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Rather than focusing on a single freight flow from point A to B with a specific

shipping company , the Swedish FFC1 focuses on improving the visibility of

waterway transport , making it a known alternative , thereby enhancing the

attractiveness of inland waterway transport solutions and lowering thresholds

for cargo owners to start using inland waterway transport . The platform brings

together information from shipping companies , ports and cargo owners .

The platform visualizes waterway options in a clear and accessible way ,

including an estimation of CO emissions and indicative prices for specific

origin destination flows helping to identify potential for use of waterway

transport solutions Cargo owners can quickly gain insights into the costs and

CO impact of different routes and modes of transport The platform in FFC1

creates good prerequisites for building many future effective freight flow

coalitions

A first and vital step to initiate a FFC is to facilitate the interface between

cargo owners , shipping and port terminal operators . This is exactly what the

Swedish partners did . They developed a digital platform to enable this

interaction : “ Seadvi . se ”

An objective of Seadvi . se was to improve the visibility of waterway transport

and make it a known alternative , especially to shippers .

In Sweden , inland waterways are under - utilized and cargo owners are used

to road transport to a large extent . There are many barriers for a shift , with a

major obstacle being the lack of knowledge regarding possibilities to utilize

waterway transport , and resistance to change .

Sara Rogerson ( RISE ) , Kristofer Andren ( SEADVISE ) , Jon

Williamsson ( University of Gothenburg )

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