The first part of the paper includes a brief analysis of the scope of the theme, and a policy review where the main policy developments at EU level are summarised. The scope of the Waterborne Transport theme is wide-ranging, overlapping with numerous other themes. Waterborne Transport relates to maritime and river routes, operations, actors, and institutional setting. These broad thematic aspects encompass topics such as safety, vehicle design and technology, efficient operations, intermodality, trans-boarder and regional development, regulatory issues, cooperation, and economic aspects. The first sub-theme summarises project results in the area of short-sea shipping. The second sub-theme studies projects related to the development of Inland Waterways. The projects demonstrate the positive socioeconomic impacts of inland waterway navigation development, and also the need for trans-national cooperation, for safe navigation. The third sub-theme concerns Ship design, operation, and maintenance. A fourth sub-theme deals with Maritime Safety, encompassing technical, institutional, regulatory, and environmental issues. A fifth sub-theme, concerns Ports and port operations. Projects in this sub-theme devise methodologies and tools for enhancing ports' business process efficiency. Other projects explore the sustainability of ports, relating in particular to ship pollutants. For the full text of this document see: http://www.transport-research.info/Upload/Documents/201007/20100705_152…
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