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Motorway of the sea European style
Acronym: MOSES
Period: June 2007 till May 2010
Status: Completed
  • Universiteit Antwerpen; Faculteit Toegepaste Economische Wetenschappen; Departement Transport en Ruimtelijke Economie (TPR), more, partner
  • Alliance of Maritime Regional Interests in Europe (AMRIE), more, partner
  • Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institute (MARINTEK), more, co-ordinator
MOSES' main goal is to develop a blue print establishing the detailed criteria and conditions for developing an innovative European network of Motorways of the Sea (MoS) as part of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). Today short sea shipping and intermodal transport have a market share of European transport of 43% and 9% respectively. There is still ample spare capacity for these more environment-friendly transport modes and the issue is how to increase their market share significantly so that the objectives of the Commissions reviewed Transport White Paper can be reached.