� Finland´́́́s accessibility must be secured in the EU framework, such as the TEN-T

� New regulations on maritime safety and environmental requirements should be made primarily in the IMO

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Implementing the sulphur requirements

� Implementing Annex VI and the EU Sulphur Directive

� Monitoring compliance

� Flag state control

� Port state control

� Baltic Sea cooperation within HELCOM, including Russia

� EU cooperation, ESSF sub-groups, EMSA

� Sanctions

� Directive: penalties must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive and may include fines calculated to ensure that they deprive the responsibility of economic benefits and that the fines gradually increase

� Judicial procedures according to the present legislation and the Criminal Code

� Administrative fee; intention to commissioned a study (the legal requirements, jurisdiction, resources, expertise etc.)

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Government’s actions

� Aid scheme of new-building: 30M€� 28M€ for the M/S Viking Grace (2013) equipped with LNG fuel engines

http://www.vikinggrace.com/� 2M€ for the M/S Meri (2012) vessel able to use 100% bio-oil

http://www.meriaura.fi/en/special_purpose_vessels/meri

� Aid for early adaptation and for retrofitting operation: 30 M€� First call : 7,28M€ for 13 vessels� Second call :12,62M€ for 45 vessels� Third call: 4,17 M€ for 8 vessels

� Aid scheme for LNG infrastructures and large scale deployment: 123M€� Granting authority: Ministry of Employment and the Economy� Investment aid for LNG terminal� Max aid intensity 40 %� 3-5 projects – Decisions in 2014

� Fairway dues will be halved in the period 2015–2017

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For more information: Leena.sirkjarvi@lvm.fi

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