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Study: How to strengthen the future forest roads

Posted on February 28, 2025 by nradmin
Sweden's forest roads are neither adapted for heavier vehicles nor for climate change. That's the bad news. The good news is that there are several cost-effective ways to improve and reinforce the roads in the future. This is shown by a large research project that was recently completed. Stora...

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Wind in the Sails of Inland Waterway Transport

Posted on March 1, 2016 by nradmin
Many factors favour inland waterway transport in Sweden. It offers relief to the heavily burdened Swedish road system. Its reliability (“just-in-time”) is high. The gains it offers in terms of sustainability and the environment are major. Moreover, several recent projects point to major...

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Performance Based Standards for High Capacity Transports in Sweden

Posted on September 1, 2015 by nradmin
The transport sector is facing a major challenge to reduce energy consumption and limit environmental impact; therefore, there is a great interest in increasing the efficiency of the transport system in Sweden, which makes the High Capacity Transports (HCT) an attractive solution. In order to...

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