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Waterborn RESEARCH: EUROBORDER Click here to browse the final summary report

Project Acronym: EUROBORDER
Type of contract: Shared Cost
Project title: The port as a hub in the intermodal chain
Main contractor: TFK - INSTITUTET FÖR TRANSPORTFORSKNING - SE
Type organisation: Research Organisation
Country: SE
Start date & duration: 1996-03-01 - 28 months
Area: Waterborne
Relevant tasks: 6.1.3.7
Total cost in kECUs: 2725
Total EU contribution in kECUs: 1501


Objectives of research

Main objectives:

EUROBORDER sets out to analyse the processes connected to the vehicles, load units and the related information, within the ports as well as between ports and their different customers (e.g. forwarders and shippers). EUROBORDER intends to meet the objectives listed in the Work Programme by : * focusing on the procedures (information flow, organisation, administration) in the port, * relating these procedures to the interaction with participants of the intermodal transport chain Analysing the procedures in the ports also means analysing the interacting transport services ; road, rail and sea as well as the funtions of the supporting forwarders and agents. However, the level of detail changes with the "distance" from the port and the sea transport leg. The main objective of EUROBORDER is : To estimate how changes and development related to the port will impact on the port's attraction as a node in the intermodal transport chain. Such measures could be changes and improvements of old procedures, but could also incorporate development of new services. The task of EUROBORDER is : * to map and model the procedures, * to define and describe the system (time/costs) to be studied and its boundaries, * to identify problems and bottlenecks of the system in relation to the user requirements * to propose a tentative list of measures for improvement (as scenarios if meaningful) * to assess the potential impact of improvements in the port and the importance of such changes in relation to the whole transport chain * to propose measures for implementation and/or testing

Demo Sites:

None

Links with other projects, tasks, areas, programmes, policy actions:
Transport Programme : SPHERE, STEMM Telematics Programme : INTERPORT, POSEIDON MARIS COST


Participants

Organisation Type Country
TFK - INSTITUTET FÖR TRANSPORTFORSKNING - SE Research Organisation     SE
FACHHOCHSCHULE HAMBURG Education     DE
NORDIC TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT LTD Research Organisation     DK
THE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AT THE NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Research Organisation     NO
COLOR LINE S.A. Industry     NO
OSLO PORT AUTHORITY (NORVEGIAN NAME: OSLO HAVNEVESEN) Other     NO
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS Other     FI
VIATEK TAMPERE LTD. Industry     FI
CECIL- CENTER AT ERIKSBERG FOR COMMUNICATION, INFORMATION AND LOGISTICS Research Organisation     SE
TRANSEUROPEAN CONSULTING UNIT OF THESSALONIKI, S.A. - ATHENS Other     GR
ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI Education     GR
PORT OF PIRAEUS AUTHORITY Industry     GR
PORT OF VOLOS AUTHORITY Other     GR
ENTE PUBLICO PUERTOS DEL ESTADO Industry     ES
INFORMATICA Y TELEMATICA PORTUARIA, S.A. Other     ES
ENYCA INGENIERIA Y COMUNICACIONES S.A. Industry     ES

Coordinator's name: Mr Lars KÄLLSTRÖRN
Address: TFK - INSTITUTET FÖR TRANSPORTFORSKNING - SE
Pipersgatan, 27
PO Box: POBOX 12667
112 93 Stockholm
SE
Tel: +49-40-321207
Fax: +49-40-338202
E-mail: 100041.662@compuserve.com


European Commission Contact Point

Name: Ms. Astrid SCHLEWING
Tel: +32-2-2969866
Fax: +32 -2-2968350

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