EUREKA PROJECT > 3065 INCOWATRANS
POLAND
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY INLAND AND COASTAL SHIPS FOR POLISH EAST-WEST WATERWAYS
STUDY OF THE TECHNICAL CONDITIONS OF POLISH INLAND AND COASTAL WATERWAYS AND ITS MODERNISATION PERSPECTIVES, ECONOMICAL ANALYSIS OF TRANSPORT CONDITIONS AND NEEDS. DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY INLAND WATERWAY AND COASTAL SHIPS.
Status > FINISHED - 16-Mar-2012 Technological Area Market Area Start Date > 30-Apr-2003 Duration > 43 Months Participating countries > POLAND, ESTONIA, GERMANY | Main contactTECH.UNIV.GDANSK / FACULTY OCEAN ENGINEERING AND SHIP TECHNOLOGY
DR. ENG. JANUSZ KOZAK > Organisation type > University |
Project Description
Prognoses for European transport development indicate a blockade of truck transport around the year 2010. From an E.U. point of view, it is necessary to develop an inland and coastal waterway system. The neglected Polish waterways and antiquated river and coastal craft make their incorporation into the European system impossible. The technical condition of the Polish waterways and the lack of modern inland and coastal ships are today an important impediment to the connection with the European, Ukrainian and Russian well developed and operating waterway systems. Our intention is to perform a range of research and analyses in the area of the technical condition of the Polish inland and coastal waterways to establish probable directions and intensity of future requirements for environmentally friendly inland and coastal ships and the West-East waterways. The danger of emitting contaminants during ship operation in waterways and in harbour waters will be considered. The obtained data and definition of needs will allow the preparation of the technical requirements, initial design and requirements for the design and construction of an environment friendly and cost efficient new type of ECOLOGICAL SHIPS. The project will include analytical work dedicated to reducing the level of danger for inland waterways and coastal areas, ports and parts of adjacent rivers, including a modern technical method of pro-ecological components and systems, to decrease the level of harmful emissions and amounts of waste. The TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK has performed a number of research projects and implemented these together with industry. The TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK's long experience in advanced solutions for technical and transport problems will provide excellent synergy with the creative capability and knowledge of SINUS DESIGN AND CONSULTING OFFICE. The expected result is the creation of technically advanced, environmentally friendly and cost effective new types of inland and coastal transport and passenger ECOLOGICAL VESSELS. Keywords: Inland & coastal waterways, environment, Ecological, inland & coastal ships.
Technological Development Envisaged
* Data synthesis of transport needs and transport perspectives through the Polish inland and coastal waterways (direction East-West), taking into consideration the multimodal transport. * Synthesis of technical and operating conditions and development needs of the Polish inland and coastal waterways, taking into consideration integration with the European waterborne transport system. * Lower emissions and waste production than the existing inland ships, * Better efficiency of ships, * Lower level of environmental pollution from ships, * Maintaining the condition of the natural environment corridors in the Polish area parallel to waterways (if necessary).
Main contactWARSAW UNIV. OF TECHNOLOGY/ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SYSTEMS
PROF. MAREK NAWALANY > Organisation type > University |
Contribution to project
The Institute will develop: - An analysis of existing projects concerning development problems of Polish inland waterways - An environmental shell covering all ecological aspects of delivered ships, harbours and waterways and especially environmental protection equipment used in the waterways and ship systems - An analysis of existing inland waterway infrastructures - An analysis of waterway conditions for the development of alternative technical waterway solutions - The determination of technical conditions for multimodal transport systems - The determination of conditions for local waterborne transport.
