LATVIA LOGISTICS AND COOPERATION WITH CHINA ANDRIS MALDUPS Director of the Transit Policy Department, Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Latvia
LATVIA IN MULTIMODAL CORRIDORS
OUR TREASURE - 3 ICE FREE PORTS VENTSPILS RIGA LIEPAJA
RAILWAY SYSTEM BENEFITS 1520 Benefits: single infrastructure single rolling stock unified information exchange system single documentation There is no need: to spend time at border-crossing to change wheels to change the documentation to make customs clearance on the border
SEA CONNECTIONS Port of Riga Port of Ventspils Port of Liepaja Containerships Riga Teesport Thamesport - Rotterdam Zeebrugge - Lubeck - Helsinki St. Petersburg Klaipeda Aarhus French Baltic Line (CMA-CGM) Hamburg Bremerhaven Riga- Klaipeda UniFeeder Container Service Rotterdam Hamburg - Bremerhaven Riga Klaipeda-Gdynia/Gdansk Mann Lines Multimodal Riga Helsinki Kotka Ust-Luga Klaipeda - Rotterdam Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) Antwerpen Bremerhaven Riga Tallinn Hapag-Lloyd AG Hamburg Bremerhaven-Gdynia Riga St.Petersburg- Rauma Gavle Maersk Line / Seago Line Gdansk- Ust-luga - St.Petersburg Riga Tallink Riga Stockholm X-PRESS feeders Rotterdam-Riga-Klaipeda-Rotterdam Other lines - OOCL, CSCL, Evergreen, etc. using services of common feeders Stena Line Ninesham Ventspils Ninesham Stena Line Travemund Liepaja Travemund
CONTAINER TRAIN ROUTES
48 hours distribution of goods to stores and retail chains of Northern Europe 26.4 million consumers DISTRIBUTION Services: Transshipment; Consolidation; Repackaging of goods; Customs clearance; Storage of customs goods and EU goods; Monitoring the status of cargo.
FORMAT 16+1 Cooperation format between China and 16 Central and Eastern European countries LITHUANIA 2016 1st Transport Ministers' Meeting and Business conference in Riga, May 16-17; 2016 Prime Ministers Summit in Riga, November 5-6. Latvia has established a Secretariat on Logistics Cooperation between CEEC and China and performs functions of coordination in the field of logistics format 16 + 1 Web-page: www.ceec-china-logistics.org
PERSPECTIVE INVESTMENT PROJECTS 5 main investment projects in transport and logistics: Spilve Industrial and Logistics center in the Freeport of Riga Ventspils Northern Port in the Freeport of Ventspils Rail Baltica Intermodal Logistics Center Riga Airport Logistics Center Strategic Investment Partnership with Air Baltic
FREEPORT OF RIGA Spilve Industrial and Logistics Center Regional logistics center (pilot project area) 200ha In total 445 ha of land available for handling and processing of cargo and logistics activities 200 ha logistic zone for light industry and consumer goods assembly, wholesale and regional distribution Project construction time: 5 years Containerized cargo capacity from 30 000 TEU (y1) up to 180 000 TEU (y5) Main consumer market Scandinavia, Baltic States Project development stages 1. (y1-y2) construction of necessary infrastructure and buildings to launch the operation of export zone; 2. (y3-y4) further development of infrastructure and buildings; 3. (y5) full project development
FREEPORT OF VENTSPILS Northern Port Project Opportunity to build a new harbor the Northern Port; 100 ha plot of land adjoining the sea; Possibility to link the harbor with other development areas (100 ha and more); Good opportunity to develop new harbor linked with logistics and industrial sites; The Freeport of Ventspils is ready to build the access channel and breakwaters; The Freeport of Ventspils is open for discussion of preferred cooperation models. ~100ha
RAIL BALTICA Intermodal Logistics Center in Salaspils Riga Salaspils 400 ha freight village in a center of the Baltic States crosroads of both railway systems (1520 and 1435) perfect connections to road, railway, maritime and aviation network direct rail-road connections with Riga airport and the Freeport of Riga perfect opportunities of fast and efficient goods distribution in the Baltic States and Scandinavia planned warehouses, distribution centers and industrial zone innovative technologies - reloading of cargo to and from: railway-railway / railway-road / railway-warehouse
LOGISTICS CENTRE - RIGA AIRPORT Investment proposal for construction and operation of a new logistics centre Total land area: 5.5 ha. Estimated time of project implementation 12 months from the start of construction works. Technical design (blueprints) with building permit already available. 2 options for investment: Invest, build and operate invest into logistics center and use land at the most valuable aerodrome land plot directly connected to the operational cargo apron; Long-term concession agreement start operations of logistics and distribution without initial investments (Riga airport can provide investments into the building of aviation logistics center) and share benefits of business with Riga airport.
AIR BALTIC CORPORATION Characteristics of the airline The largest airline operator in the Baltic States 7th largest Regional airline in Europe (according to «Airline Business» October 2013) Based in Riga the leading airport in the Baltics World`s most punctual airline (accorging to OAG aviation data monitors) The Government of Latvia is seeking for a strategic partner for Air Baltic by proposing possibility to participate in Air Baltic`s share capital
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! www.sam.gov.lv