Project description
Maximising the efficiency of the European logistics clusters
Logistics and transportation are vital for efficient connectivity, economic growth, and development. The EU seeks to shift transportation modes, boosting local industrial competitiveness and logistics. In this context, the EU-funded CLUSTERS 2.0 project aims to support this objective while maximising benefits and enhancing efficiency. Their plan involves leveraging open network logistic clusters and hubs across European countries and economic centres, all while minimising environmental harm. The result will be enhanced infrastructure, reduced environmental impact, improved economic development, and robust logistics systems.
Objective
“If we want to reach the EU objective on modal shift for all transportation beyond 300 km and attract and strengthen competitiveness of local industries at the same time, we need to drive the development of a network of hyper connected logistics multimodal clusters and their influence areas”. Clusters 2.0 Consortium
Clusters 2.0. vision is to leverage the full potential of European Logistics Clusters for an efficient and fully integrated transport system in Europe making optimal use of an Open Network of Logistics Clusters and hubs starting with. Zaragoza (PLAZA), Duisburg (Duisport), Lille (Dourges), Bologna-Trieste (Interporto/port of Trieste), Brussels (BruCargo), London (Heathrow), Pireaus (PCT), Trelleborg (Port), while keeping neutral the environmental and local impacts such as congestion, noise, land use and local pollution levels.
Cluster 2.0 objectives and areas of intervention are:
Increase the engagement, performance and coordination of terminals and hubs at cluster level targeting: i) increase by 50% the freight managed in the cluster whit current infrastructure, ii) Double the value added activities and iii) increase economic impact in local economies by 5% yearly while keeping neutral local environmental impacts. Build a hyper connected network of logistics hubs and clusters targeting: i) increase average door-to-door vehicle load factor up to 75%, ii) increase intermodal transport in the network by 40%. Develop low cost, low capital and investment intensive transhipment enhanced solutions to reduce operational costs of transhipment by 30 %. Develop prototypes of New Modular Load Units as enhancers of the above objectives.Develop terminal management systems to increase management capacity of the terminals by 20% and reduce associated congestion by 10%. Establish and run 5 Living Labs (LLs) to test, improve an validate proposed solutions as well as to and Develop Business Models and Robust Business Plans for Clusters 2.0 solutions.
Fields of science
- social sciencessociologygovernance
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternet
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivity
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution
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08740 Sant Andreu De La Barca
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08005 Barcelona
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1853 Strombeek Bever
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40010 Bentivoglio
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31020 Villorba
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80686 Munchen
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40033 Casalecchio Di Reno Bo
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00157 Roma
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50018 Zaragoza
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62000 Arras
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117 45 ATHENA
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3140 Keerbergen
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CH-3011 Bern
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4153 BV Beesd
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23121 Trelleborg
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75272 Paris
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75272 Paris
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18538 Piraeus
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TW6 2GW London
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1830 Machelen
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1830 Machelen
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4705RT Roosendaal
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1830 Machelen
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34143 Trieste
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50016 Zaragoza
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3500 Hasselt
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4811 CA Breda
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75015 Paris
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47119 Duisburg
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2000 Antwerpen
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4153 BV Beesd
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