FREIGHTWISE
FREIGHTWISE is an integrated project within the EU's 6th Framework Programme that aims at bringing together three different sectors:
- Transport Management: Shippers, Forwarders. Operators and Agents;
- Traffic and Infrastructure Management: Rail, Road, Sea, Inland waterways;
- Administration: Customs, Border Crossing, Hazardous Cargo, Safety and Security
The FREIGHTWISE project will support the co-operation of these sectors in order to develop and demonstrate suitable intermodal transport solutions in a range of business cases. The project shall support the complex service integration into integrated transport chains. The technical expertise in the project will focus on the development of a reference architecture for intermodal transport and the integration of relevant IT systems including legacy systems in the business cases.
Summary
| Project name: | FREIGHTWISE - Management Framework for Intelligent Intermodal Transport |
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| EC contract no: | TREN-06-FP6TR-S07-60148 |
| Time scale | 01 October 2006 - 30 April 2010 (42 months) |
| Co-ordinator | BMT (UK, DE) |
| Consortium | 55 participants in 14 countries with involvement in 9 business cases (for a full list , see here) |
