InnoWaTr Centre of Expertise

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The InnoWaTr Project , partly funded by the Interreg North Sea Region Programme , involves 26

partners building eight real - life experiments , which we call Freight Flow Coalitions ( FFC ) .

These offer novel organisational and technical solutions to boost modal shifts from road to

inland waterways , helping to reduce congestion , pollution , costs and regulatory hurdles .

Core to InnoWaTr is a collaborative approach between stakeholders in all FFC which aims at

proposing an inspiring strategy to copy elsewhere . The InnoWaTr approach changes the

focus from single ship - owners and directs the perspective to a freight flow level , involving all

relevant stakeholders , where interests , responsibilities and benefits are shared . The project ´ s

eight FFC provide evidence that improving IWT ´ s performance is best achieved by a multi -

stakeholder approach .

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