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Description du projet

Vers la prochaine génération de systèmes de transport durable par voie d’eau

Faire passer le transport de marchandises de la route et du rail vers la navigation côtière et les voies navigables intérieures est essentiel pour réduire la congestion routière et la pollution. Cependant, alors que le transport routier a augmenté en tonnes-kilomètres au sein de l’UE, la part du transport maritime à courte distance et de la navigation intérieure a diminué. Le projet AEGIS, financé par l’UE, va développer un nouveau système de transport par voie d’eau pour l’Europe. Cela suppose de nouveaux types de services et de modèles commerciaux, ainsi que de meilleurs systèmes logistiques. Plus précisément, le projet s’appuiera sur les innovations dans le domaine du transport connecté et automatisé, notamment des types de navires plus petits et flexibles, la manutention automatisée des cargaisons, des navires autonomes, de nouvelles unités de cargaison standardisées et de nouvelles technologies numériques, pour redonner aux voies navigables la place qu’elles occupaient traditionnellement dans le transport de marchandises.

Objectif

The European maritime transport policy as well as national governments recognizes the importance of the waterborne transport systems as key elements for general and sustainable growth in Europe. In line with the EU Transport White Paper 30% of road freight over 300 km should shift to other modes such as rail or waterborne transport by 2030, and more than 50 % by 2050. So far, this ambition has failed spectacularly. In the period 1995 to 2016 total freight increased with approximately 30%. The share of road transport in intra-EU ton-km increased, whereas the share of short sea shipping (SSS) dropped. Inland had a slight decrease.
Waterborne transport has a great potential to reduce road congestion as well as pollution from the transport sector. When used correctly, it is very energy efficient and new ship types can operate with a combination of electric batteries, fuel cells and, when necessary, highly efficient combustion engines, e.g. powered by LNG.
The main objective of AEGIS is to develop a new waterborne transport system for Europe that leverages the benefits of ships and barges while overcoming the conventional problems like dependence on terminals, high transhipment costs, low speed and frequency and low automation in information processing. AEGIS intends to use new innovations from the area of connected and automated transport, including smaller and more flexible vessel types, automated cargo handling, autonomous ships, new cargo units and new digital technologies to regain the position that waterborne traditionally had in cargo transport. Ships are most efficient when the cargo holds are full. AEGIS will look for ways to attract new cargo, inbound as outbound, to waterborne transport. This requires new types of services, new business models and better logistics systems.

Appel à propositions

H2020-MG-2018-2019-2020

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H2020-MG-2019-TwoStages

Coordinateur

SINTEF OCEAN AS
Contribution nette de l'UE
€ 1 547 250,00
Adresse
PAUL FJERMSTADS VEG 59
7052 Trondheim
Norvège

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Région
Norge Trøndelag Trøndelag
Type d’activité
Research Organisations
Liens
Coût total
€ 1 773 125,00

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