FamilyPorts provides enjoyable stay for the entire family

ester.miiros — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:07:11 +0000

Four small ports (two in south-west of Finland and two on Gotland island in Sweden made investments into service buildings and green technology. The new/improved service buildings also provide the companies running the ports an opportunity to boost the marketing of the ports. The joint marketing is visible in the website FamilyPorts.

The joint architectural vision for a family-friendly port was used as an inspiration for all ports. The vision may also be used in the future.

Meetings with local stakeholders were the most useful way of communication. The project communication during the investment phases was mainly targeted to the local communities in the vicinity of the ports. Meetings were held with the local stakeholders who had an opportunity to have an impact on how the investments were planned and carried out. All partners followed the local legislation concerning the hearing of stakeholders, but in general the partners took the stakeholders’ opinions into consideration to a larger extent than the legislation demands.

Concrete results:
FI_Nagu: A service building with a family sauna and a separate dish washing station were constructed, and elected boat chargers were bought.
FI_Dalsbruk: Service building, electricity system, solar panels and boat charger.
SE_Ronehamn: The original time schedule had to be changed, but in the end all planned investments were implemented. A new service building was built, including solar panels.
SE_Lickershamn: The service building was renewed, and a sanitation building was built, according to plan. Solar panels were installed and a module for automatic check-in was installed.

Feedback from the port entrepreneur in Dalsbruk:

“The solar panels now produce one third of the electricity needed in the port. The visitors are getting more and more conscious about the environment and many of them have been asking for information about the solar panels. It is nice that we can be a model for environmentally friendly energy production. The number of toilets has been doubled, and this has been much appreciated by our customers. The new dish washing station and the washing machines have also been appreciated. All in all, we are very pleased with the result of the project.”

The most important cross-border value was the opportunity to discuss practical matters and to see how problems have been solved in other ports. Sharing experiences and learning from each other is still very important and a needed activity for partners from different countries.

Tags:

Tourism

Coastal management and maritime issues

Tourism Infrastructure

Attachment:

FamilyPorts_Joint_architectural_vision_final_version.pdf

External link:

Family Ports website

Category:

Improved small port

At a glance text:

4 small ports with improved services
Investments in service buildnings
Joint architectural vision for family-friendliness
Sustainability with green technology

Project link:

Green and Family-friendly Archipelago Ports

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.

Tags:

Infrastructure Tourism

Tourism Infrastructure

Coastal management and maritime issues

Attachment:

Practical guide on best resource efficient technologies in small ports

Perfect small port within resource efficiency

PortMate Final Conference Program

Category:

Improved small port

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