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Intense activity of CENIT group in international forums of transport

Sep 20, 2022

The researchers of the CENIT – Group for Innovation in Multimodal Transport are participating these days in different forums of transport. Their intense activity can be followed from the social networks of the groupIn this article we summarize some of these events and invitate you stay tuned about the activity of the group during the European Mobility Week, which is taking place from 16th to 22th September.

CENIT researcher Maurici Hervàs presented at the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) in Busan (Korea) the talk “Assessment of the impact of the EU Emission Trading System (ETS) in the Mediterranean Sea: case of container liner route of the Barcelona port”.

On 16th September researchers of CENIT had a tour of the National Maritime Research Institute in Japan as part of the ICCAS conference.

On 28th September, Paco Gasparín will be given a talk about ro-rospace cargo fires incidents at the International Conference on Urban and Maritime Transport and the Environment.

The prevention and safety in ro-ro ships has been the topic addressed by the principal investigator at CIMNE of Lash Fire project at CIMNE, África Marrero, and the researcher Francisco Rodero.

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