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Roland Frindik, MARLO

Amsterdam, 21.06.2012

e-Freight as enabler for green freight transport

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Cluster e-Freight

The Cluster will observe, report on, and disseminate information

regarding activities that are part of the e-Freight developments.

Some activities are addressed in the ongoing e-Freight project and

involve issues regarding:

- common framework,

- single transport document

- national single windows.

The e-freight project is the reference for this cluster.

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White Paper

Key Initiative 7 – Multimodal transport of goods: e-Freight

... Put in practice the concepts of ‘single window’ and ‘one-stop

administrative shop’ …

... create and deploy a single transport document in electronic form

(electronic waybill) …

... create the appropriate framework for the deployment of tracking and

tracing technologies …

e-Freight provides the common framework for information exchange in

multimodal transport of goods!

Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive

and resource efficient transport system (March 2011)

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e-Freight project and vision

• Research and Development project

• Co-funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework

Programme

• Budget 12.6 m Euros, Funding 8.4 m Euros

• Started January 2010 runs until June 2013

• 31 partners from 14 EU Member States and Norway

• http://www.efreightproject.eu

Enable

Paperless Freight Transport and Logistics in a co-modal context

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Setting co-modal transport

networks

Co-modal shipment planning

Transport execution solutions

Transport completion solutions

Multimodal e-waybill

Next Generation

National Single

Windows

for co-modality

Central EU

National Single

Windows

Support Service

Interoperability supports for

administrations co-operating

in security risk managament

e-Freight solutions

A2A A2B and B2A B2B Solutions

E-Freight Platform

(Information Highway for co-modality)

E-Freight Framework

Interoperability

Internet for cargo

Advanced position and surveillance

technologies

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Standardized message format incl. green aspects

TSD*: standard description of transport services

Multiple indicators**: social, economic and environmental

*one out of four services according to the roadmap of the e-Freight initiative version 1 February 2012

**according to Global Reporting initiative GR and L4LIFE

Type

Transport

Service

DescriptionService LocationService

Goods Type

Service

Charge

Service

Load Unit Type

Environmental

Performance

ID

Service Category

Valid From

Valid To

Company

Service Details

Timing

Point(s)

Location

Transport

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Multiple Indicators for transport policy

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environmental sustainability indicator

Directly measurable indicators

• Reduction of energy consumption

• Reduction of GHG, ozone-depleting and POPs emissions

Non-directly measurable indicators

• Promotion of green corridors and of modal shifts

• Reduction of spills of hazardous material

• Support to the return and recycling of empties

• Support to the efficient load factor

• Adhesion to local policies and initiatives

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Demonstration pilots of e-Freight solutions

Country Companies Modes Primary Tasks

Sweden Stena

Schenker

DSV

maritime,

road

Improving port/terminal efficiency and accessibility, by esta-

blishing a common information service for transportation

planning and execution and using ‘Internet for Things’

technologies

Belgium

Germany

ACOS

maritime,

road, rail,

IWT

Co-modal transportation planning of containerised cargo that

flows between ARA ports and Germany

Spain CSSA

maritime,

road, rail

Co-modal transportation planning optimisation of

containerised cargo that flows between Spanish ports and

hinterland depots

Netherlands Jan de Rijk

road Demonstrate applicability of co-modal processes to a

Transport Service Provider

Portugal

Spain

Serviço

Português de

Contentores,

Port of Valencia

maritime,

road, rail

Demonstrate applicability of co-modal capabilities involving

shippers, transport operators and logistics service providers

in performing cross-border transportation

Ireland NECL

Port of Cork

maritime,

road

Setting up of co-modal transport network to service the Land

Bridge cargo between Ireland and Mainland Europe.

Latvia MAL, Portbase

VAL, ViaDonau

maritime Next Generation Single Window capabilities

EU Central Support Services capabilities

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Cluster e-Freight

The cluster working group will consist of the cluster leader MARLO and the partners PTV,

NEW, EIA, Rapp and VTT. In addition the following subcontractors NECL Ireland, Via Donau

Austria and ISL Germany would complete the working group.

Close contact and collaboration will be established with:

► The project co-ordinators of the EU funded project s

Freightwise, Euridice, Smart_CM, Integrity, SmartFreight, RISING, CHINOS, e-Freight,

COFRET, iCargo, Logistics for LIFE, SuperGreen, and 3DRAIL.

The group decided to investigate the possibilities of establishing a common framework for

information exchange.

► Similar developments in USA and Asia, in an attempt to ensure intercontinental

interoperability.

► GS1 and the activities related to interoperability initiated by them and Odette Sweden, who

is involved in both national and EU project related to interoperability in logistics.

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Cluster e-Freight plan

more than 40 inventories and than 15 in-depth surveys over the

project life time.

The core partners will contribute with 20 inventories and 8 in-depth

cases, while the subcontractors will provide 20 inventories and 7 in-

depth cases.

The cluster will organize 3 cluster workshops over the project life

time.

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Roland Frindik

MARLO Consultants GmbH

Haid-und-Neu-Str. 7

76137 Karlsruhe, DE

e-mail: roland.frindik@marlo.no

tel. +49 721 8601860