Periodic Reporting for period 2 - PIONEERS (PORTable Innovation Open Network for Efficiency and Emissions Reduction Solutions)
Periodo di rendicontazione: 2023-04-01 al 2024-03-31
PIONEERS addresses the challenges faced by European ports to reduce their environmental impact while remaining competitive in a sector characterised by continuous growth. These challenges are aligned with the European Green Deal’s main objective to make Europe climate neutral by 2050. In order to accomplish the PIONEERS’s strategic goal and vision, a set of five objectives have been defined:
1. Reduce the port's total environmental footprint by introducing Clean energy, production, storage and supply
The European Ports have the potential to become key points of energy production based on renewable energy sources, benefiting the energy portfolio of the area while deriving the benefits as energy users. PIONEERS will play a key role by creating several solutions to reach this objective.
2. Deploy sustainable port infrastructure beyond energy supply and demand
Port operations require significant infrastructure that affects beyond energy supply, storage, and demand. This objective will enable the European ports to introduce alternative fuels for their yard vehicles, reduce the environmental impact of port infrastructure, promote effective and green land use, and provide the means for continuous improvement towards achieving climate neutrality.
3. Introduce eco-friendly improvements relying on digitalisation and new methods of operation
Modern ports have evolved into multimodal hubs and logistics nodes connecting maritime with road, rail, and inland waterways flows. PIONEERS will demonstrate highly efficient logistics operations for integrated sea/river-port hinterland connections through several demonstrations that enable modal shifts and system-wide door-to-door multimodal passenger mobility and freight transport.
4. Co-define and transfer PIONEERS' demonstrations to fellow ports during the project lifecycle
By developing collaboration networks and public-private partnerships, the focus will be on defining, adopting, and deploying a selection of project demos at the fellow European ports during the project lifecycle. Therefore, PIONEERS will define a framework for co-definition and execution of the 19 demonstrations conducted and co-transfer and scale them up at fellow ports and beyond.
5. Deliver and disseminate a Port Master Plan for the transition towards GHG neutral shipping and wider multimodal mobility by 2050
A Green Port Roadmap, defined by PIONEERS, will be adopted in order to adjust the Master Plans of the 4 participating European ports during the project lifecycle. Moreover, it will also recommend updates for local port Master Plans by proposing feasible alternatives with the highest emission reduction potential, taking into consideration governance, operational and legal frameworks, business models and financial viability. The Green Port Roadmap will be publicly available and disseminated through the engagement of the community, as well as through the available dissemination channels and liaising with related projects.
1. Reduce the port's total environmental footprint by introducing Clean energy, production, storage and supply
The European Ports have the potential to become key points of energy production based on renewable energy sources, benefiting the energy portfolio of the area while deriving the benefits as energy users. PIONEERS will play a key role by creating several solutions to reach this objective.
2. Deploy sustainable port infrastructure beyond energy supply and demand
Port operations require significant infrastructure that affects beyond energy supply, storage, and demand. This objective will enable the European ports to introduce alternative fuels for their yard vehicles, reduce the environmental impact of port infrastructure, promote effective and green land use, and provide the means for continuous improvement towards achieving climate neutrality.
3. Introduce eco-friendly improvements relying on digitalisation and new methods of operation
Modern ports have evolved into multimodal hubs and logistics nodes connecting maritime with road, rail, and inland waterways flows. PIONEERS will demonstrate highly efficient logistics operations for integrated sea/river-port hinterland connections through several demonstrations that enable modal shifts and system-wide door-to-door multimodal passenger mobility and freight transport.
4. Co-define and transfer PIONEERS' demonstrations to fellow ports during the project lifecycle
By developing collaboration networks and public-private partnerships, the focus will be on defining, adopting, and deploying a selection of project demos at the fellow European ports during the project lifecycle. Therefore, PIONEERS will define a framework for co-definition and execution of the 19 demonstrations conducted and co-transfer and scale them up at fellow ports and beyond.
5. Deliver and disseminate a Port Master Plan for the transition towards GHG neutral shipping and wider multimodal mobility by 2050
A Green Port Roadmap, defined by PIONEERS, will be adopted in order to adjust the Master Plans of the 4 participating European ports during the project lifecycle. Moreover, it will also recommend updates for local port Master Plans by proposing feasible alternatives with the highest emission reduction potential, taking into consideration governance, operational and legal frameworks, business models and financial viability. The Green Port Roadmap will be publicly available and disseminated through the engagement of the community, as well as through the available dissemination channels and liaising with related projects.
During the second reporting period (M19-M30) good progress has been made in all work packages. A first set of demos has been deployed such as the Battery storage and smart management of green energy (T4.5) the hydrogen heating for buildings (T5.3) the MaaS platform (T6.3.3) and the Vessel Traffic Optimisation (T7.4.1). On a horizontal level, the 4 ports compiled their respective draft Green Port Master plans (WP2), Vectos developed an action plan to screen the transferable components of the demos (WP8) and University of Antwerp developed a framework for assessing the impact of the demos (WP9). Finally, with the input of partners, BAL captured the key exploitable results (WP1) and ICCS consolidated all demo progress in an interim status report (WP3).
During this reporting period the following deliverables have been submitted e.g. D1.2 D1.7 D2.7 D2.9 D2.11 D2.13 D3.8 D7.7 D7.9 and D8.2 (due M30) is facing some delay but is expected to be submitted in Q3 2024.
Additionally, 7 milestones have been achieved e.g. MS18, MS20, MS21, MS23, MS25, MS27 and MS28. There is a delay in MS6, MS19, MS22 and MS26, justification for the delays is provided in this report.
During this reporting period the following deliverables have been submitted e.g. D1.2 D1.7 D2.7 D2.9 D2.11 D2.13 D3.8 D7.7 D7.9 and D8.2 (due M30) is facing some delay but is expected to be submitted in Q3 2024.
Additionally, 7 milestones have been achieved e.g. MS18, MS20, MS21, MS23, MS25, MS27 and MS28. There is a delay in MS6, MS19, MS22 and MS26, justification for the delays is provided in this report.
Strategic impact in relation to the work programme
The EU is highly dependent on seaports both for worldwide trade and within its internal market since 74% of goods imported and exported and 37% of exchanges within the EU transit through seaports. In the last decade, the EC has stressed the urgency to decarbonize and improve environmental performance as can be seen in the Union's 20/20/20 Objectives. Ports are becoming increasingly dependent on technological innovations both to improve traditional port operations and as major logistics nodes seeking to provide seamless and highly efficient logistics services. PIONEERS provides significant, direct and immediate contribution to the achievement of the European Green Deal, as well as other EU transport policy objectives (including TEN-T), while strengthening the competitiveness of the European transport sector by implementing four pillars via the deployment of 19 demos:
Clean energy production, storage and supply
Sustainable Port Design
Modal shift and flows optimisation
Digital transformation
The EU is highly dependent on seaports both for worldwide trade and within its internal market since 74% of goods imported and exported and 37% of exchanges within the EU transit through seaports. In the last decade, the EC has stressed the urgency to decarbonize and improve environmental performance as can be seen in the Union's 20/20/20 Objectives. Ports are becoming increasingly dependent on technological innovations both to improve traditional port operations and as major logistics nodes seeking to provide seamless and highly efficient logistics services. PIONEERS provides significant, direct and immediate contribution to the achievement of the European Green Deal, as well as other EU transport policy objectives (including TEN-T), while strengthening the competitiveness of the European transport sector by implementing four pillars via the deployment of 19 demos:
Clean energy production, storage and supply
Sustainable Port Design
Modal shift and flows optimisation
Digital transformation