SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

Introduction

Within the logistics chains of fuels, chemical products and other dangerous liquid bulk goods, the sector of inland tank shipping plays an important role. Now and in future this sector is confronted with requirements for quality, safety and the environment. Shippers ask for high quality service, European policy organisations sharpen their rules concerning safety and environment. The sector itself aims at development of a good sustainable performance.

In order to be able to start taking the right actions to develop into a sustainable performing sector, insight is needed in the future requirements for quality, safety and environment and what effects these requirements will have on the economic and social performance of the inland tank shipping sector.

Supporting this, CBRB has initiated a project aiming to start actions for a sustainable development of the sector of inland tank shipping. CBRB has asked Stichting Projecten Binnenvaart in cooperation with the Erasmus University Rotterdam to execute this study.