modal shift

• 14 February 13 New container terminal in the Port of Rotterdam The European Union will co-finance to the tune of €5 million from the TEN-T Programme a project to build a state-of-the-art multimodal container terminal at the Port of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The future Rotterdam... Read more ›
• 12 February 13 Intermodal platforms in France The European Union will co-finance with over €3.2 million from the TEN-T Programme studies which will pave the way for the construction of a series of intermodal platforms boosting the “Inland Waterway Seine-Scheldt” link... Read more ›
• 03 January 13 Motorways of the sea policy in Europe This paper, written by Alfred Baird and Xavier Gese Aperte, explores Motorways of the Sea (MoS) policy in Europe. The major objective of MoS policy is to shift freight from long-distance road transport to sea transport.... Read more ›
• 21 November 12 CargoBeamer gets underway CargoBeamer recently carried out a test run from Leipzig to Calais. The trial run from the test terminal in Leipzig to Calais, made last month, “demonstrated that CargoBeamer fulfils all technical and operational requirements to... Read more ›
• 26 September 12 Aberdeen harbour plans port expansion Scotland’s Aberdeen Harbour Board has begun a study to evaluate the likelihood of extending the facilities at the port to meet its increasing operations. The board says that with trading links to more than... Read more ›
• 13 July 12 Marco Polo 2012 Call launched The European Commission published the Marco Polo 2012 call for proposals. Around 36 new projects will be financed with a budget of € 64.6m. The Marco Polo programme co-funds direct modal-shift, traffic avoidance projects,... Read more ›
• 18 May 12 Green Bridge on Nordic Corridor The Action is built around the equipment of two Roll on-Roll off (RoRo) ships with exhaust gas cleaning technologies in form of scrubbers on two and a catalyst on one ship. Therefore, the vessels... Read more ›
• 11 May 12 A new MoS project between Spain and UK The European Union will grant over €7 million to a project aimed at improving the Motorways of the Sea connections between the ports of Bilbao, Spain and Tilbury, United Kingdom. The project seeks to... Read more ›
• 09 May 12 TrainMoS TrainMoS aims at supporting and training the human element of Motorways of the Sea by defining the basis for a future EU virtual open MoS University and by pulling together local competences and knowledge... Read more ›
• 09 May 12 ADRIAMOS The Action aims at enhancing a viable, regular and reliable sea-based transport service integrated in the logistic chain along the Adriatic-Ionian transport corridor between the port of Venice and the Ionian Sea/West Greece port... Read more ›