On this page you can find various reports and articles relevant for the project.
Full reports
This deliverable reports on the requirements and status on the updates of the ISO 28005 and IEC 61162 standards that have been developed and updated during the AEGIS project. This work has been done through organizations as IMO, ISO, IEC and IALA to ensure that the data models for operational interoperability between autonomous ships and ports are standardized through well-established organizations with support from a large part of the shipping industry. A core development in this work is the IMO Reference Model which was first approved by IMO in the Facilitation committee (FAL) in 2019. The IMO Reference Model and IMO Data Set (also called the IMO Compendium) initially covered the reporting requirements from the IMO FAL Convention. It was later extended to cover operational data exchanges beyond this scope. In parallel to the development of the IMO Compendium, the ISO 28005 series of standards has been updated with new protocols and data types to cover the data sets in the IMO Reference Model and IMO Data Set. Also, the IEC 61162 series of standards for onboard communication is in continuous development to handle the increased requirements put on the onboard networks regarding capacity and cyber security.
This report presents the AEGIS roadmap for automated waterborne transport and is the result of the work related to Task 2.5 Roadmap for waterborne logistics redesign as defined in the AEGIS Grant Agreement. The task was to collect the results of the AEGIS work package 2 and 6, and the AEGIS use cases, to provide a publicly available roadmap for redesign of more sustainable waterborne transport. Furthermore, the main AEGIS solutions that can be used to realise the redesign was to be identified and benefits and possible costs were to be described, exemplified by future transport systems, including intercontinental transport. Furthermore, the focus was to be on unitized cargo (i.e., containers and ro-ro trailers).
This report extracts the key lessons in designing green and innovative terminals in Small and Mediumsized Enterprise (SME) ports. It focuses on the primary findings and outcomes of AEGIS Work Package 10: "Case C - Revitalizing regional ports and city centre terminals." The aim of the study was to explore how green and innovative terminals could be designed in SME ports, with a particular emphasis on two Danish ports: the Port of Vordingborg and the Port of Aalborg.
"Public Recommendations for Inland Transport in Northern Europe" serves as a comprehensive guide, providing practical insights for policymakers and industry stakeholders striving for a sustainable and efficient inland waterway transport (IWT) system. Specifically focusing on the objectives of the AEGIS project's Use Case B, led by DFDS, supported by Aalborg University (AAU) and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), the report underscores the crucial need to optimize transportation activities within the European waterborne transport sector.
This report provides public recommendations for waterborne transport to West Coast of Norway, with the focus on the specified transport system in use case A in the AEGIS project.
This report's objective is to identify “win-win” solutions by considering the whole sustainability aspects that provide the most significant overall benefits while minimizing costs. A “win-win” solution is one that is acceptable in terms of most of the KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) that have been used in the CBA.
This document reports the seminar on “Intermodal Autonomous Green terminal in medium ports”, which was held on April 18th, 2023, in Aalborg, Denmark. The seminar in Aalborg was attended by 60 participants including 16 from the AEGIS consortium and summarized the general findings from the AEGIS logistical system and those related directly to WP10 and the Port of Aalborg use case. The seminar was organised under the following Agenda:
- Port of Aalborg: Presentation of the results on cargo-volumes with emphasis on Port of Aalborg.
- SINTEF Ocean: Introduction to the more general findings regarding the AEGIS logistical system.
- AAU: Presentation Presentation of the regulatory challenges for Short Sea Shipping in Denmark and around the Limfjord.
- ISE: Presentation of vessel designs that are applicable to the Aalborg Case
- Kalmar: Presentation of the concept of an automatic Green Intermodal Container terminal with interface to Rail and Ro-ro in Port of Aalborg.
- DFDS, NCL and SINTEF: Short Q&A “How do we make it happen” – Moderated by Port of Aalborg.
