According to the transport policy adopted by the European Commission, the important European maritime transport routes, including the ones in the Baltic Sea region - can be regarded as the motorways of the sea. Motorway of the sea should help to eliminate the so called „bottlenecks" in the EU transport corridors and promote trade by sea in order to reduce road transport, shorten the travel time and optimize transport costs while reducing environmental pollution.
The "Gdynia - Karlskrona Motorway of the sea" project focuses on the investments in infrastructure and logistics operations necessary to handle the increasing trade exchange between Sweden, Poland and other European countries and particularly the ferry connection from Gdynia to Karlskrona.