PROPS

Project Duration

2008 - 2011

Relevant Links

Project website: www.props-sss.eu
Knowledge Base: www.props-sss.eu/propsknowledge

Project Description
The PROPS Coordination Action builds on previous EU and national activities undertaken to promote and develop short sea shipping individually and as part of multi modal logistic chains. The goal is increased use of short sea shipping, leading to modal shift from long-haul road freight to sea supporting the sustainable development of European transport.

Nautical Enterprise’s responsibilities in the Project
The role of Nautical Enterprise Centre Ltd. in PROPS is to provide support in the Analysis of SSS Promotion Requirements, in the preparation of Strategic Supports for SSS Services and Intermodality, in the development of SSS networking support services , in the implementation of the case studies and in the organisation of the stakeholder engagement workshops.

Co-operative Organisations Country Website
University of Turku/Turun Yliopisto Finland U.Turku
London Metropolitan University (Global Policy Institute) UK GPI
International Business Group Ltd. (Shortsea Promotion Centre Bulgaria) Bulgaria SPCB
Port Authority of Gijon Spain PAG
INLECOM Systems UK ILS
NORSK MARINTEKNISK FORSKNINGSINSTITUTT AS Norway MARINTEK
Bell-Pottinger UK BPG
TIS.pt CONSULTORES EM TRANSPORTES, INOVACAO E SISTEMAS, SA Portugal TIS.pt
University of Piraeus Research centre Greece UPRC
K-NET S.A. Greece K-NET
Elsag Datamat S.p.A. Italy ED
Senator fur Wirtschaft und Haefen, Bundesland Bremen Germany LB
Compania Trasmediterranea S.A Spain AT
Irish Exporters Association Ireland IEA

Latest Updates for PROPS

Appraisal of the Irish Economy 2010

14 July, 2010 - Posted by Gráinne Lynch

In the first half of the decade 2000 – 2010 the Irish economy grew at an annual average rate of 5.4%. The Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI) produced their ‘Middle Term Review 2005 – 2012’ in December 2005 in which they made predictions for the Irish economy out to 2012. These predictions, for the most part, were positive. Circumstances, however, changed in the second half of the decade and things went terribly wrong, with the foundations for much of the economic disaster being laid in the first half of the decade.

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PROPS Riga Breakout Session Report

15 July, 2009 - Posted by Gráinne Lynch

PROPS Riga Breakout Session Report

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Joint SKEMA / PROPS Riga Workshop

30 June, 2009 - Posted by Gráinne Lynch

The joint SKEMA and PROPS workshop be hosted by the Maritime Administration of Latvia in Riga on Thursday 11th June 2009 in the Radisson SAS Hotel, Riga, Latvia.

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