AUTOBarge - European training and research network on Autonomous Barges for Smart Inland Shipping
Forskningsprojekt, 2021
– 2025
According to the European Commission, passenger transport is projected to increase 42% by 2050, and freight transport up to 60%. Needless to say, this puts an enormous burden on transport networks and our environment. Compared to other modes of transport – which often face congestion and capacity problems – inland waterway transport is characterised by reliability, energy efficiency and a capacity for increased use. More than 37,000 km of waterways connect hundreds of cities and industrial regions in Europe. In the EU, 13 countries share an interconnected waterway network, highlighting the potential for increasing the modal share of inland waterway transport. This will not happen unless we can make inland waterways economically competitive. However, with crew costs accounting for 60% of the total cost, autonomous inland vessels represent an exciting disruptive technology.
AUTOBarge is about seizing an opportunity. Europe’s waterways are a vital resource that we have underused for most of the last century. Now, with the possibility for mass autonomous shipping, these canals and rivers offer a network that we can exploit without damaging the environment to the extent of new roads and aircraft runways. But to be able to do this we need new people with new skills. These innovators must be experts in remote control, monitoring, smart logistics, regulatory aspects, and many more areas associated with the complexity of inland shipping.
Deltagare
Jonas Ringsberg (kontakt)
Chalmers, Mekanik och maritima vetenskaper, Marin teknik
Yuhan Chen
Chalmers, Mekanik och maritima vetenskaper, Marin teknik
Scott Mackinnon
Chalmers, Mekanik och maritima vetenskaper, Maritima studier
Wengang Mao
Chalmers, Mekanik och maritima vetenskaper, Marin teknik
Rana Saha
Chalmers, Mekanik och maritima vetenskaper, Maritima studier
Chengqian Zhang
Chalmers, Mekanik och maritima vetenskaper, Marin teknik
Samarbetspartners
INSTITUT DU DROIT INTERNATIONAL DES TRANSPORTS (IDIT),
Rouen, France
KU Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Kongsberg Maritime
Kongsberg, Norway
Nord universitet
Bodö, Norway
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Trondheim, Norway
PERISKAL
Wustwezel, Belgium
TU Delft
Delft, Netherlands
Universiteit Antwerpen
Antwerpen, Belgium
Universität Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Finansiering
Europeiska kommissionen (EU)
Projekt-id: EC/H2020/955768
Finansierar Chalmers deltagande under 2021–2025
Relaterade styrkeområden och infrastruktur
Hållbar utveckling
Drivkrafter
Transport
Styrkeområden
Innovation och entreprenörskap
Drivkrafter
Chalmers maritima simulatorer
Infrastruktur