It should be noted that this report only summarizes the seminar in Aalborg. Therefore, more specific details concerning the presented findings and material should be found in the public deliverables, which can be found the on the project webpage: https://aegis.autonomous-ship.org/
This document reports the seminar on “Multipurpose terminals in small ports” which was held on April 19th, 2023, in Vordingborg, Denmark.
The seminar was attended by 12 participants and summarized the general findings from the AEGIS logistical system and those related directly to WP10 and the Port of Vordingborg use case. The seminar was organised under the following agenda:
- ISE: Presentation of vessel designs that are applicable to the Vordingborg Case
- Port of Vordingborg: Presentation Port of Vordingborg, introduction to interactive session.
- Port of Vordingborg: Guided tour on the Port of Vordingborg including the AEGIS pier
It should be noted that this report only summarizes the seminar in Vordingborg. Therefore, more specific details concerning the presented findings and material should be found in the public deliverables, which can be found the at the project webpage: https://aegis.autonomous-ship.org/
This report is part of the cost benefit analysis work package in AEGIS and serves the social part of the analysis, where the two others are economic and environmental. All the three AEGIS use cases are covered in this report. The main objectives of Work Package 7 (Cost benefit analysis) in AEGIS are to:
- Define Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to do a quantitative Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)
- Perform analyses of economic, environmental, and social effects of AEGIS proposals
- Combine to overall CBA, covering all three factors, and compare it with today’s solutions
- Identify “win-win” solutions that give the best overall benefits at the lowest possible cost
The win-win solutions report will soon be published.
This report is part of the cost benefit analysis work package in AEGIS and serves the environmental part of the analysis, where the two others are economic and social. All the three AEGIS use cases are covered in this report. The main objectives of Work Package 7 (Cost benefit analysis) in AEGIS are to:
- Define Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to do a quantitative Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)
- Perform analyses of economic, environmental, and social effects of AEGIS proposals
- Combine to overall CBA, covering all three factors, and compare it with today’s solutions
- Identify “win-win” solutions that give the best overall benefits at the lowest possible cost
The win-win solutions report will soon be published.
Executive summaries of confidential reports
Papers and articles
Adopting green vehicles in the transport sector is a highly effective policy for mitigating the sector’s carbon footprint. Moreover, the EU transport policy acknowledges the pivotal role of inland waterways (IWW) in decarbonizing Europe, with a strategic objective to enhance its modal share through the transition from road to IWW. This paper investigates the potential of electric autonomous Roll-on Roll-off (RoRo) ships to enhance the competitive edge of IWW as compared to road transport. This paper examines the impact of this innovative transport system on sustainability by analyzing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) across economic and environmental dimensions using a comparative case study approach and quantitative analysis data. The main result is that implementing electric autonomous RoRo ships can lead to a 45 % reduction in OPEX (operational expenditure), with profitability expected after about 3.5 years. Emissions decrease by more than 60 %, and by 2030, CO2 emissions in the Well-to-Wake (WTW) cycle are projected to reduce by approximately 77,000 tonnes, aligning with EU transport and environmental policies.
Autonomous cargo handling can increase usage of the short sea in last-mile shipping which can reduce emissions and road traffic congestion. For commercial and logistical feasibility of autonomous operations, a connected digital solution is required where all stakeholders participate throughout the cargo lifecycle. The connected digital solution solves the challenges around cargo data flow and information sharing. A cloud-based experimental platform is designed and developed that provides cargo information management and sharing for autonomous container handling. The platform essentially enables autonomous operations and
improves the efficiency of cargo flow from the origin to the destination, while keeping all stakeholders, actors, and systems in the loop.
In 2019, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) made it mandatory to support the electronic clearance of ships entering foreign ports. In preparation, the IMO Facilitation Committee started to develop a reference data model to harmonise the most important standards for ship clearance. The first version was published in 2020. The model is already extending into other areas of ship-port data exchanges and it is now increasingly seen as a tool to coordinate development of new electronic data exchange standards for ship operations. The lack of such coordination has, up until now, been a significant problem—much better coordination is essential in the relatively small and highly international market that shipping represents.
Presentations
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