1. To assist with tactical decisions for small to medium shippers/freight forwarders.
2. To provide strategic decision support for larger ship operators, large freight forwarding companies and ports.

TransPlan-IT – Tactical Decision Making
The goal of tactical decision making in TransPlan-IT is to select the transportation service that best fits requirements TransPlan-IT gives a user the ability to compute the D2D cost and times of an intermodal transport service and to compare it with alternative services. The system also facilitates the impact of cost increases such as fuel or regulatory changes.

TransPlan-IT – Strategic Decision Making
TransPlanIT’s strategic decision support is aimed at large ship operators, large freight forwarders and ports. Cumulative analysis using the tactical comparator can assist strategic decision making. Transport network planners and designers can use the system to augment a transportation network in the following ways:
-   Analyse existing networks and use the results to optimize them with minimal risks in both time and effort.
-   Explore the potential for new transport networks without the need for their actual implementation.
What arises from this is the improvement of services on offer to shippers and potential savings for the operator/freight forwarder. It can also serve to highlight inefficiencies in the network and areas for growth.

• 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.

EXTRACT FROM SEMINAR PROGRAMME:

The theme of this seminar will be transport. Transport is not only an important economic sector but also a sector of major social and environmental importance. As concerns over cross-cutting issues such as health, sustainable travel and energy consumption have emerged, so have the demands for data.

CSO is continually striving to remain relevant to data users by compiling data on emerging developments and trends.

The Business Statistics Seminar provides an ideal opportunity to hear about some of the new data holdings and reports being developed by CSO and learn about some ongoing research that is making use of CSO data.