Expertise
The Faculty consists of three Institutes. The following two will participate in the project: * INSTITUTE OF WATER SUPPLY AND HYDRAULICS (IWSH). The scientific and professional activities of the Institute include research, study, planning and design work, expert reports, technical opinions and implementations in a broadly understood domain of environmental protection. Problems connected with the tasks are closely related to the scientific and research profiles of each individual Department that form the main structure of the Institute. The scope of scientific interest of the Institute covers a wide range of engineering processes. Main research areas of the Institute are the following: - Examination of technical and safety conditions of hydro technical structures and facilities, - Expert opinions in the field of hydro technical concrete technologies, - Design of new hydro technical structures and facilities and planning of regular and general repairs, - Examination of earthen foundations, planning of foundation works and design of earth structures, - Investigation of rivers and water reservoirs, - Elaboration of environmental impact assessments and water-law reports, - Modelling surveys on hydro technical facilities, - Water-law and environmental impact reports. The Institute has rich professional experience in practical collaboration with many Polish companies. The staff provides a wide range of expertise to authorities of the Polish water sector. * INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SYSTEMS (IEES). IEES is the oldest Polish institute operating in the field of environmental engineering (education, research and consultancy). It was established in 1970 as a part of the WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. In 1992-2001 the Institute co-ordinated four TEMPUS project, one INCO COPERNICUS project and EUROLAKES-FP5 project. The institute specialises in environmental engineering and environmental sciences. In addition to university education, the statutory missions of the Institute are: integrated research in the field of environmental engineering, and design and implementation of environmental protection technologies for communal and industrial applications. The Institute conducts research and offers services in the area of integrated and system approaches to problems of environmental protection on the national, regional and local scale. This refers especially to: - Toxicology problems with regard to ecosystems, - Analytical methods of biology and chemistry of water ecosystems, - Eco- and hydro-information (monitoring, data storage, processing and analysis systems), - Systems and instruments for management in environmental protection, - Methods and technologies of soil and groundwater protection and purification, - Technical hydrology and integrated water management in drainage basins. The Institute has a long record of practical collaboration with the water sector in POLAND.
Main contactINFERT GMBH - ROSTOCK PROF. BOSHIDAR METSCHKOW > MANAGER Organisation type > SME |
Contribution to project
Analysis of inland-water fleet technical data in the European inland and coastal waterway systems; analysis of European needs in terms of of type and volume demand for transport means in East-West directions.
Expertise
Experience in the area of European shipbuilding issues.
Main contactSINUS SP.Z.O.O.
ENG. TOMASZ LACKI > CHAIRMAN Organisation type > SME |
Contribution to project
- Preparation of technical requirements for the design of environmental friendly inland and coastal ships, - Elaboration of the preliminary design of environmental friendly ships, - Analysis of building cost estimations and lifetime cost predictions for environmentally friendly ships, - Material management, sales and marketing activities in relation to the above projects.
Expertise
Ship design and consulting office with capabilities in coordination, project management and manpower supply for shipyards. Established in 1997, and employing 75 naval architects and marine engineers, the organisation has completed more than 30 extensive design projects for foreign and domestic shipyards. Design work is performed using more than 50 workstations using modern software packages like TRIBON, ASTER, AutoCad and a number of leading classification societies programs. SINUS' knowledge and practical expertise in ship design, machinery arrangement and naval architecture guarantees the high quality of work performed.
Main contactMARITIME CONSULTING AND FINANCE LTD Organisation type > Large company |
Contribution to project
The organisation will carry out analyses covering current and future conditions of inland and coastal waterways in the Baltic Sea region, which will include: * Overview of current situation of the coastal shipping and passenger market in the Baltic Sea; * Information on companies acting on the Baltic shipping market; * Analysis of small and medium size tonnage currently used in coastal and inland transportation; * Preparation of region-wide studies on the future development and potential growth of Eastern European inland waterway traffic over the next 20 years. * Environmental protection related issues including Environmental Assessment, which is already required for all major freight waterway development projects for craft over 1350 tones.
