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217G CCP21 CONNECTING CITIZEN PORTS 21
Project priority: Connectivity
Strategic Initiatives: unspecified
Start date: 25-09-2009
End date: 30-06-2014
Website: unspecified
ERDF Grant: 3,911,094.02
Total eligible cost: 8,254,888.36
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Lead Partner contact person
Name: Anthony Callens
Organisation: Haven van Brussel / Port de Bruxelles
Address: Redersplein 6 1000 Brussels ,
Tel: 0032/24.20.67.00
Email: acallens@haven.irisnet.be
Country: Belgium
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Project partners
1. Haven van Brussel / Port de Bruxelles [BE]
2. Ports de Lille [FR]
3. Port autonome de Paris [FR]
4. Port autonome de Liège [BE]
5. Provincie Utrecht [NL]
6. Schweizerische Rheinhäfen [CH]
7. Rheinports Basel-Mulhouse-Weil [DE]
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Summary description
Connecting Citizen Ports 21 brings together 7 major inland ports and intends to promote connectivity and sustainable transport by optimising the organisation of freight logistics and sustainable spatial development of inland ports in NWE.
Water transport is the most sustainable, reliable and safe means of transport for freight. CCP21 wants to contribute to more sustainable transport by optimising the organisation of freight logistics and strengthening the position of inland ports. Inland ports are the nodes in the transport chain, where freight and passengers are being transferred and economic added value is realised. Strengthening and enlarging the capacity of the nodes, will enlarge the efficient use of the existing network. NWE's dense and well developed network of inland waterways has a large unused potential because the capacity and use of inland ports is limited.
The location of inland ports in cities offers opportunities for new logistic and spatial concepts,
such as city distribution, regional container shipment and multipurpose land use. Nevertheless, inland ports are under pressure. Connecting them to the EU waterways network and competing in the global logistic market demands increase of scale of ports. Secondly inland ports receive fierce competition from other urban functions for the limited space available at the waterside. Cities and citizens are not aware (anymore) of the presence and role of their inland port.
To achieve smart growth the CCP21-partners work together on optimising inland ports as nodal points to be an integrated part of the EU transport chains and to be sustainable and physically integrated in the urban fabric. This integral approach is represented by the 4 objectives:
1.Increase the awareness and acceptability of inland ports
2.Promote cohabitation through innovative multipurpose land use
3.Optimise the organisation of freight logistics
4.Promote sustainable city distribution
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Detailed description
Partners are cooperating in 1)developing & implementing cooperative port growth strategies; 2) joint solutions for shared and common challenges 3) numerous common local projects and interests with transnational relevance.
In each WP a ‘cockpit team' plays a vital role in the transnational learning process and makes sure the transnational added value is realised.
These teams: Are led and facilitated by the WP leaders; Consists of partners and experts; Brings together expertise and experience from different stakeholders ; Prepares and executes the actions; makes a action plan; Translates transnational learning goals into concrete (SMART formulated) output; Delivers input for the elaboration / execution of the investments; Supervises the implementation of the (key) actions; Organises dissemination of results of the actions and investments by publications, visits and workshops; Evaluates the investments en brings forward the results; Undertakes other activities the team
think are necessary to realise the project and transnational learning objectives.
The cockpit teams manages the work packages, one partner is responsible each work package. Three to four times a year, the cockpit teams come together to share their results, work together and create synergy.
Each investment has an obvious link with one or more actions (including the cockpit teams) where the Cp Team will: a)deliver input for the preparation of the investment from his own expertise and questions; b)participates in the execution of the investment; c)learn from the conclusions and evaluation of the investment relevant for this own practice.
Part of the project is also a staff exchange programme (2 exchanges per WP). The exchanges allow staff members to discuss and work together on specific topics in depth. F.e. Lille might visit Utrecht for the successful policy supporting city distribution, Utrecht visits Lille to learn on the environmental measures.
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Objectives description
CCP21 wants to contribute to more sustainable transport by OPTIMISING THE ORGANISATION OF FREIGHT LOGISTICS and SUSTAINABLE SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT OF PORTS in NWE.
