SolutionsLogistics · EU project

Freight planned for the lowest emissions

ADMIRAL · Horizon Europe, 20 partners

A European research project to send freight by the route that pollutes the least — for example part of the way by train instead of truck. We built the part that finds those routes.

20 partnersHorizon Europe consortium
4 pilotsAcross Europe
Lower emissionsThe main goal, within cost and time limits
Completed2023–2026

In short

For: Companies that ship goods across Europe and want lower emissions
The problem: Freight is usually sent by the cheapest or fastest route, not the cleanest.
What it does: A freight marketplace that suggests the lowest-emission route, as long as it is on time and on budget.
Status: Completed in 2026

Who it is for

For companies that ship goods across Europe and want lower emissions

The problems it solves

Freight is usually sent by the cheapest or fastest route, not the cleanest.
Emissions are only counted afterwards, when nothing can be changed.
Freight marketplaces compare price and time, not emissions.

Built for

Freight forwarders and shippers
Companies moving goods by truck, train and ship
Projects cutting emissions in freight transport

How it works

How the system chooses the cleanest route

When a company needs to move goods, there are many ways to do it: truck, train, ship, or a mix. The system compares them and proposes the one with the lowest emissions that still arrives on time and within budget.

Start from the shipment
What has to go where, by when, and for how much.
Compare every way to get there
Road, rail and water, and combinations of them.
Pick the cleanest option that still works
Lowest emissions, while keeping to the deadline and the price.
Tested in four pilots
Partners tried it on real shipments in four pilots across Europe.

What changed