Project
FV-2000 - Quality of Freight Village Structure and Operations
Funding origin:
European
STRIA Roadmaps:
Network and traffic management systems (NTM)
Transport mode:
Multimodal
Transport sectors:
Freight transport
Duration:
Start date: 01/01/1998,
End date: 01/06/1999
Status: Finished
Funding details:
Overview
Background & policy context:
Intermodal transport nodes - or freight villages - are considered the single most important building block of schemes to provide commercially efficient and attractive intermodal services on a European scale. These terminals act as an interface between transport modes and between transport operations and any other logistics services.
Objectives:
FV-2000 aimed to analyse and evaluate freight village structures and layouts in order to determine whether the proximity of different transport and logistics activities is a key factor for the use of intermodal transport.
The main objectives of FV-2000 have been:
- to determine the merits and limits of the development of freight villages for the enhancement of intermodal transport competitiveness, based on benchmarking and analysis of best practices and case studies;
- to examine freight village operations and internal organisation in order to measure the impact of such structures on the environment;
- to develop guidelines and management tools for improving working conditions and security for freight village operators, whilst increasing their awareness with regard to risk factors, safety and the environment.
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