Pilot Project - Enabling Sustainable Management and Development of Inland Ports

Tender reference number: MOVE/2021/OP/0012
Title: Pilot Project - Enabling Sustainable Management and Development of Inland Ports
Description: Inland ports and their activities are crucial to the economic development, their operation can negatively impact the environment. The study will address these environmental impacts, legislation and policy frameworks, and propose environmentally sustainable solutions. It will identify the EU, international legislation and national/regional regulatory. Good practices in implementing green objectives from authorities will be identified. The study will elaborate on the role of inland ports as energy hubs and their circular economy practices. The study will develop environmental and sustainable management systems tools and implement them through pilot projects in some inland ports. It will assess the state of digitalisation of inland ports and identify possible improvements. Ways of adopting inland transport beyond the traditional purposes for urban transport will be assessed. The results will be disseminated with a campaign, website and with the final event.