Within this group you will find information on how to do better use of the knowledge platform together with some videos on that. You may also find FAQ and also a Forum for you to raise questions on the Knowledge Platform and also make suggestions.
AUTOSUP is a Research and Innovation Action project funded under the Horizon Europe programme, aiming to develop multimodal automatic freight transport concepts and solutions to enhance the operation of hubs as nodes in a Physical Internet logistics network. AUTOSUP will closely work in two intermodal nodes (L-Hubs): the port of Trieste and the port of Antwerp – Bruges. This project, which commenced on 1 June 2024 and spans 36 months, brings together a multidisciplinary team of 16 partners. These partners include four key organisations actively engaging their ecosystems of Transport and Logistics stakeholders.
The AUTOMOTIF project is at the forefront of advancing automation in multimodal transport systems across the intra-European network. Aiming to improve the interoperability and integration of automated transport systems, AUTOMOTIF seeks to transform the logistics supply chain, improving efficiency and sustainability through operational automation.
AUTOMOTIF is built around five S.M.A.R.T. objectives designed to address both the current challenges and future needs of freight transport:
MED COLOURS supports the digital and environmental transition in six cities and their related FUA in MED area: Livorno (Italy), Cesena (Italy), Thessaloniki (Greece), Koper (Slovenia), Lisbon (Portugal) , and Lyon (France).
People like to shop online but this comes hand-in-hand with more freight transport. Cities are most affected by higher emissions, noise and the congestion of public spaces linked to deliveries. The GRETA project offers solutions on how to decarbonise the so-called last mile of freight transport. In their joint efforts, the partners pilot the use of zero-emission-vehicles like cargo bikes. They also re-organise urban spaces to improve their transit resilience through curb management strategies.
FENIX will develop the first European federated architecture for data sharing serving the European logistics community of shippers, logistics service providers, mobility infrastructure providers, cities, and authorities in order to offer interoperability between any individual existing and future platforms.
The idea of FENIX comes from the work and recommendations of the European Commission’s Digital Transport and Logistic Forum (DTLF) to create a viable and valid federative network of platforms as enabler for Business to Administration (B2A) and Business to Business (B2B) data exchange and sharing by transport and logistics operators.
DISCO Knowledge Hub
The online knowledge hub is the “place to go” for authorities, city planners and private entities among others covering various aspects such as best practices, publications, factsheets, etc.
The Knowledge Hub will support the valorisation of the DISCO Implementation Cases gathered through demos at Living Labs. Additionally, capacity-building and learning activities, in the form of training, workshops, e-courses, webinars, video lectures, discussion forums and podcasts on topics like open data exchange platforms, data spaces and innovations around sustainable planning of urban logistics, will be supported by the hub.
Annual volume at global container terminals will rise by a 5.6% rate
during the next 5 years and reach 840 million TEU by 2018.The usual way
for ports to deal with the increasing demand of sea transport and
compete against competitors is to expand the port in the original site.
There is scarcity of land available for port expansion in densely
populated urban areas where most of European ports are situated. This
fact is causing that many container terminals are coping with congestion
and capacity problems. Therefore, port managers are searching for more
efficient and cost-effective means in the handling of containers while
still trying to introduce innovative technical solutions. Container
handling equipment automation is an innovative technological solution
that contributes not only to improve the utilization rate of equipment
and reduce operating costs, but also greatly improve efficiency of
terminals.
MOBILITY4EU is a Coordination and Support Action funded by the European Commission, started in January 2016 and lasted until 31 December 2018. MOBILITY4EU delivered a vision for the European transport system in 2030 and an Action Plan that aimed to implement that vision.
Smart-Rail has established the following objectives that are aligned with the requirements of the topic MG 2.2 and the various policy objectives:
Introduce a wide set of innovative measures aiming to improve the freight rail services offered to the shippers, focusing on five key topics: reliability, lead time, costs, flexibility and visibility
NOVELOG, New Cooperative Business Models and Guidance for Sustainable City Logistics, will perform a detailed demonstration of the Novelog tools and the NOVELOG yellow pages as well as a presentation of the Novelog pilots and case studies outcomes and best practices.
The U-TURN project aims at addressing freight urban distribution, focusing on food logistics. The project will contribute to our understanding of freight distribution in urban areas, especially addressing the special requirements and needs of food transportation, and will suggest innovative collaboration practices and tools towards achieving more efficient operations from both an environmental and cost perspective.
A full-scale intermodal technology & concept, which in a very simple and effective way moves large volumes of road-based freight onto rail.
Small forwarders, carriers and other logistic SMEs are in need of
affordable, reliable and trusted data-interchange solutions to take part
in international trade and commerce flows. LogiCon aims at setting up,
testing and facilitating the adoption of low-cost, low-barrier data
connectivity solutions. The above activities will be carried out in four
national living labs, each one with specific objectives, dealing with
three main challenges: 1) enabling connectivity, by selecting, refining,
testing and promoting state-of-the-art solutions and platforms, through
involvement of a vast audience of SMEs; 2) engaging communities, either
cargo communities around port and inland terminals or business networks
run by large companies, to favour standard adoption and to support risk
assessment and dashboards for key indicators like emissions and load
factors; 3) prepare for cooperation in a global freight management
ecosystem, foreseen for the future, where capacity will be optimized and
flows will be synchronized among the different involved actors.
