The Sustainable Flow project is the first global project focusing on both the development of a digital tool and energy savings and renewable energy to reduce CO2 emissions in the transport sector, especially in the maritime sector and in ports.
A digital tool developer has now been selected through a tender process. A total of nine international service providers participated in the public tendering process, and of these Awake.AI Oy was selected.
“We are more than happy that based on this decision we can finally move forward with actual development,” says Project Manager Heikki Koivisto from Satakunta University of Applied Sciences.
The project's concrete outputs will include a digital tool to support both the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions and energy saving measures, as well as a concept for port energy savings and renewable energy production.
“Our aim is for the application that is being developed for the monitoring of carbon dioxide emissions will be ready as early as this year, and for the new tool to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions of the pilot ports participating in the project by a total of at least 10% during the project and by a significant amount in the three years following the project," says Project Manager Maiju Kaski from Fintraffic’s Vessel Traffic Services.
In addition to Fintraffic’s Vessel Traffic Services, Sustainable Flow's project partners include the Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, the Swedish Maritime Administration, the Åland University of Applied Sciences, the International Transport Development Association (ITDA) from Latvia, the Tallinn University of Technology and the Swedish Confederation of Transport Enterprises. The seven pilot ports involved are Rauma, Pori, Tallinn, Mariehamn, Riga, Oxelösund and Norrköping.
The Sustainable Flow project headed by the Maritime Logistics Research Centre at Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (SAMK) focuses on measures that aim to reduce carbon dioxide emissions resulting from maritime transport. The project, which will last until spring 2026, is funded by the Interreg Central Baltic Programme and has a total budget of EUR 3.4 million.
