SolutionsLogistics · EU project

More freight on rail and water

HOLOGISTICS · Horizon Europe, 25 organisations

A European research project to move more goods by train and ship instead of trucks. We build the parts that predict how busy a port will be and plan how to load the trains.

Truck, train or shipPredicted for every container
FewerContainers moved around for nothing
25 partnersIn 14 countries
SharedTools free for ports to use

In short

For: Ports, rail operators and logistics companies
The problem: Ports are often too congested to take more goods by train and ship.
What it does: Predictions of what is coming and plans that fill trains better.
Status: Running

Who it is for

For ports, rail operators and logistics companies

The problems it solves

Ports are often too congested to take more goods by train and ship.
Ports and operators rarely share data.
Terminals do not know in advance which containers will arrive or how they will leave.

Built for

Ports, terminals and intermodal hubs
Rail freight operators
Projects building shared tools for ports and logistics

How it works

How the system helps move freight to rail and water

Ports and rail terminals often do not know what is coming, so they plan by experience. The system predicts, for every container, whether it will leave by truck, train or ship, so the terminal can prepare, and it plans how to fill each train as fully as possible.

Agree on common tools
So different ports and rail operators can use the same software.
Predict how containers will leave
By truck, train or ship — before they arrive.
Plan train loading
Fill each train as fully as possible.
Share the results
The tools are made available to ports across Europe.

What changed