The CCP21partners argue that inland ports need to grow in size and scale to connect them to the TEN. They work together in optimising inland ports as nodal points to be an integrated part of the transport chains. This is represented in the following 4 objectives:
1.Increase the awareness and acceptability of inland ports
2.Promote cohabitation through innovative multipurpose land use
3.Optimise the organisation freight logistics
4.Promote sustainable city distribution
Basis for connected inland ports is awareness among local and regional authorities and citizens on the presence of their inland port as a positive asset and also the awareness among nland ports on their impact on the city in terms of land use, noise and pollution and developing measures to reduce this. Connectivity will be improved by
allowing ports to grow in size and scale. First step is promoting awareness and acceptance of inland ports as a positive asset. Next step is growth in size by promoting cohabitation, combining people and freight in land ports. 3rd step is growth in scale by optimising freight logistics in cooperative systems. 3th step is the creation of new markets by implementing city distribution also strengthening the relation between port & city and increasing the economic and environmental performance.
Connecting Citizen Ports 21 is about:
*improving Connectivity: connecting ports to the inland waterways network, able to process more freight and passengers
*Connecting the port to the city/citizens and vice versa: cohabitation via improved spatial, economic and social relations; integration of the port in the urban fabric
*Connecting ports to each other: for optimised logistic organisation, a new step in the development of inland ports.
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Activities description
1 Awareness and acceptability
A1:Joint integrated long term vision for urban ports in the 21th century, a pilot elaboration for Brussels
Development of a innovative positive awareness&acceptability strategy for inland ports and a pilot investment in Liege
A2:Joint ICT instrument to communicate and visualise the environmental and economic impact of inland ports
2 People and freight
A3:Development of transnational standards for cost-benefit analysis and quay facilities for sustainability
A4:Multipurpose land use: a transnational study combining people & freight including a (transferable) feasibility study for combined passenger and pallet transhipment. Transnationally developed, implemented and evaluated examples of innovative multipurpose land use and cohabitation: combining passenger and pallet transhipment in Brussels and a time sharing concept in Paris' urban ports.
3 Optimised organization of logistics
A5:A business concept will be developed for cooperative organisation of freight logistics, and elaborated for Utrecht
A6:A transferable ICTapplication will be developed for a short distance container shuttle and implemented in Rheinports
4 Sustainable city distribution through inland ports
A7:Study on innovative and effective measures to support the introduction of city distribution, including a visualisation tool
A8:transnational development and evaluation of a Multimodal Urban Distribution Centre, to be implemented in Lille, including a logistic concept, track&trace system.
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Innovation
What makes this project innovative is the integrated approach on inland navigation and territorial development. This integrated approach is necessary to allow inland ports to grow in scale & size in order to improve connectivity. CCP21 involves the cities, the citizens, customers, carriers and the inland ports. This integrated process also makes CCP21 innovative.
The project looks for new solutions for smart sustainable growth (facilitating the growth of the economy without the proportional pressure on the environment) of inland ports, f.e. by combining people and freight, a positive citizen acceptability strategy, and city distribution trough inland ports. CCP21 implements new logistic solutions like self-unloading vessels for new applications in inland ports, enlarging both the environmental and economic performance of the inland ports. In CCP21 innovative logistics concepts such as short distance container transport pallet transport, city distribution
and regional container shuttles are being further developed and implemented. In CCP21 successful implementation of these innovative concepts is the central challenge, this asks for innovative applications such as tracking&tracing systems, innovative business models for port cooperation and innovative tools to visualise the economic and environmental benefits of inland ports. Next to this, also innovative solutions are chosen in order to make port development truly sustainable, such as CO2 neutral city distribution, innovative solutions for the toplayer of platforms, to reduce environmental impact and noise.
Cooperation between ports, also involving seaport, allowing them to enlarge their operating scale, is an innovative strategy for inland ports to create economies of scope and thus offering a more comprehensive package of services to IWT (and seaport) clients. In CCP21 several ways (business concepts) aimed at this cooperation are being explored.
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Project specifics
CCP21 want to cooperate on: 1)Increasing awareness and acceptability
Inland ports are typical urban ports, however, cities and citizens are not aware of the presence of their inland port, or only notice negative aspects. Partners aim at mentally and physically (re-)connecting ports and cities by a) raising awareness among authorities and citizens on the presence of a port as a positive asset, b) raising awareness among ports to realise a proactive approach for environmental benefits, c) developing a long term vision for the sustainable development of inland ports which are of added value for citizens.2)People and freight
Only sustainable cohabitation legitimizes the development of inland ports in the urban context of the 21th century. The partners will cooperate on a) making transnational used standard for a cost-benefit analysis, b) development of EU standards for environmental measures and c) developing and
testing a minimum of 2 solutions for combining people and freight through innovative multipurpose land use.
