On 4th March 2021, Prof. Bernd Noche presented ST4W project during Innocam Forum live conference. This conference was organized by Innocam NRW, the competence network for automated and connected mobility, which is funded by the Ministry of Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. Read More
New FlexiMalle concept designed by SOGESTRAN Group teams. It allows to carry frames made of beechwood from Normandy. The vehicle, dedicated to multimodal transport, is light and hard-wearing. Inland waterway transport reinforces Normandy's wood industry in the field of construction, where frames are generally imported. The community of the ports of the Seine Axis (Seine Port Union) made this possible. This project was supported by François Philizot, interdepartmental delegate for the development of the Seine Valley, with the help of CPIER. So the Île-de-France is easier to reach and ongoing building sites can be supplied. Read More
Despite the health crisis, the overall traffic of the port of Brussels for 2020 shows a slight increase of 0.3% to 6.65 million tonnes. The best annual results were achieved by waterborne pallet traffic, which increased by 33% compared to 2019. The good level of activity in pallets and containers is encouraging and shows that the port's efforts to diversify traffic is paying off. Read More
The ‘Shipping, Technics, Logistics’ trade fair in Kalkar, Germany took place with fewer visitors than normal, due to the huge effects and impacts from the ongoing corona pandemic. The trade fair in Kalkar is the only fair for inland shipping in Germany. Mr. Hendrik Schulte, state secretary in the ministry of transport of North Rhine-Westphalia, officially opened the fair on September 29th at 11 am. The main topics in Kalkar fair this year were shipyards, freight, passenger shipping, ports and installation technology with focus on the environment and skills shortage topics like previous years. Beside the exhibiting companies some accompanying programs with different speakers was also offered to visitors. On Wednesday 29th September, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Noche from the University of Duisburg-Essen presented the SmartTrack4Waterway project to the audience and answered all the questions. He ended the presentation by stressing the importance to find pilot companies in Germany. Interested groups are welcome to attend an interview. Read More
Inlecom and ST4W were present at the Great River Cities and Covid-19, Responses, Resilience and Re-Imagination event organised by the Port of London Authority hosted by Prof. Greg Clark CBE, who shared fresh insights assembled from other river cities around the world, their responses to the pandemic and the trends underlying them. Inlecom participated in the discussion and posed the question to the panel asking “what initiatives are in place to encourage the use of inland waterways for the movement of freight? Bulks is often transported but there is a gap for transporting palletised goods to inner cities taking freight off road and on to water. The panelist saw the opportunities for last mile delivery accompanies by electric bikes. Read More
Bulk construction materials are often transported by waterway, but this is less common for pallets. Shipit is the owner of MS Oorderdam, a large vessel (up to 1 700 tons payload), capable of loading pallets thanks to its on-board crane. In collaboration with his client Knauf, they successfully tested the identification tools deployed as part of the ST4W project, paving the way for end-to-end visibility on the logistics chain. So, on 9th March 2020, MS Oorderdam carried 1,200 pallets of “MP 75” plaster bags from the Knauf factory in Engis (near Liège in Belgium) to the Shipit warehouse located in the port of Brussels. By avoiding the journey of 50 trucks, this promising performance shows that the congestion of dense urban areas can be solved. Read More
ST4W was represented LOGISTICS & DISTRIBUTION Trade Fair in Dortmund, a trade fair in the field of intralogistics and material flow, which was held on 12-13 February 2020. ST4W was represented by the University of Duisburg-Essen, a partner of the project. Read More
Last Wednesday 12th of February 2020, the Pallet Shuttle Barge ZULU carried 196 pallets of construction materials from ROOSENS BETON (Seneffe) to GOBERT MATERIAUX (Anderlecht), for a total weight of 300 tons, the equivalent of 10 trucks. This modal transfer not only saved 3 tons of CO2, but it also saved time during loading and unloading operations. Johnny Zschau (Roosens Beton) specifies: "the loading and unloading time was 100 tons per hour". A promising performance tackling bottleneck issues and rush hour queues at warehouse and store docks of involved partners. The identification tools deployed as part of the ST4W project have been successfully tested. This data exchange will enable a closer cooperation between waterway actors and their supply chain partners. Read More
Universität Duisburg-Essen (Uni DUE) will present ST4W Project on the LOGISTICS & DISTRIBUTION Trade Fair in Dortmund that is going to be held from 12 to 13 Feb 2020. We kindly invite you to visit the fair and our stand. About the Trade Fair: In the Logistics & Distribution trade fair in Dortmund numerous exhibitors, including established companies, scientists and experts present themselves and show the latest findings, intelligent solutions and product innovations in logistics and communication technologies. The entire value chain of the industry is shown here. The exhibition areas of the fair in Dortmund include intralogistics and material flow (storage solutions, conveyor technology, order picking and sorting systems, industrial trucks, ramps, gates and loading systems, IT infrastructure and software), distribution (storage and logistics services, parcel services, order tracking, tour management) and E-logistics (supply chain solutions, cloud logistics, communication and identification technology, big data, IoT, e-commerce software). The trade fair once again offers an excellent business platform for exhibitors and trade visitors. A carefully prepared supporting program offers visitors to Logistics & Distribution in Dortmund interesting facts from science and research. The latest topics in the industry are presented on a lecture stage and as part of guided tours. Location: Messe Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany Dates: 12 to 13 Feb 2020 Messe Languages: Speaker´s presentations are in German. Discussions at stands possible upon language-knowledge of members at each stand. Last Year Visitors: Around 3.000 Read More
Blue Line Logistics Zulu 03 moored at the Champs-Élysées port in Paris on February 11, 2020, for a demonstration of the Pallet Shuttle Barge, dedicated to urban river logistics operations: pallets, big bags, small swap bodies… the Zulu 03 can ship all kinds of packaged goods. For more information, please read the article of February 18th on the website of NPI Magazine (in French): “un Zulu à Paris”. Read More
