Transcript Ryszard Toczek "Logistic Valley - Gateway-subregion

„European gateway cities and regions – New evidence on different types of gateways and their future role”
27 November 2013 - Brusseles
Today, Gdynia, together with
the port “next door” - Gdańsk
are a gateway ports, with
total turnover ca 45 mill tonns
of cargo,as today. Both have
“national port” status,
governed independently, and
labelled as: “ports of national
importance”.
Tomorrow, according to the
“Baltic Transport Outlook
2030”: “(…) the largest
increase rates can be found
at St. Petersburg region, the
Kaliningrad region and by the
Gdynia-Gdańsk region with
growth rates of above 80%”.
Both ports would be “engines
for growth” of the region as
well as of Gdańsk-Sopot Gdynia metropolis.
Economic analysis of the European Port System – ITMMA – University of Antwerp - 2009
Today, Gdańsk and
Gdynia are developing
the infrastructure of “last
mile” of TEN-T “priority
projects” no: 23 (railway)
and 25 (motorway) as
well as 21 (MoS GdyniaKarlskrona).
Tomorrow – it will be
upgraded into co-modal
Baltic-Adriatic Corridor in
TEN-T core network –
with port-cities
gateways, forming
subregional and
regional intelligent
specialization – logistics.
The idea of North-South
transport corridor, leading from
Scandinavia via Central Europe,
the Balkan countries and Turkey
to the Middle East has many
fathers.
Originally it was designed 40
years ago ( see TEM/TER UN
ECE. Master Plan).
Trans-European Motorway OsloAthens is barely successful until
now.
The countries, covered by the
plan, are coping with serious
delays.
The “Logistic Valley” initiative is
the output of Gdynia’s contribution
of “SoNorA” South North Axis
project (CE Programme 20072013).
Aiming to improve Central
Europe’s transport infrastructure
and services, „SoNorA” provides
important added value by
facilitating the development of
trans-regional “joint” action plans
for avoiding delays, caused by
lack of shared vision regarding
strategic transport policies.
The general assumption was that
consensus building in the scope
of infrastructure projects
preparation, is crucial for efficient
functioning of entire transport
network.
“Logistic Valley”
vision was
designed upon a
broad consensus
of all, representing
the “city” and the
“port” actors and
decision makers ,
from Gdynia, the
region and
“Gdynia
subregion”,
covering territorial
units located
along E-28/Via/
Rail Hanseatica.
The “Gdynia subregion” area has occurred in
the final report of the ”SEBTrans – The SouthEast Baltic Future Transport Pattern and the
TEM/TER Development Zone” project. (2000).
The developed features of functional – spatial
structure were characterized with – among
others – settlement system characterized with a
huge level of functional and spatial integration
including 7 centres, belonging to two large
regional functional subsystems, of Gdańsk and
Gdynia.
High number of daily commuting, in
comparison to the population potential,
indicates a higher level of cohesion in Gdynia
than in the Gdańsk subsystem.
The Gdynia subsystem – including following
cities: Gdynia, Rumia, Reda and Wejherowo, is
characterized with high cohesion indices
accompanied by a high level of closeness of the
system and complementary character of
functions.
Strategy for Gdynia Development 20032013
The Priority 3: Economy
The strategic aim:
1. Creating conditions for increase
competitiveness and development of the
companies within maritime economy
1. Developing Gdynia port sites in order to
make optimal use of their potential.
2. Ensuring transport accessibility of the port.
Development of infrastructure necessary for
the creation of 6th Transport Corridor of
European motorway network system (TINA).
3. Supporting investments encompassing
modern production and port-related services
within the scope of foreign trade, transit and
fishery.
waterfront
The upgrading the “subregion Gdynia” (TINA)
concept into “ Logistic Valley” (SoNorA) vision
was supported either by SoNorA’s project:
Logistic Competence Center guidelines or by
recommendations of ESPON 1.1.1. „Potential
for polycentric development in Europe” Report.
