EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK FOR SAFE, EFFICIENT AND ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY SHIP OPERATIONS
FLAGSHIP is a 53 month, part EU-funded project, focusing on improvement of safety, environmental
friendliness and competitiveness of European maritime transport. The project will contribute to a further
increase in the capacity and reliability of freight and passenger services and to a reduction of negative
impact from accidents and emissions.
The emphasis of the project is on on-board systems and procedures, ship management systems on shore,
impact of new technology on present ship-, owner- and operator organisations, effective and efficient
communication interfaces and impact of standards and regulations.
Waterborne
The European Technology Platform WATERBORNE is a forum where all stakeholders from the waterborne
sector (sea & inland) define and share a common Vision and a Strategic Research Agenda, driving the
necessary innovation efforts forward.
The web-site www.waterborne-tp.org explains the objectives
more in detail, contains documents, an R&D events agenda, as well as tools for finding projects EU
co-funded projects by acronym or topic.
