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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] UITP [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Since 1885, the International Association of  Public Transport (UITP) has been the international network for public transport authorities and operators, policy decision makers, scientific institutes and the public transport supply and service industry. UITP is the global advocate of public transport and sustainable mobility, and the promoter of innovations in the sector and a platform for worldwide cooperation, business development and the sharing of know-how.   Although it is a worldwide association, thanks to its international organisation and relevant membership, UITP is recognised by the EU institutions as an association representative of the urban, suburban, and regional passenger public transport operators, organising authorities and industries. UITP is active in the three major pillars handled by the European Commission: Legislation, Standardisation and Research and Innovation.   Role in PIONEERS:   UITP will have a strong contribution in the facilitation of cross-cooperation activities between sister projects, facilitating community building. UITP will also participate in the definition of scenarios...

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European Inlandwaterwaytransport Platform

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] European Inlandwaterwaytransport Platform [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The joint platform “European IWT Platform” is coordinated by the two associations (EBU and ESO) and it will strengthen the industry by participating pro-actively in the decision-making processes related to the areas covered by IWT’s Committees. These committees are focusing on human capital, greening of the fleet, nautical technical aspects, safety and security, as well as digitalization/automation.   IWT encourages innovation with respect to the fleet’s technical progress leading to even more environmentally friendly vessels. In addition, Inland Navigation should become more respected and better integrated in Europe’s Transport System and should be at the forefront when it comes to preparing this system for 2030 and beyond. Therefore, by making the platform more effective and efficient with the help of disruptive innovation and digitalisation, IWT will play a major role in this evolution.   Role in PIONEERS:   IWT main involvement in the project will be the facilitation of cross-cooperation activities between sister projects,...

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ALICE

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] ALICE [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]ALICE is a non-for-profit industry led association based in Brussels with 160+ members reaching the full stakeholders’ groups within freight transport, logistics and supply chain. ALICE is the alliance of European leading companies and experts in implementing logistics and supply chain innovation and develops a comprehensive strategy for research, innovation and market deployment of logistics and supply chain management innovation in Europe. ALICE vision is to support an affordable logistics transition towards zero emissions.   Logistics, from global to urban, will evolve to an open system of systems, enabling assets and resources in logistics networks to be interconnected facilitating their use to the maximum capacity and productivity while increasing agility and resilience of supply chains. We call this the Physical Internet (PI). ALICE develops new concepts, manages knowledge generated in EU projects and initiatives, creating a framework of collaboration within its membership. ALICE influences European strategies and policies of governments, companies and...

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Maastricht University

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Maastricht University [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Maastricht University is the most international university in The Netherlands and the researchers at the UM work in multidisciplinary teams and close cooperation with international institutes and industry. However, besides the top-ranked educational programs, dedicated researchers who publish in top international journals, and an established PhD program, there is also an executive development department (UMIO) which collaborates with organisations to ‘valorise’ scientific knowledge and to co-create new insights.   The Brightlands Institute for Supply Chain Innovations (BISCI) develops smart and sustainable innovations in supply chain management. In addition, the institute trains the next generation of professionals who can contribute to supply chain innovation in the industry. BISCI derives its strength from closely collaborating with partners in the public, private and community sectors.   Role in PIONEERS:   Maastricht University will be mainly involved in three work packages. In WP2, UM will be involved in the integration of the Master Plan in the Strategic Planning Cycles...

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VDL Automated Vehicles

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] VDL Automated Vehicles [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]VDL Automated Vehicles is a business unit within VDL’s biggest system integration activity named VDL Steelweld Group. VDL Groep innovates through a combination of craftsmanship, entrepreneurship, and high-quality machinery. VDL cooperates in projects in which it creates AGVs that operate on a world class top level.    Role in PIONEERS:   VDL will have a strong presence in the Research & Development phase by offering advice to terminal operators on operations with electrical heavy duty AGVs. Moreover, the hardware of electrical AGV will have a drive-by-wire vehicle control architecture, which can be interfaced with automated software of partner AKKA, and it will be made available for further software development, and will be compliant with the EU.    VDL will also provide a framework for business case comparison between conventional container port shuttle costs and electrified automated container shuttles. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][qodef_button size="small" type="outline" target="_self" icon_pack="" font_weight="" text="Website" link="https://www.vdlautomatedvehicles.com/"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]JTNDc3R5bGUlM0UlMEEucW9kZWYtcG9ydGZvbGlvLXRpdGxlJTIwJTdCJTBBJTIwJTIwJTIwJTIwRElTUExBWSUzQSUyME5PTkUlMjAlMjFpbXBvcnRhbnQlM0IlMEElN0QlMEEuc21hbGwtc2xpZGVyLnFvZGVmLXBvcnRmb2xpby1zaW5nbGUtaG9sZGVyJTIwJTdCJTBBJTIwJTIwJTIwJTIwTUFSR0lOLVRPUCUzQSUyMDEwMFBYJTIwJTIxaW1wb3J0YW50JTNCJTBBJTdEJTBBJTNDJTJGc3R5bGUlM0U=[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

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Vito

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vito [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]VITO is a leading European independent research and consultancy centre in the areas of cleantech and sustainable development, elaborating solutions for the large societal challenges of today. VITO focuses on five different research programmes: sustainable chemistry, energy, health, materials management, and land use. VITO provides innovative and high-quality solutions, to enable large and small companies to gain a competitive advantage and advises industry and governments on determining their policy for the future.    Role in PIONEERS:   VITO will contribute to the transition towards a sustainable use of materials by developing and implementing science-based knowledge and know-how. The main tasks in the project are the validation, optimisation, and upscaling of processes to recover construction sand suited for concrete production from excavated soils resulting from large infrastructure works, as well as the assessment of the use of local resources on concrete performance, durability, and life cycle impact. Moreover, VITO will also contribute to the stakeholder...

