Designing the WATERBORNE R&D Road Map Long Term Vision

The objectives the Coordination Action to maintain and further develop a Sustainable MAritime Research in Europe (hereafter, referred to as CASMARE) are following on from the achievements of ACMARE during the planned duration of the project (2009 - 2011). CASMARE is implementing and updating the WATERBORNE Research Strategy, contained in the three research strategy documents: Vision 2020, WSRA and WIRM and complemented by the WATERBORNE Declaration. Through the WATERBORNE TP consensus method the R&D European Maritime Sector is designing long term strategy identifying research needs and Road Maps to address the needs. After the re-prioritization work done during the past year three major R&D strands have been identified: (1) Sustainable Waterborne Transport, (2) Support for the harvesting of offshore resources, (3) Minimizing impact on the oceans © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of TRA 2012