Connected and automated vehicle technology can potentially contribute to
reducing traffic accidents, improving transportation systems and
increasing quality of life. The EU-funded Levitate project will develop a
wide-ranging evaluation framework to assess the impact of connected and
automated transport (CAT) on individual mobility and society using
several indicators. The project will provide short-, medium- and
long-term assessments from early-stage implementation, to increased
penetration of more highly automated vehicles in the fleet, to universal
CAT use in transport systems, vehicles, personal mobility and
infrastructure. Levitate will include a set of validated methods to
measure the impacts of existing technologies and predict their future
implementation.
The CORE project aims to increase the security and resilience of the
supply chain, while reducing costs and facilitating trade. A Consistently Optimised REsilient ecosystem
implementation, integrating interoperability, security, resilience and
real-time optimisation can produce cost effective, fast and robust
solutions that will guarantee the efficient and secure transit of goods
through the worldwide Global Supply Chain system.
The transport system is adapting to new global realities – from climate
change to digitalisation. While reducing transport’s impact on the
climate is an urgent priority, transforming transport requires reliable
research. The EU-funded BE OPEN project will identify and put in place
mechanisms to achieve Open Access to publications, making their
underlying data findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable (FAIR) and
open where possible. Together with the European Open Science Cloud
(EOSC), these will be key factors in making transportation researchers
share, reuse and reproduce science. The project will bring together key
transport and open science-related communities and stakeholders in
Europe and beyond, to engage them in a dialogue on Open Science and
develop a roadmap for the implementation of Open Science modules.
Logistics is at the core of modern society and essential to bring food and goods in the heart of cities, where a majority of Europeans live. Transport efficiency in Europe is a challenge, EU statistics show that vehicles are filled on average to only 57% of their weight capacity, and 27% of vehicles are running empty. Significant changes are needed in supply chain operations, especially on the last mile logistics chain. Amongst the EU Green Deal objectives, several aim at urban logistics: 55% reduction of emissions from cars by 2030, 50% reduction of emissions from vans by 2030. In additional, on a local level there is an increasing push for zero-emission zones in inner cities. 26 of the world’s largest cities signed up to the Green and Healthy streets pledge3. Last mile logistics need therefore new urban logistics consolidation frameworks.
In this context, the main objective of DECARBOMILE is to develop tailored solutions and demonstrate the full potential of decarbonised last-mile logistics in 4 living labs in line with their technical, environmental and local socio-economic contexts.
Gathering 31 partners from 10 different countries, DECARBOMILE aims to trigger an unprecedented improvement of the green last mile logistics in Europe. To reach that goal, DECARBOMILE relies on a strong experience of decarbonating urban logistics through European initiatives such as CIVITAS. Partners will build upon all previous results to develop improved delivery methods, tools and methodologies, and implement them across Europe. The solutions developed in DECARBOMILE will demonstrate the full potential of decarbonised last mile logistics in four living labs (in Logrono - Spain, Nantes -France, Hamburg - Germany and Istanbul - Turkey) and 4 satellites (Tallinn - Estonia, Getafe - Spain, Ghent - Belgium and Sarajevo - Bosnia and Herzegovina) will be involved at a smaller scale to test and study the solution in their own local contexts. To be successful in its implementation, DECARBOMILE will rely on developed methodologies to implement the new solutions and delivery methods in collaboration with all relevant local stakeholders, based on their needs and behaviours. The relation with and between stakeholders will be facilitated by the creation of a collaborative urban consolidation logistics framework that will include a digital platform, methodologies for collaboration, and ICT and IoT tools. This common framework, along with tailored innovative business models and recommendations on local policies, will allow for a strong collaboration during the project, allow to learn more about the end-users’ needs and behaviours. The delivery methods will be strongly improved with urban consolidation centres, micro urban consolidation centres including smart lockers, innovations on cargo bikes and how they can be used with load pooling for instance, electric barge and more. The goal is to use and improve existing solutions and allow their interoperability and modularity to improve their efficiency and use their complementarity.
Digitalisation and the Internet of Things have fostered innovation
across various industries. However, the emergence of the Physical
Internet (PI) has recently showcased its ability to deliver crucial
benefits. Notably, its implementation with Carrefour and Casino in
France has shown the potential for a 32 % increase in profits. PI has
demonstrated a potential 60 % reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and a
50 % shift of volume from road to rail. The EU-funded SENSE project
aims to establish a solid foundation and framework. Specifically, it
will strive to create a stable framework for industries and sectors,
enhance comprehension of PI, provide access to new advancements, and
support organisations in adopting PI.
