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AUTOMATION TOWARDS MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION AND INTEGRATION OF FREIGHT

Project description

Paving the way for automated cargo transport

In today’s global economy, efficient transportation of goods is essential for businesses and consumers alike. However, the integration and automation of transport systems faces significant challenges. Regulatory gaps and technological limitations hinder the seamless flow of cargo across various modes and hubs, leading to inefficiencies and increased costs. In this context, the EU-funded AutoMoTIF project draws on strategies, business models, and regulatory recommendations to foster interoperability among automated transport solutions. Through inclusive approaches, it ensures user needs are met, while aligning innovations with expectations. Real-world challenges will be simulated to develop a master scenario for end-to-end automated cargo delivery. The outcomes promise reduced emissions, congestion, and costs, while improving safety and working conditions.

Objective

AutoMoTIF will focus on the development of strategies, business and governance models, regulatory recommendations and synergies that will enable the integration and interoperability of automated transport systems and solutions towards the operational automation of multimodal cargo flows and logistics supply chains in the intra-European network. It will list the gaps both regulatory and technological that are currently identified in automated transport technologies and logistics operations between modes and hubs through the analysis of automation demand and supply in multimodal transportation (users vs market). AutoMoTIF will follow an inclusive model to ensure that user and community needs are properly addressed and innovations are aligned with their expectations. UCs and scenarios will focus on real challenges and gaps in seamless automated logistics that will be simulated in real settings and different geographical locations. The results of the UCs will be used to set up a master scenario addressing the end-to-end delivery of goods using highest degree of automation possible. The outcomes from current practices will be analysed, leading to the assessment of benefits that can be gained by exploiting automated transport means to seamless multimodal automatic cargo transport and vice versa. These benefits will be defined and analysed based on their social, environmental and economic impact, such as decreased emissions and congestion, improved working conditions and safety, as well as reduced logistics and freight transport costs, with the SSH aspects being a priority. AutoMoTIF will contribute to the enhancement of synergies among sectors and stakeholders, following European priorities, strategic partnerships, such as CCAM, Zero Emission Waterborne Transport and EU Rail JU to ensure that transferability of expected outcomes.

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EREVNITIKO PANEPISTIMIAKO INSTITOUTO SYSTIMATON EPIKOINONION KAI YPOLOGISTON
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€ 556 500,00
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106 82 ATHINA
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