Conference debates the use of satellite navigation in ITS

Jordan is to host a Euromed regional conference on 21 October in Amman on the use of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), in particular European GNSS (E-GNSS) in ITS for freight and road transport.
February 10, 2015 Read time: 2 mins

Jordan is to host a Euromed regional conference on 21 October in Amman on the use of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), in particular European GNSS (E-GNSS) in ITS for freight and road transport.

The conference will provide participants with the ability to share the lessons learnt from Jordan’s case study, and to hear about relevant best practices in Europe and in the Euromed region, as well as to debate strategies and ways forward, in the light of national and regional interests.

Organised by the Euromed GNSS II/Medusa project, under the auspices of the Ministry of Transport of Jordan, the event will give the opportunity to present the main results of the case study conducted by Medusa involving Jordan Customs and the Jordanian Ministry of Transport. Jordan Customs has been testing and validating the use of E-GNSS since April 2014, specifically of EGNOS, for tracking and tracing containers shipped across the Mediterranean Sea and vehicles transporting goods in Jordan.

This case study represents the first life experience of EGNOS services usage in the areas most distant from Europe.

Medusa is part of the EU Euromed Transport Programme and promotes the use of E-GNSS in the Euromed countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria and Tunisia, by implementing activities aimed to facilitate its introduction and exploitation in their markets, including ITS.

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