Combined road/rail freight transport (CT) can play a critical role in achieving climate targets, as it is one of the fastest growing subsectors of freight transport in Germany. However, rapid growth also places high demands on infrastructure and the efficiency of operational processes.

Together with Hongjun Wu and our associated project partners catkin, Contargo, TFG Transfracht, NP Transport & Logistik and the AI Quality & Testing Hub, we are starting a new research project that aims to identify the requirements and potential for the development of a digital data space in Hesse in order to improve the exchange of information and the efficiency of processes in and around CT terminals. Within the scope of the project “DataKV”, the current data usage around CT terminals as well as the desired state for data exchange via a CT data space from the perspective of the different stakeholder groups involved in CT will be recorded, systematized and evaluated by means of a qualitative interview study. The project is funded by the state of Hesse and HOLM funding as part of the “Innovations in Logistics and Mobility” measure of the Hessian Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transport and Housing.

Learn more here about how we can build an effective data space for CT in Hesse.