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Traffic information would streamline traffic. Illustration.

Information on urban street maintenance, slipperiness and traffic volumes would streamline traffic

A survey conducted by Fintraffic indicates that there is a great need for centralised traffic data. Fully comprehensive data on traffic in urban street networks is not available as yet – for this reason, the real-time situational picture of traffic provided by navigators and map services, for instance, is often incomplete. Now, Fintraffic invites municipalities, contractors, service providers and IT system suppliers to come on board and share data to streamline traffic for everyone.
Vieraskynässä Staffan Herlin: Nyt jos koskaan yhteisellä tekemisellä on paikkansa. Kuvituskuva

Guest column: Staffan Herlin, Head of Group Marketing, Sales and Customer Service at Finnlines

Russia’s war of aggression has also had significant consequences for logistics in the Baltic Sea region. The West’s trade with Russia has declined dramatically, and Western logistics operators have largely withdrawn from Russia. In a sense, you could therefore say that Finland is once again logistically alone in the north-east of Europe. The collapse of Finnish trade with the East also means that maritime transport accounts for an even larger proportion of our foreign trade, further increasing the island effect.
Tyttö pysäkillä katsomassa kännykkää

Next-generation routing engine to be deployed in route planners

Route planner search functions will be faster and more versatile thanks to the introduction of a next-generation routing engine. The engine will initially be deployed in the Tampere route planner on Wednesday 22 February. It will be added to the HSL and national (Matka.fi) route planners later in the spring.
Lautta Helsingin edustalla. Kuvituskuva.

Good news for travelling in the archipelago – you can now see the location of ferries in real time

Fintraffic is continually developing its services to enable smooth journeys and provide a real-time situational picture of traffic. The usability of ferry traffic data in national services was improved at the turn of the year. It is now easier to avoid unnecessary waiting time, as you can see when a ferry will dock. This new information about ferries rounds out the comprehensive real-time situational picture of Finnish traffic provided by Fintraffic.
Laiva höyryvän meren laineilla. Kuvituskuva

Fintraffic’s Vessel Traffic Services to develop Finland’s VTS’ marine VHF traffic with the help of artificial intelligence

Together with the Fraunhofer Center for Maritime Logistics and Services (CML), Fintraffic’s Vessel Traffic Services has started a research project in which Finland’s VTS’ marine VHF traffic will be developed in the upcoming years utilizing automatic speech recognition. In the future, the speech recognition system utilizing artificial intelligence will convert talk radio traffic into text form in real time for Fintraffic’s Vessel Traffic Centres. This will support the correct interpretation of messages, particularly in abnormal situations.
Drone specialists gathered in Helsinki, Finland. Decorative picture.

Blog: Europe’s top drone experts met in Helsinki to kick-start a new era of aviation

In the future, drones will deliver parcels to your home and assist in farming and construction. These are some of the applications where developments will be rapid once European ground rules and safe airspace practices (U-space) are established for unmanned aircraft systems and future aircraft. Advancements in this field are driven, for instance, by the need to reduce emissions from transport and logistics and by the opportunities offered by digitalisation.
Kuvituskuva, drone talvisessa maisemassa.

Drone use opens up huge market for businesses and affects everyday life of consumers

Drones will deliver a parcel to your home and assist in farming and construction. These are some of the applications where developments will be brisk once European ground rules and safe airspace practices (U-space) are established for unmanned aircraft systems and future aircraft. Advancements in this field are driven for instance by the need to reduce emissions from transport and logistics and by the opportunities offered by digitalisation.
Lumisia autoja. Kuvituskuva.

Economic situation and war in Europe continue to dampen traffic volumes

Uncertainty in the economy, the now-established trend for hybrid working, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are still impacting road traffic volumes in Finland. During the last quarter of 2022, there were notably fewer passenger cars and heavy-duty vehicles on highways and main roads than a year earlier. In contrast, Lapland had its busiest Christmas season ever in terms of air traffic. All these insights were gleaned from Traffic Management Company Fintraffic’s October–December statistics.