WP1 Project Management was focused on two directions: the technical, financial and administrative management; to set-up and work with the Scientific Committee (SC), an advisory body tasked to help consolidate the main project developments and the preparation of the meetings for the larger advisory body, the Green Shipping Expert Group (GSEG). WP1 produced ‘D1.1 Terms of Reference for the Scientific Committee’.
WP2 Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda and Implementation Plan provided the backbone of the content development in STEERER. Its first result was ‘D2.1 State of play of decarbonization of waterborne transport’, that presented an in-depth overview of the existing findings of relevant projects and best practices, initiatives, existing zero-emission strategies and visions for the waterborne transport sector. Subsequently, ‘D2.2 Scenarios with quantified targets for 2025, 2030 and 2050’ assessed the most likely scenarios for the emissions from waterborne transport by 2025, 2030 and 2050, and defined and quantified the emissions reduction targets for these scenarios, taking into account the main waterborne transport segments and the ship types defined in the ZEWT SRIA. Deliverable ‘D2.3 Areas of intervention and related actions - “implementation plan” ‘ provided a detailed set of technical, regulatory and business recommendations for each of the six SRIA intervention areas. A SWOT analysis was also undertaken on the D2.3 key actions, to better understand which are their advantages and challenges, and how to address them.
Based on these documents STEERER developed the 1st and then 2nd ‘Advice to the ZEWT Research Agenda and Implementation Plan’, namely deliverables D2.5 and D2.7. Both follow the structure of the SRIA and include the following main topics:
- relevant policies and legislative developments and their implications;
- scenarios with quantified targets for 2025, 2030 and 2025, per ship type as defined in the SRIA;
- the refined set of actions for the SRIA intervention areas, where possible defined per ship type;
- updated general data about the European waterborne transport sector;
- an analysis of relevant EU-funded RD&I projects.
Complementary, ‘D2.4 Public policy instruments and interventions and other appropriate mechanisms, incentives and business models’ outlines the non-technical recommendations that will enable the implementation and boost of the RD&I activities covering the technical recommendations for the SRIA. ‘D2.6 Monitoring and evaluation arrangements from the ZEWT SRIA agenda and its implementation’ ensures the follow-up and exploitation of the main projects results, stemming from deliverables D2.4 and D2.7.
WP3 Green Shipping Expert Group / Stakeholder Consultation focused on the establishment and coordination of the GSEG and on the broader stakeholders’ engagement. The GSEG was the key advisory body, representing: shipowners (maritime and inland navigation), equipment manufacturers, ports, classification societies, shipyards, etc. The broader stakeholder encompassed organizations with significant interests in waterborne transport: industry, transport operators, cities and regional authorities, research institutes, etc. They were largely the members and networks of the STEERER partners. Four GSEG online and in-person workshops were organized to review the WP2 documents. The process of and main information from these consultations are outlined by four WP3 deliverables, D3.3 – D3.6. Both the GSEG and SC experts will continue their activity in advising the Partnership and its members after the project end, outlined in ‘D3.7 Report on the creation of the STEERER Network’.
WP4 Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation developed: a visual identity and website; social media promotion; flyers, newsletters and roll-ups; an ‘Ambassadors’ campaign with high-level stakeholders to support project dissemination; the ‘citizens campaign’, informing the public of the sector’s importance and challenges; etc. Two key events were organized: a workshop with CINEA (Feb 2022), presenting the main achievements of the H2020-funded RD&I projects for waterborne transport, whose results were also relevant for the WP2 activities; the project final event (Oct 2022), presenting a comprehensive RD&I strategy for the transition to zero-emission waterborne transport, but also gathering input and ideas as to how this strategy can be improved. STEERER was also presented in various online and in-person events, including in TRA2022 and IMO-related discussions.
