COST 330 : teleinformatics links between ports and their partners : final report of the action

From October 1995 to April 1998, sixteen European countries look part in this Action with the aim to review and to assess the systems for interconnecting ports and their partners using various modes of communication (e.g. phones, fax, electronic mail, etc.). To gather the data needed to describe the operation of the ports, a large survey was conducted throughout Europe based on an extensive questionnaire. In total, 106 port communities (77 seaports and 29 inland waterway ports) replied to the questionnaire. The aim, following the data analysis was to derive exemplars and thus improve European maritime freight transport operations within the global logistic system through the exchange and dissemination of findings found in the course of COST 330.