Overview
The congestions of trailers on European roads lead to
- high rates of accidents;
- high levels of pollution;
- high levels of noise;
- reduced infrastructural mobility;
- reduced mobility of citizens.
INTERMODESHIP offers an innovative waterborne transport concept for inland/short-sea operations, which accommodates various types of cargo units, allows for faster cargo handling and better use of cargo space. This concept will replace current fragmented and traffic-jams-sensitive road, rail and waterborne transport.
The Intermodal ship project is an initiative by the Maritime Transport Chain which aims to reduce significantly the problem of congestion on major European traffic arteries and its negative impact on the environment through shifting of cargo volume from road to waterborne transport.
The principal merits of Intermode ship are:
it meets important societal needs regarding the role of transport and mobility in Europe's competitive and sustainable growth
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t provides a flexible and more profitable door-to-door waterborne solution, including the transport of 'swap bodies" for which no waterborne solution existsi
t brings together stakeholders from the Maritime Transport Chain, its supporting industries & centres of excellence to solve a European transport & ecology problem.
Technical and scientific objectives are:
a novel waterborne transport concept for inland/short-sea operations for various types of cargo units, faster cargo handling and better use of cargo space;
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o solve & validate by means of virtual and experimental methods problems arising from the above novel concept (hydrodynamics, low-weight structures, cargo handling), also regarding consistency & compliance with societal & economic constraints.
The problems originate from conflicting requirements regarding the operating inland-sea environment.
The project starts with the validation of market needs.
Funding
Results
An innovative waterborne transport concept for inland/short-sea operations, which accommodates various types of cargo units, allows for faster cargo handling and better use of cargo space. This concept will replace current fragmented and traffic-jams-sensitive road, rail and waterborne transport.
The INTERMODESHIP, optimized for inland / short-sea operations:
· A door–to-door waterborne solution.
· Positive effects on quality of life.
· Reduced pollution and noise.
· Reduced number of accidents.
· Improved utilization of infrastructure.
· Improved mobility of goods
Policy implications
This concept will reduce congestions of trailers on European roads resulting in a reduction of the following problems:
· High rates of accidents.
· High levels of pollution.
· High levels of noise.
· Reduced infrastructural mobility.
· Reduced mobility of citizens.
Intermodal
An innovative waterborne transport concept for inland/short-sea operations, which accommodates various types of cargo units, allows for faster cargo handling and better use of cargo space. This concept will replace current fragmented and traffic-jams-sensitive road, rail and waterborne transport.