Description du projet
Transition vers des modes de transport à faibles émissions grâce à une nouvelle logistique du transport
Le projet LessThanWagonLoad, financé par l’UE, entend se concentrer sur le développement d’un pôle logistique spécialisé et intelligent conçu pour transférer des volumes de transport de la route vers le fret ferroviaire, en particulier pour l’industrie chimique dans le port d’Anvers. Le développement comprendra l’introduction de nouvelles solutions de transport ferroviaire pour les palettes individuelles d’envois de détail, comparables à celles employées actuellement dans le transport de charges partielles. Il comprendra en outre de nouveaux services de fret ferroviaire à valeur ajoutée pour l’industrie, tels que le stationnement, la réparation et le nettoyage des wagons transportant des produits chimiques, ainsi que le transbordement de palettes connecté au réseau ferroviaire. La réussite du projet contribuera à l’objectif ambitieux consistant à transférer 30 % du fret routier transporté sur plus de 300 km vers des modes de transport à faibles émissions d’ici à 2030.
Objectif
The LessThanWagonLoad project has the objective to develop a smart specialized logistics cluster for the chemical industry in the Port of Antwerp in order to shift transport volumes from road to rail freight. This objective will be realised by developing: (i) a new rail transport solutions for single pallets (we call this LWL ‘less than wagon load’ in analogy with existing LTL ‘less than truck load’ transport) and (ii) new added value rail freight services for the industry within the Antwerp chemical cluster. These potential new services consist of parking, repair, picking and cleaning for chemical wagons, rail connected cross docking of pallets and improved rail connections by setting up mixed trains with conventional and maritime container volumes.
The project primarily focuses on Antwerp and the chemical industry. But the new concepts can also be leveraged to other logistical hubs with other industries. This will be demonstrated at a second logistical hub Nola, in the south of Italy. This broad implementation potential increases the impact on European society.
Realising the LessThanWagonLoad project will contribute in a substantial way in realizing the EC’s ambition to shift 30% of road freight over 300km to low-emission modes by 2030. The potential benefits of the project for European society are very important and diverse: (i) environmental improvements (less GHG emissions), (ii) reduced costs of rail freight, (iii) increased inter-modality and higher resilience of the transport system, (iv) local economic growth and employment, (v) less congestion and traffic casualties and (vi) less risk on social dumping.
Champ scientifique
- social sciencessocial geographytransportfreight transport
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringair pollution engineering
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemployment
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Régime de financement
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinateur
1030 BRUXELLES
Belgique