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The Transport Research Arena (TRA) 2024, held in Dublin, Ireland from April 15 to April 18, emerged as a pivotal moment for the transportation and mobility sector. Among the array of projects and...

PLOTO aims to improve the resilience of Inland WaterWays (IWW) and associated hinterland infrastructure against weather hazard, climate change effects, flooding, and seismic hazard. Part of the work...

Everyone has a different interpretation of risk. In business, risks are understood as threats to the operation and profitability of an organization. The assessment of risk then becomes a process of...

On 7-8 February, PLOTO partners met in Athens, hosted by the partner NTUA, to discuss the work done in the first 18 months of this EU funded initiative.  In light of the upcoming project's mid-term...

The main outcome of the PLOTO project will be the integrated PLOTO platform. All tools, services and solutions (be it existing or emerging) that are considered in the context of PLOTO, will be...

It is a common practice among scientists to employ ground-based monitoring in order to gain information regarding meteorological and climate aspects and the related exposure risks, as this is...

The diverse risk assessment framework, developed in PLOTO to support Inland WaterWay (IWW) operations, will exhibit the ability to quantify weather-related hazards among others. As weather-related...

In a joint effort, experts from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Université de Liège (ULiège), and MAV Hungarian State Railways Co. (MAV) have successfully conducted extensive...

PLOTO's partner, the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), actively took part in the DISC' 2023 event held in Budapest on the 5th and 6th of December. The event, organised by two other...

The Danube Ports Days event has firmly established itself as a pivotal gathering on the calendar of the Inland Waterway Transport (IWT) community within the Danube Region and beyond. This...

In the European Union, a vast network of approximately 41,000 kilometres of inland waterways winds through 25 Member States. This intricate crisscross of water routes is a lifeline for many and is...

On November 21, 2023, Joris Hardy from ULiège participated in the Symposium “Pumps and turbines, challenges for management and design in Flanders" organised at the Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory...

In the PLOTO project, RISA Sicherheitanalysen GmbH is responsible (among others) for developing the project’s Middleware and Data Fusion (DF) services.  PLOTO’s middleware is a software that enables...

The European Programme Committee invites you to submit papers and proposals that encompass four key topics on ITS and Smart Mobility for consideration at the 30th ITS World Congress in Dubai. You...

PLOTO project was showcased during a lecture at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME). BME is one of the partners of the project and it is involved with the activities in the...

The PLOTO project considers developing a sophisticated information management framework, wherein the IWAT is an essential assessment module. This module is seamlessly interconnected via advanced...

One of the main goals of PLOTO is assessing vulnerability and improving resilience of Inland WaterWays (IWW) and hinterland infrastructure under weather, flood, and seismic hazards. To do so...

PLOTO partners, Christos Lachanas and Professor Dimitrios Vamvatikos from NTUA - National Technical University of Athens - attended the SECED 2023 conference held in Cambridge on 14-15 September....

The National Association of Radio Distress-Signalling and Info communications (RSOE) is the last PLOTO partner to present that collaborates with the Freeport of Budapest Logistics Ltd (BSZL), the...

Whenever you are planning the hows and whats of risk assessment, one of the first questions that pops up is the one of time scale. Are we doing this for (relaxed!) strategic planning of the next 10...

Together with UDG and RRT, the Galati Lower Danube River Administration, A.A. (AFDJ) supports the work of PLOTO partners in the Romanian pilot site. What prompted your organisation to join the PLOTO...

In today's world of increasing climatic unpredictability, inland waterways (IWW) hold an essential position as ecological and economic hubs that are highly vulnerable to extreme events. In this...

BSZL, another PLOTO project partner, is opening up with regard to its role within the project's consortium and the Hungarian pilot site. What prompted your organisation to join the PLOTO consortium?...

In our interview series aiming to explore the role of PLOTO pilot site leaders, MAV shared its insights regarding their role and contributions to the project. The partner, a participant in the...