The European transport and logistics industry is undergoing deep technological changes driven by growth, digitalisation and sustainability. Automation is a key enabler allowing for new business models and opportunities for shippers.
Horizon Europe´s AUTOSUP project (“Boosting innovation-led industrial transition to AUTOnomous Multimodal SUPly Chains”) seeks to drive the industrial transition towards seamless multimodal automated freight operations.
Brussels, 11 June 2024, AUTOSUP´s consortium composed of 17 partners agreed to:
- Define automation requirements for multimodal automatic freight transport.
- Propose advancements in the legislative framework on automation, cyber security, etc.
- Empower stakeholders with an open, ready-to-use data-driven Decision Support Systems to implement AND deploy automated processes and solutions.
- Support automation in two Living Hubs (Ports of Antwerp and Trieste).
- Design new operational, governance, and organisational change management models.
- Validate operational and cost efficiencies of solutions.
- Establish a strategic and cohesive alliance for the alignment of multimodal automation adoption roadmaps.
- Contribute to lowering automation adoption barriers.
ESC is fully engaged in AUTOSUP. As partner in this 3-year Horizon Europe project, ESC´s main contributions will be:
- Develop AUTOSUP´s policy package comprising regulatory and policy actions to support the adoption of automated solutions.
- Define automation requirements and operational models.
- Disseminate project results.
AUTOSUP will run until 2027. More information will be available soon.