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Executive Summary

The project ASIAMAR was part of the ASIA IT&C Programme, Component 4: “Liaise with European IT&C Initiatives & Programmes” and aimed primarily to enable input from the European experience and practice in Intermodal and Maritime Transport to Asian IT&C Initiatives & Programmes and vice versa, and to extend their results applicability to the vast Asian maritime market. It also aimed to develop a Framework for the common understanding and knowledge regarding maritime transport policy formulation and management in the frame of maritime safety and environmental respect between the two regions.

The project was focused on the thematic areas of Maritime and Inland Transport, Intermodal Freight Transport and Short Sea Shipping, while the addressed target groups involved governmental agencies, international associations, consulting organisations, research institutes and universities on both sides, which deal with maritime and intermodal freight transport.

In the two years of its implementation, the project partners undertook the following main activities: description of the state of the art of intermodal transport and freight maritime ITS applications, investigation of a common framework for short sea shipping and maritime planning based on present practices, description of requirements and implementation strategies for better knowledge of maritime transport policy factors, identification of knowledge gaps and dissemination of present knowledge for intermodal freight transport, and short sea shipping organisation, monitoring and promotion practices.

ASIAMAR aimed to build strong and sustainable links between the Asian and European IT&C societies by disseminating present knowledge for intermodal freight transport, and short sea shipping organisation, monitoring and promotion practices, mainly through the organization of three Workshops (Thessaloniki, Bangkok and Jakarta) and a major Conference (Bangkok). They aimed to analyse the current status and identify the best practices and deployment scenarios, so as to achieve integration of the European know-how into Asian the IT&C Initiatives and Programmes.