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Assessing the external costs of autonomous shipping through the AUTOSHIP IWW use case study: a cost benefit analysis by CiaoTech – PNO Group

14/07/2023


We are happy to present a new output generated in the frame of the AUTOSHIP project!

Our coordinator CiaoTech – PNO Group assesed the external costs of autonomous shipping through the AUTOSHIP IWW use case study.

The cost benefit analysis provided by Ciaotech-PNO shows that autonomy, combined with greener ship designs, offers financial gains, increased cargo capacity, safety improvements, and emission reduction and facilitates a modal shift from road to inland waterways, intercepting additional demand. Thus, comparing autonomous ships to trucks, waterborne transportation remains more sustainable in terms of external costs.

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