Expertise
The Organisation (MCF) is an independent business and financial advisory services agency, primarily for the needs of the international shipping industry. The company's objective is to structure financial solutions to meet all requirements of its clients. It sees itself as a financial partner to its clients which devotes considerable time and effort to understanding their business. The staff have experience in cooperation and a good relationship with many international organizations, banks and companies. MCF has built up a strong understanding of the specific problems involved in ship management and operations for companies operating tramping, time charters, liner trade and ferries. In addition, the company provides independent evaluations of shipping/transport infrastructure projects, preparing market reports and analyses. Decision makers are also given information on project benefits under high and low traffic growth scenarios. Both discounting and presentation of benefits under alternate growth scenarios are required by regulation and are useful tools in managing the uncertainty associated with forecasting waterway traffic demands. The company strongly supports an international (E.U.) programme for water freight development, which should be adopted involving: * Encouragement of the fullest possible use of the existing waterways. * Government support for use of freight waterways and promotion of increased awareness in the business community; * Implementation of a rolling development programme of the waterway infrastructure. MCF also provides guidance and practical assistance in the complexities of small and large computer networks including security and optimisation reviews.
Main contactTECH.UNIV.GDANSK / FACULTY OCEAN ENGINEERING AND SHIP TECHNOLOGY
DR. ENG. JANUSZ KOZAK > Organisation type > University |
Contribution to project
- Elaboration of waterway and transport system alternatives and multimodal combinations, - Analysis of the status and preliminary tendencies of the development of cargo and passenger fleet operating in Polish inland and coastal waterways, - Preliminary study of the technical conditions of waterways and infrastructure in the Polish region, - Study of environmental regulations and restrictions in relation to the exploitation of ships, - Description of environmental risk as a result of ship exploitation on the inland waterways, - Analysis of existing technical equipment for environmental protection in ship operation, - Concepts of ship cargo and passenger transport systems, - Formulation of the assumptions for the design of ecologically friendly inland-water and coastal ships, - Preliminary design of the environmentally friendly ships, - Analysis of environmentally friendly shipbuilding and ship repairing processes and ecological inland yards, - Analysis of future education systems for Polish inland and coastal waterways system, - Verification of project.
Expertise
- Shipbuilding and ship design - Ship concept R & D - Machinery arrangement - Building strategy and production organisation - Ship technology and manufacturing processes - Environmental standards in industry - Some European 5th Framework Programme Projects.
Main contactMARITIME INSTITUTE Organisation type > Research Institute |
Contribution to project
The role of MI within the project will be to perform economical analyses of inland and coastal waterway transport systems as well as to cover ecological aspects related to Polish inland and coastal waterways together with adjacent areas, which have to be taken into account as a result of the exploitation of vessels designated by the project. MI's main contributions to the project are specified below: - Analysis of legal and other formal problems connected to the revitalisation of Polish inland and coastal waterways, - Long and short term cargo and passenger structure analysis, - Economical and technical aspects of cargo and passenger transport through Polish and European inland and coastal waterways, - Economical and human aspects of regional and local development along the waterways, - Identification of all possible hazards to the environment arising from building, repairing and exploiting ships, - Analysis of modern technical solutions of pro-ecological components related to the operation of the ship on inland and coastal waterways.
Expertise
The Institute carries out complex research projects for the Polish maritime administration and economy and performs tasks connected with the coastal area of the country. The scope of work performed by 9 research departments covers: protection and shaping of the environment, transport management and maritime law, monitoring and prevention of hazards, marine technologies. A detailed programme for active coastal protection has been developed. Work is being carried out in relation to the reception and utilization of ship waste in Polish ports. Research issues include land-sea transport logistics, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) technologies in the international maritime transport and trade, forecasting the marine economy development. The MARITIME INSTITUTE scientists are now working on chemical and oil spill pollution, on the influence of wind on river hydrodynamics as well as on the influence of atmospheric pressure on water level and flow in rivers. Systematic corrosion hazard investigations allow developing, recommending and implementing appropriate preventive actions in ships and hydro-technical structures.