Greening of surface transport through an innovative and competitive CARGO-VESSEL Concept connecting marine and fluvial intermodal ports

Project Information

EU-CARGOXPRESS

Grant agreement ID: 233925

Project closed

Start date 1 September 2009

End date 30 April 2012

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics)

Total cost € 3 811 257,86

EU contribution € 2 600 788,00

Coordinated by

COMPANIA TRASMEDITERRANEA SA
Spain

Objective

EU CargoXpress is going to develop a groundbreaking innovative cargo vessel to meet the expectations of green transport and contributing to decongesting of Europe’s roads. It gives particular attention to the role of SMEs not only in the composition of the consortium (2 out of 6 industry partners are SMEs plus 6 research institutions and a public body) but also when delivering the design of the cargo vessel of the future which is particularly suited for the small and medium sized European Shipyards and equipment suppliers.
The vessel Concept EU-CargoXpress goes far beyond existing approaches from aspects of
• ship equipment (combined superstructure with bridge, crane and sail)
• new propulsion Concept (superconducting energy conversion, PODs)
• ship structure (lightweight fit for serial production)
• maintenance (modularised/ standardised and “boxed” equipment for immediate exchange rather than repair on board)
• ship operation (sailor in home base, through fixed routes)
and promotes a logistic philosophy which has the potential to revolutionize the Short Sea Shipping (SSS) business in the Motorways-of-the-Sea. It follows the Ryanair approach which has developed service to hundreds of small airports.EU-CARGOEXPRESS will do a similar thing it provides a high tech vessel for medium and small marine or fluvial ports to shorten considerably the remaining road-transport.
This will clearly impact on CO2 and other pollutants emission. First calculations show a potential of total fuel savings of 10,3 Mt/year which accounts for 0,63 % of total EU25 energy consumption per year, when applying the concept to the next 3000 newbuildings for SSS.

Fields of science

• social sciences › social geography › transport
• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › vehicle engineering › naval engineering › sea vessels
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels › energy conversion
• humanities › philosophy, ethics and religion › philosophy

Programme(s)

• FP7-TRANSPORT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics)

Topic(s)

• SST.2008.5.2.1. - Innovative product concepts

Call for proposal

FP7-SST-2008-RTD-1
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Funding Scheme

CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project

Coordinator

COMPANIA TRASMEDITERRANEA SA

• EU contribution: € 324 953,42
• Address: AVENIDA DE EUROPA 10 ; 28108 ALCOBENDAS MADRID ; Spain
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: José Manuel Fernandez Hernando (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

Participants (12)

AUTORIDAD PORTUARIA DE GIJON

Spain

• EU contribution: € 117 000,00
• Address: CLAUDIO ALVARGONZALEZ 32 ; 33201 GIJON
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Ainhoa Puebla (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

SDC Ship Design & Consult GmbH

Germany

• EU contribution: € 292 601,71
• Address: Bramfelder Str. 164 ; 22305 Hamburg
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Michael Waechter (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

SINTEF OCEAN AS

Norway

• EU contribution: € 235 933,43
• Address: PAUL FJERMSTADS VEG 59 ; 7052 Trondheim
• Region: Norge › Trøndelag › Trøndelag
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Birger åldstedt (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID

Spain

• EU contribution: € 116 222,00
• Address: CALLE RAMIRO DE MAEZTU 7 EDIFICIO RECTORADO ; 28040 Madrid
• Region: Comunidad de Madrid › Comunidad de Madrid › Madrid
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Gonzalo Leon (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

Participation ended

Germany

• EU contribution: € 8 832,10
• Address: WERNER-VON-SIEMENS-STR. 1 ; 80333 Munchen
• Region: Bayern › Oberbayern › München, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Ernst-Christoph Krackhardt (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

Innovacion Logistica Cargo-Xpress SL

Spain

• EU contribution: € 369 000,00
• Address: Urbanisation Pena Grande - A. Cabana 2 ; 15590 Ferrol
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Volker Heinrich Rosenkranz (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

FORSCHUNGSVEREINIGUNG SCHIFFBAU UNDMEERESTECHNIK E.V.

Germany

• EU contribution: € 270 000,00
• Address: STEINHOFT 11 ; 20459 Hamburg
• Region: Hamburg › Hamburg › Hamburg
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Frank Roland (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

RISE SICOMP AB

Sweden

• EU contribution: € 107 294,00
• Address: FIBERVAEGEN 2 - OEJEBYN ; 941 26 Pitea
• Region: Norra Sverige › Övre Norrland › Norrbottens län
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Lars Liljenfeldt (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

SAAB KOCKUMS AKTIEBOLAG

Sweden

• EU contribution: € 180 900,00
• Address: . ; 205 55 Malmo
• Region: Södra Sverige › Sydsverige › Skåne län
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Sven-Erik Hellbratt (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

FJELLSTRAND AS

Norway

• EU contribution: € 324 325,34
• Address: OMAVEGEN 225 ; 5632 Omastrand
• Region: Norge › Vestlandet › Vestland
• Administrative Contact: Kjartan Stensønes (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN

Sweden

• EU contribution: € 144 426,00
• Address: BRINELLVAGEN 8 ; 100 44 Stockholm
• Region: Östra Sverige › Stockholm › Stockholms län
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Gunilla Hugosson (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION

Greece

• EU contribution: € 109 300,00
• Address: HEROON POLYTECHNIOU 9 ZOGRAPHOU CAMPUS ; 157 80 ATHINA
• Region: Αττική › Aττική › Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Despina Alatopoulou (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data