30MILES developed services for lively water tourism in the Eastern Gulf of Finland

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:56:37 +0000

The main result of the 30MILES project was the increasement of the service level at the ports in the Eastern Gulf of Finland (Eastern GoF). The result was achieved with several infrastructure investments in the ports, by creating a network for the small ports and a route risk analysis related to boating in GoF. All in all, 12 different ports and 12 project partners from Finland and Estonia were involved in the project. The project increased the safety and accessability of the ports in collaboration with relevant sailing and port safety officials.

The investements were made directly in the ports. The ports and partners of the 30MILES project shared common values, and a network of ports was set up. It will also function after the end of the project. The route risk analysis offers comprehensive overview on different risks related to boating in the GoF.

The background work was done throughly. 30MILES created two web queries of mapping the sustainability thinking, behaviour and preferences of the small port in Finland and Estonia and the statistical reports were published. Extensive literature review on the earlier studies concerning different sustainability aspects in the context of small ports worldwide, was produced. This report also included the analysis of the open web query answers, reflected to the literature. Report includes a route map to reach sustainable port operation, outlined especially for the project area. A scientific manuscript on the key results was produced. One report and a scientific manuscript were produced on the results. The report includes a list of recommendations, how to advance the holistic long-term sustainability in the small ports.

30MILES also created an investment planning tool for sustainable small ports. The tool is based on the understanding gained and data collected during the project, concerning the aspects of sustainability in the small port context. A user manual and the model code are published on the project web page and are free for anyone to use.

During the project lifecycle in 2015-2018, example of routes between 30MILES harbors, Approach videos to 30MILES harbors, Safe Harbor video course, Small Harbor safety review and Eastern Gulf of Finland boating risk analysis was made.

All the materials produced in the 30MILES project can be read and uploaded from here.

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Infrastructure Tourism

Coastal management and maritime issues

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Materials produced in 30MILES-project

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Improved small port

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12 Small ports
12 Safe approach videos
60 Example routes
Safe Harbor video course
Harbor Safety Day concept
Small Harbor safety review
Eastern Gulf of Finland boating risk analysis

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Small port every 30 miles apart - Development of services for lively water tourism in the Eastern Gulf of Finland

PortMate - improved safety and resource efficient services in small ports

Ari Brozinski — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 08:45:13 +0000

Project partnership worked during end 2016-end 2019 to improve services in 19 small ports in Finland, Sweden, and Åland (Rauma, Gävle, Söderhamn, Kökar, Sottunga and other small ports nearby). A considerable part of the project budget and resources was devoted to the upgrade of investments – service houses, waste management solutions, drinking water, lighting, renewable energy by solar panels, etc, which is a valuable achievement that is used by boaters and other small port users today and during coming years.

The project also worked on resource efficiency in the small ports. As result, a practical guide on technology, purchasing & installation, and perfect small port within resource efficiency: best practices and sustainability were developed. In addition, guidance videos on resource efficiency solutions and installations were released.

The resource efficiency was considered also as much as possible when upgrading investments in the small ports (using led lights, placing solar panels).

The project worked also on the most essential aspects of boaters' safety and produced series of videos, concerning the safe approach to the pilot ports, best practices when sailing and a collection of risky situations at sea. Safety equipment was upgraded in some project small ports.

Finally, throughout the duration of the project, PortMate collaborated with other Central Baltic and international projects, finding both a common background and possible synergies for future implementations.

This cross-border cooperation created an extended network, that was evident at the PortMate final conference, which collected the presence and presentations of many different projects and organizations.

All these efforts created the conditions for future developments of the PortMate core themes.

All achievements and other materials of PortMate are collected to a freely available browser-based ICT tool at http://www.portmate.eu/ .
The project results are compiled in English, Finnish, and Swedish.

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Infrastructure Tourism

Tourism Infrastructure

Coastal management and maritime issues

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Practical guide on best resource efficient technologies in small ports

Perfect small port within resource efficiency

PortMate Final Conference Program

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Improved small port

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