Imagine if moving goods by river was as easy and predictable as using a highway. This work creates a smart system of sensors and digital maps to make river transport reliable even during bad weather. It's like adding a GPS and a weather-warning system to the water to get more trucks off the road.
Inland waterway transport is underused (5.8% market share) because it is seen as unreliable and vulnerable to climate change. This makes companies stick to road transport, increasing congestion and emissions.
A suite of digital tools including automatic buoys, sensors, a decision support system, and new governance models for multimodal transport.
If you are a transport operator dealing with road congestion and high emissions — this project developed synchromodality tools that aim to shift 20% of freight traffic to inland waterways. This allows you to diversify routes and reduce reliance on land transport.
If you are a port authority dealing with unpredictable water levels due to climate change — this project developed automatic buoys and sensors that ensure IWT capacity stays at 50% even during extreme weather. This keeps your logistics nodes operational when others shut down.
If you are a construction firm dealing with strict green building mandates — this project developed methods for using recycled materials in waterway infrastructure. This helps you build resilient river links that meet sustainability requirements.
Based on available project data, specific pricing or cost structures for the developed technologies are not provided.
Yes, the project is already testing solutions across three pilot sites in Italy, Poland, and France, and involves partners from nine different countries.
Based on available project data, the specific IP and licensing agreements are not detailed, though it involves a consortium of 16 partners.
The project focuses on digitalization and the Physical Internet, using a decision support system to optimize resource planning and integrate river transport into multimodal chains.
The project period runs from September 1, 2022, to December 31, 2025.
The consortium is diverse, consisting of 16 partners across 9 countries. It has a strong research lean with 6 research organizations and 3 universities, balanced by 3 industry partners and 4 other entities. With an industry ratio of 19% and 2 SMEs, the project is heavily driven by technical validation and academic research rather than immediate commercialization.
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