This report provides an overview of relevant European Research and Innovation (R&I) projects dealing with waterborne transport decarbonisation, based on the European Commission’s Transport Research and Innovation Monitoring and Information System (TRIMIS). The report analyses...
Ferries are often the biggest polluters in coastal areas. Having electric ferries will make a huge difference to these communities with cleaner air and lower pollution. A fully electrically-powered, emission-free ferry called Ellen is saving 2,000 tons of CO2 from entering the at...
The study “Assessment of the potential of maritime and inland ports and inland waterways and of related policy measures, including industrial policy measures”, is one of the four lots of the “Study on support measures for the implementation of the TEN-T core network related to se...
The Marco Polo programmes aimed to relieve congestion on road networks and improve the environmental performance of Europe's freight transport system by providing financial assistance to use alternative methods of transport with lower environmental impacts, in particular rail...
The Inland Waterway Transport (IWT) sector’s competitiveness is hampered by three key challenges identified in the 2017 study on the Digital Inland Waterway Area. These are: inefficient navigation and traffic management; inefficient integration of IWT in logistics processes and h...
With maritime space in increasingly high demand, due to competition between different sectors, Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) can be a determining factor for the development of the blue economy. This study aims to explore evidence of effects stemming from the current state of im...
The following report provides an overview of the Motorways of the Sea (MoS) investments as well as the wider maritime portfolio within the 2014 – 2020 CEF Transport programme and its contribution to the priorities of the Detailed Implementation Plan for Motorways of the Sea of th...
The analysis focuses on issues of EU relevance and covers the 2011 – 2018 period. The methodology deployed followed a mixed method approach. The study collected and analysed as much existing information and data as possible and complemented this with primary data collection. Coun...