“The development of (…) Category 4 MEGAs will
depend upon their capacity to overcome their
weaknesses. MEGAs that belong to this
category are located in the Mediterranean area,
and in the acceding countries. In the acceding
countries, these MEGAs are nodes to the
European urban system. Their role is crucial in
relaying a more balanced territorial development
on the European scale. MEGAs that belong to
this category include Bordeaux, Bucharest, Cork,
Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot, Genoa, Katowice,
Kraków, le Havre, Ljubljana, Łódz, Porto,
Poznan, Riga, Sevilla, Sofia, SouthamptonEastleigh, Szczecin, Tallin, Timisoara, Turku,
Valletta, Vilnius and Wrocław…”.
The political
agreement, forming
the territorial cluster of
6 communes and
setting up the
structures dealing
with implementation
of the consensus
building , was
concluded.
The legal framework of the „Logistic Valley” initiative is moreless sufficient.
National Spatial Development Concept 2030 adopted the following typology of functional areas:
“The territories approved is oriented at the use of endogenous potentials of functionally defined territories,
integration of public measures in the spatial dimension and multi-level governance.
The proposed definition of a functional area covers the following areas whose delimitation results, among
others, from applicable laws
• metropolitan area – “the area of a large city and its directly linked surroundings”
The Strategy of Development of Pomorskie Region 2020
indicates the Tricity Metropolitan Area, as recommended to the scheduled Integrated Territorial
Agreements as well as to the future
Integrated Territorial Investments – as a
key instruments for territorial cohesion
2014-2020.
Nevertheless, both documents doesn’t
express directly any “gateway impact” on
local or subregional environment.
However, due to the enormous scale of
investments, developing capacity of both
seaports and both seaside/landside links
to both ports of Gdańsk bay – the
problem arises.
„Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller” enters Port of Gdansk
The triple helix approach to the “Logistic Valley” initiative includes the scientific platform: „Think-Tank
“Logistic Valley”. It provides valuable feedbacks.
Professor Włodzimierz Rydzkowski (Gdańsk University)
“The initiative of the 6 communes, concerning the development of the “Logistic Valley”, is a perfect hit.
It’s hard to delimitate its territorial range today. A “Logistic Platform reaches further than a “logistic centre
(…). The area of activity of port terminals in the “Logistic valley” area will be its heart one”.
Professor Andrzej Ruciński (Gdańsk University)
“Spatial integration requires integrated infrastructure management. What matters are the impulses that
trigger the process. Gdynia should initiate the process and ensure its development”.
Professor Andrzej Grzelakowski (Maritime Academy Gdynia)
“The key is information management. In other words, an information logistics centre
also as a server that informs of all about the terms of conducting business
operations in the “Valley”.
Professor Jerzy Kubicki (Maritime Academy Gdynia)
“The Logistic Valley” initiative is fully justified. Its spatial structure limits the
possibility of dense construction. The possible arrangement is dispersed but
integrated one. The timing is very good for “Logistic Valley”.
The region needs initiatives that will accelerate its development” .
Professor Mirosław Chaberek (Gdańsk University)
“The vision of “Logistic Valley” meets the strategic thinking approach. There are
three factors that determine the success of “Logistic Valley”: logistics, the city and
the business”.
The development of “Logistic Valley”
initiative, currently within the
framework of “Bothnian Green
Logistic Corridor” project (BSR
Programme 2007-2013), will be
triggered by integrated Action Plan,
adopting the standards of a green
logistic corridors.
Otherwise the “national port” and
“territorial cluster” will start to
compete for the some resources:
land, transport routes, tax revenues,
environment and so on.
Integrated and consolidated nature of “Logistic Valley” is a key success factor.
A port-city is a complex territorial, social and industrial organization. Its development trajectory is
determined by a number of actors – ranking from local to national levels of government and including
private and public actors. Each of which has a different set of interests and motivations. Since the land
is a vital resource, the higher land productivity of ports is a challenge nowadays, including even the
multi-site ports – re-location of ports on new port sities.
OECD “The Competitiveness of Global Port Cities”
ESPON contribution to gateway cities and regions.
Strategic importance of European maritime affairs, confirmed in Integrated
European Maritime Policy, and other landmark initiatives (“European ports:
an engine for growth”) – is obvious.
Consequently, the strategic importance of seaports – gateways handling
the global and European trade routes – is also confirmed.
The European port industry can be more efficient and competitive – if
territorial approach will be applied.
The transformation of the seaports into functional gateway area (both
urban and subregional) - should be monitored and inspiring for modifying
European urban policy.
City Hall of Gdynia
City Development Office
Ryszard Toczek
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