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Suomen Satamat ry / Finnish Ports Association

Suomen Satamat ry edustaa Suomessa kuntien omistamia satamayhtiöitä, yksityisesti omistettuja yleisiä satamia sekä teollisuuden omia satamia.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Apostolos Tzitzikostas (Commissioner) and

4 Nov 2025 · Stakeholder Dialogue on the security dimension of the EU Ports Strategy

Meeting with Katri Kulmuni (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Sept 2025 · Suomen satamien ajankohtaiset asiat

Meeting with Sebastian Tynkkynen (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Sept 2025 · Ajankohtaiset asiat

Meeting with Sanna Laaksonen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)

24 Sept 2025 · Priorities for Finnish ports and the Commission.

Response to EU Ports Strategy

28 Jul 2025

The focus of the strategy should be on maintaining and developing the competitiveness of European ports, including small ports, in a changing geo-economic environment. Therefore, the key elements of the strategy should be: 1. securing funding for investments in ports (continuation of an EU-funding instrument such as the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) in the next MFF period); funding should prioritise the development of links between EU countries and the creation of pan-European added value; 2. reducing the administrative burden for ports; 3. streamlining permitting procedures regarding, for example, port investments and their participation in clean industry or circular economy. The more comprehensive and detailed position of the Finnish Ports Association is enclosed.
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Meeting with Katri Kulmuni (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Mar 2025 · Suomen satamien ajankohtaiset asiat

Meeting with Elsi Katainen (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Mar 2025 · MFF and transport funding

Meeting with Merja Kyllönen (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Mar 2025 · EUn satamastrategian ja MFF-valmistelun tilannekuva

Meeting with Ville Niinistö (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Mar 2025 · Transport

Meeting with Sirpa Pietikäinen (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Mar 2025 · MFF

Meeting with Mika Aaltola (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Nov 2024 · Comprehensive Infrastructure

Meeting with Merja Kyllönen (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Nov 2024 · Satamapolitiikka ja turvallisuus

Meeting with Eero Heinäluoma (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Nov 2024 · Ajankohtaisaiheet

Meeting with Merja Kyllönen (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Aug 2024 · Presentation of Finnish ports' activities and role/TRAN

Meeting with Miapetra Kumpula-Natri (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Nov 2023 · Port industry and maritime transport

Meeting with Henna Virkkunen (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Mar 2023 · EU TENT-T

Meeting with Ville Niinistö (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

4 Mar 2022 · Fit for 55 - maritime aspects (staff level)

Response to Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy

7 Jul 2020

Finland is much dependent on efficient seaborne transports because of its open economy and remoteness from its main export markets. Finnish port authorities are engaged in working out solutions to sustainable and smart mobility in collaboration with their clients, stakeholders and public authorities within the transport chain, and internally, in their own operation. From this position we see the roadmap comprehensive and its contents well argumented. From the port perspective the main challenge for reducing climate impact of transports is to help facilitate the supply of alternative fuels for vessels, which account for the great majority of emissions to air at ports. In this respect Finland, as other more remote EU member states, have the challenges related to remoteness and smaller internal markets. For reducing their own climate footprint of operation, port authorities are looking into alternative energy sources and energy efficiency in lighting, heating, ice-management etc. The Regulation (EU)2017/352 on port services and financial transparency of the ports sets important principles on infrastructure charging, as a tool in deciding on necessary own investments to transport and energy infrastructure. Digitalisation in turn, is an important tool for smart mobility. Our experience is, that market based solutions at port are built bottom-up, in cooperation with business partners. In this way, they are always based on actual needs, regardless of the size of the challenge. The aim is to find new modes of operation or completely new type services that streamline mobility and transport, reducing traffic, emissions, need for new physical infrastructure and its environmental impact. It means possibility to share information between different size actors, thereby facilitating fair, accessible and affordable transition to sustainable transport. It also facilitates cooperation within the logistics chains – for ports it means better connectivity with its hinterland. Common data spaces in accordance with EU Data Strategy respond to this need of data sharing in a community different types and sizes of users. Data sharing must be promoted through measures that help maintain trust between partners, such as user groups in ports, where there are public and private entities, companies of different size. They often compete with one another, but still share common benefits of efficiency and reduced environmental footprint from the greater data sharing. In data use we see that rules for data management that respect data privacy, in cybersecurity technological capability and knowledge are important principles. Adequate digital infrastructure is a question of business strategy at the port level: for some it is already 5G, but depending on the customer needs 3G can be just as valid for the time being. Automatisation is a step by step process at ports, and eg. full automatization may not be the objective for a port, nor it may be necessary from the sustainability point of view. Finnish Port Association (FPA) brings the position of Finnish port authorities to decision making in Finland and in the EU. It represents ports in cargo as well as in passenger transport. The membership of FPA consists of 29 sea and inland ports. Over 90 percent of the whole Finnish seaborne export and import is transported through FPA’s member ports.
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