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Feasibility of New RoRo / RoPax Services between Ireland and Continental Europe

James Kehoe — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:02:21 +0000

This 2007 study, on the feasibility of new direct RoRo services between Ireland and Continental Europe, is carried out against a backdrop of thriving ferry and trucking services via the British Land Bridge. Since the Act of Union with Britain in 1801, trade between Ireland and Britain has flourished, to the extent that much of Ireland’s trade with the rest of the world was streamed through Britain. Even today, Britain remains a strong distribution centre for Ireland and the Land Bridge services complement this distribution
network.

MARPOL Annex VI’s Impact on the Competitiveness of SSS

James Kehoe — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:31:30 +0000

Overall Project Objective:

Determine impact of MARPOL Annex VI on the relative competitiveness between SSS and road haulage.

Project Sub Objectives:

Assess the impact of MARPOL Annex VI through the modelling of selected services in the Baltic and North Sea ECA (Emissions Control Area).
Determine the cost impact of utilising sulphur emissions abatement technologies (scrubbers).
Determine the cost impact of the Eurovignette Directive, incorporating EURO VI standards.

PROPS Workshop to be held in Turku on 16th June 2010

James Kehoe — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:15:07 +0000

PROPS Marketing Workshop to be held in Turku on the 16th of June 2010 on issues affecting short sea shipping in the Baltic Sea.

PROPS Riga Breakout Session Report

Gráinne Lynch — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:06:23 +0000

The purpose of the Breakout Session was to examine a number of important themes for the advancement

of Short Sea Shipping (SSS) and intermodality. Each theme was headed-up by a Facilitator who prepared

and circulated a discussion paper in advance of the Breakout Session. Each theme was assigned a

Rapporteur to capture the key points raised during the theme discussion.

The Breakout Session was chaired by Prof Stratos Papadimitriou, the Co-ordinator of the PROPS project

from the University of Piraeus Research Centre. The themes, facilitators and rapporteurs were:

Ref Theme Facilitator Rapporteur

1 Training of Maritime, Logistics and Ports personnel

for efficient intermodal transport; the benefits of

training; innovative programmes.

John Moore,

Dublin Port Company

James Kehoe,

Nautical

Enterprise

2 Networking strategies in Intermodal transport;

potential role of SPCs.

Dr. Takis

Katsoulakos,

Inlecom

Gráinne Lynch,

Nautical

Enterprise

3 Factors favouring SSS & Intermodal transport;

suggestions as to how each favourable factor may

be promoted; benefits & targets

Gerry Trant,

Nautical Enterprise

Dominic Jarvis,

CETLE

4 The environmental benefits of SSS & Intermodal

transport; means of capitalising on the benefits and

how these might be promoted.

Dr Catrin Lammgard,

University of

Göteborg

Mary Liddane

Nautical

Enterprise

5 Marketing SSS & Intermodal transport,

incorporating training, networking, economic and

environmental considerations.

The purpose of the Breakout Session was to examine a number of important themes for the advancement of Short Sea Shipping (SSS) and intermodality. Each theme was headed-up by a Facilitator who prepared and circulated a discussion paper in advance of the Breakout Session. The Breakout Session was chaired by Prof Stratos Papadimitriou, the Co-ordinator of the PROPS project from the University of Piraeus Research Centre. The themes and facilitators were:

- Training of Maritime, Logistics and Ports personnel for efficient intermodal transport; the benefits of training; innovative programmes - John Moore, Dublin Port Company

- Networking strategies in Intermodal transport; potential role of SPCs - Dr. Takis Katsoulakos, Inlecom

- Factors favouring SSS & Intermodal transport; suggestions as to how each favourable factor may be promoted; benefits & targets - Gerry Trant, Nautical Enterprise

- The environmental benefits of SSS & Intermodal transport; means of capitalising on the benefits and how these might be promoted - Dr Catrin Lammgard, University of Göteborg

- Marketing SSS & Intermodal transport, incorporating training, networking, economic and environmental considerations - Neil Cameron, Bell Pottinger Group

SKEMA Riga Workshop Report

Gráinne Lynch — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:05:30 +0000

The SKEMA Workshop “Accelerated Implementation of EU Maritime Transport Policy” was held in Riga,

Latvia on 11th June 2009. The workshop was organised by Nautical Enterprise (NECL) and was hosted by

the Maritime Administration of Latvia (MAL).

71 people with various maritime transport & logistics interests and from 18 European states attended the

workshop. Their details are given in the last pages of this report.

The three themes for the workshop were:

1. Optimization of maritime transport information management and the EU e-maritime initiative.

2. Building a Knowledge Platform to support accelerated implementation of EU policies on maritime

and port operations.

3. Short Sea Shipping developments and promotional activities

The SKEMA Workshop “Accelerated Implementation of EU Maritime Transport Policy” was held in Riga, Latvia on 11th June 2009. The workshop was organised by Nautical Enterprise (NECL) and was hosted by the Maritime Administration of Latvia (MAL).

71 people with various maritime transport & logistics interests and from 18 European states attended the workshop. Their details are given in the last pages of this report. The three themes for the workshop were:

1. Optimization of maritime transport information management and the EU e-maritime initiative.

2. Building a Knowledge Platform to support accelerated implementation of EU policies on maritime and port operations.

3. Short Sea Shipping developments and promotional activities