How can spotters increase the efficiency of terminals in combined road/rail freight transport? And how can trucks use platooning in road freight transport to reduce costs for transport companies?

At the 8th HOLM “Innovationsmarktplatz” at the House of Logistics and Mobility (HOLM) in Frankfurt, our research associates presented the results two research projects of the department, which were developed within the framework of HOLM's innovation funding:

Julia Wenzel presented the results on the project SpotIn , and explained how the integration of small, powerful tractors for moving and shunting load carriers, so-called “spotters”, in terminals can lead to increased efficiency in combined road/rail (CT) freight transport.

Felix Roeper presented the results of the project Decentralized Planning of Platoons , conducted jointly with the Center of Cognition and Computation at Goethe University Frankfurt, and showed how individual trucks can form automated platoons with the help of an AI through the use of car-to-car communication in road freight transport to reduce costs for transport companies.