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Marco Polo Project XPOSSE

Nov 25, 2011   //   by Walter   //   Senza categoria  //  No Comments

Ports are becoming more and more knowledge based environments which need tailor-made and innovative education and training actions in order to support the sustainable development of intermodality and hence the seamless integration between the ‘sea/port’ side and the ‘land’ side throught ‘greener’ alternatives than road, such as rail and river.
XPOSSE project will address and offer solutions, ideas and business proposals through training and understanding and throught new educational concepts and approaches for interoperability specifically addressed to port officers and members of the port community (users, forwarders, etc.) at middle-management positions.

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Latest results on South East Europe

Nov 25, 2011   //   by admin   //   Senza categoria  //  No Comments

Article on Cost Comparisons across Intermodal Routes. Included in latest edition 2011-2012 of Intermodal Yearbook by EIA (European Intermodal Association). Author: W. Vassallo

The article includes latest research and results in South East Europe, area of fundamental importance for the traffic to and from the Far East, the Black Sea, Africa and Central Europe. The article, which summarises the outomes of a recently successfully completed European project, includes analysis of various intermodal O/D routes and modal options in terms of cost, time, and environmental impacts. The study also includes a comparison between the Port of Genoa and Port of Venice as a nodal point for a route with origin in Port Said and destination in Central Europe (Monaco).

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