SEAMLESS

SEAMLESS aims to develop and adapt missing technology building blocks and key enabling technologies into a fully automated, economically viable, cost-effective, and resilient waterborne freight feeder loop service for Short Sea Shipping (SSS) and/or Inland Waterways Transport (IWT).

SEAMLESS aims to develop and adapt missing technology building blocks and key enabling technologies into a fully automated, economically viable, cost-effective, and resilient waterborne freight feeder loop service for Short Sea Shipping (SSS) and/or Inland Waterways Transport (IWT). 

Autonomous systems will be integrated to ensure safe, resilient, efficient, and environmentally friendly operation to shift road freight movements to hinterland waterways, while enhancing the performance of the TEN-T network. The service will be delivered 24/7 by a fleet of autonomous cargo shuttles, with humans-in-the-loop located in Remote Operation Centres (ROCs), which efficiently cooperate with automated and autonomous shore-side infrastructure and safely interact with conventional systems. 

SystemX leads the cyber-secure communication architecture development and supports the financial analysis and evaluation of transferability cases. 

SEAMLESS project is funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Program (Grant Agreement n°101096923).

Expected results

  • Increased and early deployment of climate neutral fuels and significant electrification of shipping, in particular and foremost in intra-European transport connections. 
  • Increased overall energy efficiency and drastically lower fuel consumption of vessels. 
  • Enable innovative port infrastructure to achieve zero-emission waterborne transport (inland, maritime). 
  • Enable clean, climate-neutral, and climate-resilient inland waterway vessels before 2030 helping a significant market take-up and a comprehensive green fleet renewal which will also help modal shift. 
  • Strong technological and operational momentum towards achieving climate neutrality and the elimination of all harmful pollution to air and water. 
  • Achieve the smart, efficient, secure and safe integration of maritime and inland shipping into logistic chains, facilitated by full digitalisation and automation. 
  • Enable fully automated shipping (maritime and inland) and efficient connectivity. 
  • Competitive waterborne industries, including the globally active European maritime technology sector, providing the advanced green and digital technologies which will support jobs and growth in Europe.

Implemented skills

  • Digital security and blockchain
  • Optimisation

Targeted markets

  • Cybersecurity
  • Logistics

Defense and security

Project Status: Launched
Academic Partner(s)
Delft University of Technology (Dut) ; National Technical University of Athens (Ntua) ; Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet Ntnu (Ntnu) ; IRT SystemX ; Univerzitet U Beogradu – Saobracajni Fakultet (Ftte)
Institutional Partner(s)
Alliance For Logistics Innovation Through Collaboration In Europe (Alice) ; Asko Maritime As (Asko) ; Awake.Ai Oy (Awake.Ai) ; Bergen Havn As (Bergen) ; Bureau Veritas Marine & offshore Registre International De Classification De Navires Et De Plateformes offshore (Bv) ; Ciaotech Srl (Pno) ; Dst – Development Centre For Ship Technology And Transport Systems ; Duisburger Hafen Aktiengesellschaft (Podu) ; Engitec Systems International Limited (Esi) ; Fundacion De La Comunidad Valenciana Para La Investigacion • Promocion Y Estudios Comerciales De Valenciaport (Vpf) ; Haven Van Antwerpen-Brugge (Poa) ; Inland Shipping Srl (Inls) ; Innen – Innovation Engineering Srl ; Institut Fur Seeverkehrswirtschaft Und Logistik (Isl) ; Institute of International Law For Transport ; Logistic And Mobility (Idit) ; Kongsberg Maritime As (Kmno) ; Macgregor Norway As (Mcgno) & Macgregor Finland Oy (Mcgfi) ; Piraeus Container Terminal Single Member Sa (Pct) ; Sintef Ocean As (So) ; Tic 4.0 (Tic4.0) ; Voies Navigables De France (Vnf) ; Voies Navigables De France (Vnf) ; Zulu Associates (Zulu)
Project Manager(s)
Reda Yaich
reda.yaich@irt-systemx.fr

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