The LIFE project was brought to life with the hope of enhancing overall knowledge in the freight logistics sector and to foster the advanced methods and procedures of cooperation within the freight market. The ultimate goal of the project is to promote intermodal maritime solutions which will improve the cooperation and exchange of the know-how among its participants.

The LIFE project is under way. It´s timeline was set from April 2011 to March 2013.

We can improve intermodal solutions through:

• The integration of tracking and tracing of materials;
• A uniform electronic window and Port Community System for the exchange of information between the services and users concerned by the Motorways of the Sea and the maritime-railway operations
• The development of one-stop-shop for administrative issues;
• Current perspectives, prospects and possibilities for the maritime-railways intermodality

The European Commission defines comodality as the way to improve the performance of each transport mode (and/or his combination with other transport mode) in terms of its safety, environmental performance and energy efficiency. It’s the way to find the right balance between competitiveness and environmental demands

One of the pan-European objectives on the promotion of short-sea-shipping routes is to change the common perception that these routes do not allow for door-to-door transportations. Through the integration and centralisation of the different modes of transportation, the existing (and developing) logistics networks, and delivery routes throughout the Mediterranean as well as on the European continent, the door-to-door concept will improve the overall transportation systems of Europe, and therewith improve general public understanding.

The objective of the courses is to train the students on how to cope efficiently and in a sustainable manner with increasingly complex transport and logistics solutions.

• Adapting procedures and methods in transport systems
• E-Maritime elements
• Improving procedures and methods in sea and inland ports
• Cooperation between short sea shipping, railways and road transport
• Integration of railways. Short sea shipping and road in the logistics supply chain (“door-to-door” concept)
• New cooperation and capacity management models in railway
• Increasing the demand for non-road transport
• Improving the understanding of intermodal freight transport
• Improving the knowledge and use of TEN-T corridors