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Lineas

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Lineas [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Lineas is the largest private rail freight operator in Europe offering premium rail products and total door-to-door logistics solutions. Its mission is to offer such superior rail products and services that customers shift the transport of their goods from road to rail. This allows them to improve their supply chain while decreasing their impact on mobility, climate, and air pollution.   Role in PIONEERS:   Apart from providing general strategic positions on the future developments in Green Ports and how they can be organised, Lineas will be specifically active on modal shift applications and how the use of multisource data can be integrated to trigger modal shift, a shift which is necessary to build a more balanced logistics landscape.   To build these applications, Lineas will have a strong presence in defining and developing governance models between different stakeholders and will facilitate demonstrators by using its current production operations.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][qodef_button size="small" type="outline" target="_self" icon_pack="" font_weight="" text="Website" link="https://lineas.net/"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]JTNDc3R5bGUlM0UlMEEucW9kZWYtcG9ydGZvbGlvLXRpdGxlJTIwJTdCJTBBJTIwJTIwJTIwJTIwRElTUExBWSUzQSUyME5PTkUlMjAlMjFpbXBvcnRhbnQlM0IlMEElN0QlMEEuc21hbGwtc2xpZGVyLnFvZGVmLXBvcnRmb2xpby1zaW5nbGUtaG9sZGVyJTIwJTdCJTBBJTIwJTIwJTIwJTIwTUFSR0lOLVRPUCUzQSUyMDEwMFBYJTIwJTIxaW1wb3J0YW50JTNCJTBBJTdEJTBBJTNDJTJGc3R5bGUlM0U=[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

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AUTOMÒBIL CLUB ASSISTÈNCIA

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] AUTOMÒBIL CLUB ASSISTÈNCIA [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Automòbil Club Assistència, S.A. (ACASA) is a company from the Reial Automòbil Club de Catalunya (RACC) group, a non-profit organisation dealing with the promotion of motor sports, the provision of services to its members as well as the advice, information, protection, and advocacy of end users’ interests. Its main focus is related to the improvement of road safety, sustainable mobility, and environmental protection.   RACC is an end-user company with a long experience conducting and evaluating the results considering different aspects like acceptance and end-user experience together with other mobility related topics, which aims to contribute to the correlation of automation to MaaS.   Role in PIONEERS:   RACC-ACASA will contribute to the development of tools for Multimodal access of end users to the port by using a MaaS Aggregator Platform in the Port of Barcelona, in order to enhance multimodality and lower dependency of individual motorised traffic.    The aim is to investigate what are...

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MEDREPAIR

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] MEDREPAIR [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As a world leader in container shipping, Medrepair acts as the major container repair depot in Europe and guides empty loadings as Antwerp is a main hub for Europe. Present in 155 countries, the MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company facilitates international trade between the world’s major economies, and among emerging markets across all continents.   Responding to the needs of our customers, MSC is a major driving force behind the evolution of smart containers in our industry, helping to set the standards for digital shipping. Over the years, MSC has diversified its activities to include overland transportation, logistics and a growing portfolio of port terminal investments.    Role in PIONEERS:   Medrepair’s main goal is related to the implementation of a green label on the transportation between Medrepair and MPEt, through the testing of an automated container shuttle, in cooperation with VDL, AKKA and Port of Antwerp.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][qodef_button size="small" type="outline" target="_self" icon_pack="" font_weight="" text="Website" link="https://www.msc.com/?lang=en-gb&local=false"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]JTNDc3R5bGUlM0UlMEEucW9kZWYtcG9ydGZvbGlvLXRpdGxlJTIwJTdCJTBBJTIwJTIwJTIwJTIwRElTUExBWSUzQSUyME5PTkUlMjAlMjFpbXBvcnRhbnQlM0IlMEElN0QlMEEuc21hbGwtc2xpZGVyLnFvZGVmLXBvcnRmb2xpby1zaW5nbGUtaG9sZGVyJTIwJTdCJTBBJTIwJTIwJTIwJTIwTUFSR0lOLVRPUCUzQSUyMDEwMFBYJTIwJTIxaW1wb3J0YW50JTNCJTBBJTdEJTBBJTNDJTJGc3R5bGUlM0U=[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

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FLEMISH DEPARTMENTS OF MOBILITY AND PUBLIC WORKS AND OF ENVIRONMENT

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] FLEMISH DEPARTMENTS OF MOBILITY AND PUBLIC WORKS AND OF ENVIRONMENT [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Flemish Department of Mobility and Public Works (DMOW) is responsible for creating a long-term vision on sustainable mobility in the Flemish region, for monitoring and implementing the regional mobility policy. It supports the policy of the Flemish minister responsible for mobility and public works and supports the management and exploitation of the Flemish transport and port infrastructure.    The Flemish Department of Mobility and Public Works plays a coordinating role in following-up the European transport policy. Moreover, it is responsible for both the legislation concerning spatial planning and environmental themes such as air quality, noise pollution, climate change and air emissions. The department focuses on transitioning space and environment towards a more sustainable future. Therefore, it plays an active role in (amongst others) large scale economic and mobility planning processes.    Role in PIONEERS:   The Flemish Departments of Mobility and Public Works and of Environment...

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