3)Optimise organisation of freight logistics
An optimal organisation of logistics is efficient, limits environmental impact and enhances economic performance by allowing growth in scale and realising connectivity. CCP21-partners will: a) create a business concept for a cooperative organisation of freight logistics, b) implement this and c) facilitate a cooperative organisation of freight logistics by developing an ICT instrument.
4)Sustainable city distribution through inland ports
City distribution improves the competitiveness of inland ports and at the same time improves air quality, safety, living and working conditions in the city centres. The partners will cooperate on: a) analysing and identifying additional measures that make city distribution a success, b) developing and testing a sustainable multimodal city distribution centre
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Other EU projects involvement
CCP21 capitalises the results of DIPCITY (IIIB): it and takes the innovative ideas from DIPCITY 2 steps further: 1) into realisation and 2) into successful implementation in the city. F.e. strategic cooperation between inland ports: in DIPCITY partners discussed this, in CCP21 an instrument is build, implemented and evaluated for joint management of 3 inland ports. CCP21 brings in another dimension: next to transnational cooperation on common themes, CCP21 also aims for transnational cooperation between ports to support the scaling up process to improve connectivity.
Furthermore, CCP21 relates to the results of several EU-projects and initiatives. WATERTRUCK (IVB) and INLANAV (IIIB) focus on innovative concepts like inland navigation on small waterways and the 2nd generation ECSWA-barges. CCP21 supports them by facilitating investments in the port area and incorporating them in the development of a long term, efficient and sustainable network of inland ports.
CCP21 also supports the WEASTflows proposal, aiming at a corridor for sust. freight flows. The CCP21 project is complementary to this project, since it focus at conditions in the inland ports to create long-distance corridors connecting with seaports.
CCP21 contributes to enlarging the IWT share in freight transport, which is a crucial part of the EU policy goals for cleaner, efficient and cheap transport and the TEN-Tprogramme. Several FP-projects are initiated to stimulate this, e.g. NAIADES/PLATINA and CIVITAS. CCP21 uses the results of these initiatives in the actions and investments. E.g.in Lille the city distribution concept will use the results of CIVITAS and brings them into reality in the existing city. CCP21 liaise closely with networks like EFIP, INE, ECOports, AIVP and ESPO. EFIP is an official observer, they are actively involved in the elaboration and implementation of several actions. The other networks will be invited, the partners will maintain warm relations.
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Previous EU projects involvement
CCP21 capitalises the results of DIPCITY (IIIB): it and takes the innovative ideas from DIPCITY 2 steps further: 1) into realisation and 2) into successful implementation in the city. F.e. strategic cooperation between inland ports: in DIPCITY partners discussed this, in CCP21 an instrument is build, implemented and evaluated for joint management of 3 inland ports. CCP21 brings in another dimension: next to transnational cooperation on common themes, CCP21 also aims for transnational cooperation between ports to support the scaling up process to improve connectivity.
Furthermore, CCP21 relates to the results of several EU-projects and initiatives. WATERTRUCK (IVB) and INLANAV (IIIB) focus on innovative concepts like inland navigation on small waterways and the 2nd generation ECSWA-barges. CCP21 supports them by facilitating investments in the port area and incorporating them in the development of a long term, efficient and sustainable network of inland ports.
CCP21 also supports the WEASTflows proposal, aiming at a corridor for sust. freight flows. The CCP21 project is complementary to this project, since it focus at conditions in the inland ports to create long-distance corridors connecting with seaports.
CCP21 contributes to enlarging the IWT share in freight transport, which is a crucial part of the EU policy goals for cleaner, efficient and cheap transport and the TEN-Tprogramme. Several FP-projects are initiated to stimulate this, e.g. NAIADES/PLATINA and CIVITAS. CCP21 uses the results of these initiatives in the actions and investments. E.g.in Lille the city distribution concept will use the results of CIVITAS and brings them into reality in the existing city. CCP21 liaise closely with networks like EFIP, INE, ECOports, AIVP and ESPO. EFIP is an official observer, they are actively involved in the elaboration and implementation of several actions. The other networks will be invited, the partners will maintain warm relations.
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