KS1006 INFUTURE

INFUTURE - Future Potential for Inland Waterways

The starting point for the INFUTURE project was the low utilisation of inland waterway (IWW) transport between neighbouring regions in relation to its potential. INFUTURE solution proposal was to attract related businesses by offering new knowledge based innovations about environmentally friendly, cost-effective and sustainable inland waterway transportation.

Intelligent AtoN’s were seen as a potential tool when planning arrangements to prolong the navigation period in inland fairways and canal routes. Even in rough and dark weather conditions these AtoN’s work properly and increase safety to inland waterways. The project was to deliver new innovations and best practices, and this includes a new Transhipment hub concept, new Inland Waterway Vessel Concepts and new tested innovations related to smart fairway technologies. New Transhipment Hub concept was proposed for transloading and warehousing or giving additional value for the cargoes going/coming from the inland waterways system to sea shipping. Based on the analysis done of the future cargoes along the inland waterways, analyses for the new ship type to fulfil the future transportation needs was done. As a result, five ship concepts for inland waterway transport were produced.

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