### SSS-CA: Pilot Projects and Demonstrators

ŠNTUA, 1996

Shortsea shipping pilot projects and demonstrators are a crucial element of the Commission's Waterborne Transport Programme, being planned for the 3rd call of proposals in December 1996. The purpose of these projects will be to provide a framework for the validation and assessment of innovative concepts in shortsea shipping, and, possibly, pave the way for their full scale implementation in the future. The role of this concerted action with respect to pilot projects and demonstrators is to help the Commission define the terms of reference for all these projects.

The process for doing so has involved a series of discussions among the Commission and the participants of the action, the submission of input on pilot project ideas, and a focused workshop of the action. The discussions started last February and culminated in an action workshop that took place on June 22, 1996, immediately after the Shortsea' 96 conference in Bergen, Norway.

The Technical Secretariat has delivered to the Commission a report that describes the consensus from these discussions. To down load this report, please use the following procedure:

1) ftp://ftp.deslab.naval.ntua.gr/(connect to NTUA?s ftp site).

2) login as anonymous with your user ID as password.

3) cd pub/mtrans/sss_ca (go to appropriate directory).

4) get pil_torf.doc (download a Word 6.0 document).

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