Sustainable Projects

SEStran and the Transport Research Institute (TRI) are the Scottish partners in an multi-national European consortium, taking forward the Euro 4.8 million European project known as "Dryport ".

The aim of the project is to to examine the critical role that dryports can play in maximising the capacity and efficiency of sea ports, while also shifting traffic off the roads and on to rail or inland waterway.

The most important aspect of Dryport will be promoting the shift of goods from road to rail and water. Dryport will be looking at the development, design and effective operation of dryports that are fully integrated with the freight handling systems of the sea port facilities they support.  The project will also look at; monitoring CO2 effects and the integration of dryports into the EU’s "Motorways of the Sea" concept.  

• To visit the Dryport website, please click here.
• To access the Dryport project brochure click here
• To accesss the Dryport project leaflet click here

A number of reports on projects relevant, or directly linked to the dryport project are available on the SEStran website. To access a specific report please visit the relevant projects page, or click on the link below :

• Levenmouth Sustainable Transport Study STAG Part 1 Appraisal Report & Appendices click here

• Levenmouth Sustainable Transport Study STAG part 2 Appraisal Report & Appendices click here 

• Freight Routing Study click here

•  A copy of the current edition of Dryport Quarterly may be accessed here