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PLANET at the 8th International Physical Internet Conference (IPIC)

Inlecom participated at 8th online International Physical Internet Conference (IPIC) between 15^th-16^th of June 2021, and successfully led a dedicated session on the EU Funded project PLANET (Grant Agreement No 860274). Inlecom, as PLANET’s Project Coordinator and Innovation Manager, presented the project’s ambition to investigate the impact of disruptive technologies, such as Blockchain, IoT and AI, to emerging global trade corridors on the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). Such technologies are expected to optimize operations and facilitate more efficient coordination among Transport and Logistic (T&L) actors. During this session, the project’s three Living Labs were also presented: (a) the 1^st Living Lab will evaluate how those technologies and the Physical Internet concept can improve processes, operations and efficiencies along the door-to-door transport chains, linking the Maritime Silk Road with EU internal corridors, (b) the 2^nd Living Lab, will focus on dynamic and Synchromodal management of TEN-T & intercontinental flows promoting rail transport and utilising the Port of Rotterdam as the principal smart EGTN Node that coordinates rail focused transport chains linking China through Rotterdam to/from USA, and Rhine-Alpine Corridor destinations, and (c) the 3^rd Living Lab  will look into streamlining logistic processes in flows from China to Europe along the Silk Road by implementing IoT technologies and GS1 standards that facilitate transmission of data between the partners involved in the e-commerce operations.

In addition, the presentation from the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH) consolidated the outcome of PLANET’s Position Papers addressing the impact of new emerging trade routes on the TEN-T, while taking into consideration the geoeconomics context of these routes. Finally, the Institute of Logistics and Warehousing (ILIM) described how logistic processes in flows from China to Europe along the Silk Road will be streamlined under their Living Lab, by implementing IoT technologies utilizing the EPCIS platform and GS1 standards.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Grant Agreement No 860274.

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PLANET Project Celebrates Kick Off Meeting

Today 17^th of June, the project “Progress towards Federated Logistics through the Integration of TEN-T into a Global Trade Network” – PLANET has celebrated its kick off meeting. PLANET is a European Union’s co-funded research and innovation action through the Horizon 2020 Mobility for Growth Programme. With a duration of 36 months, PLANET joins 33 organisations including public, private and R&D companies with the vision of advancing in the European Commission’s strategy for Smart, Green and Integrated Transport and Logistics. In this manner, PLANET will progress in the development of tools to better interconnecting infrastructure (TEN-T, Rail-Freight Corridors) with geopolitical developments (New Silk Road and emerging trade routes). PLANET also aims to optimise the use of current and emerging transport modes and technological solutions, while ensuring equitable inclusivity of all participants, increasing the prosperity of nations, preserving the environment, and enhancing EU citizens’ quality of life. The realization of this vision is what PLANET calls the Integrated Green EU-Global Transport & Logistics Network (EGTN).

In view of this strategy, PLANET will go beyond strategic transport studies and ICT for transport research, by rigorously demonstrating emerging concepts like the Physical Internet, IoT applied to logistics, Blockchain and Predictive Analytics technologies in three EU-global real-world corridors (China - EU- US) with the objective of increasing the corridor’s end-to-end visibility.

The project organises its activities around three Living Labs or demonstrators:

• Physical Internet and Blockchain for optimised door-to-door Asia-Europe corridors - Mediterranean Corridor.
• Synchromodal dynamic management of TEN-T & intercontinental flows promoting rail transport.
• Internet of Things for Silk Road Route – reliable, transparent and fully connected corridor from China to the EU.

These three Living Labs will concentrate their actions in different European sites, including among others Valencia (Spain), Rotterdam (The Netherlands) and Poland. The Living Labs will contribute to the strategic analysis of global flows based on the corridors where they are located, the analysis of corridor infrastructure issues, and the investigation of integration of the respective global corridor with the TEN-T.

Furthermore, Living Labs will investigate innovative ways to coordinate complex supply chains through multimodal corridors involving private and public stakeholders.

During today’s meeting, which has been attended by the project officer and a Policy Officer of DG MOVE plus all the project partners, the first technical discussions about the foundations and capabilities of the EGTN have taken place as well as the way to move forward so that defining the requirements for interoperability of platforms using disruptive technologies such as Blockchain and Internet of Thing as well as simulating transport flows in logistics corridors.

The PLANET Consortium:

The PLANET consortium comprises 33 partners of which 75% are represented in the project’s LLs and who collectively represent a large cohort of principal EU and Global Transport & Logistics.

Inlecom is the project coordinator and the partners are:

1. Centre for Research and Technology Hellas
2. China Academy of Transportation Sciences
3. COSCO Shipping Lines (Spain) S.A.
4. COSCO SHIPPING Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd.
5. Comunidade Portuária de Sines
6. Konnecta
7. DHL Supply Chain Spain
8. EBOS Technologies
9. TEN-T Interregional Alliance for the Rhine-Alpine Corridor
10. Erasmus University Rotterdam
11. European Shippers Council
12. CityLogin
13. Fundación Valenciaport
14. Fundación Zaragoza Logistics Center
15. GS1 China
16. GS1 Poland
17. HARDT HYPERLOOP
18. IBM Ireland
19. International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport
20. INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE ARAGON
21. Instytut Logistyki i Magazynowania
22. Jing Dong Logistics
23. New Generation Sensors
24. NEWOPERA AISBL
25. SIRMA AI
26. PANTEIA
27. PNO Innovation
28. Blockchain Fieldlab B.V.
29. Polish National Post
30. ROHLIG SUUS LOGISTICS S. A
31. VLTN
32. Wuppertal Institute

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Grant Agreement No 860274.

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ΙNLECOM coordinates new H2020 project PLANET

A new research and innovation action will assess the impact of emerging global trade corridors on the TEN-T network, ensuring effective connectivity and
sustainability of the European Global Network.

PLANET is a 36-month project, starting on the 1st of June 2020, that goes beyond strategic transport studies and ICT for transport research, by rigorously
demonstrating the emerging concepts (Physical Internet) and technologies (IoT, Blockchain) in three EU-global real-world corridors (China-EU-US). The project will focus in two key R&D pillars:

• A Geo-economics approach, modelling and specifying the dynamics of new trade routes and their impacts on logistics infrastructure and operations, with specific reference to TEN-T;
• An EU-Global network enablement through demonstration of disruptive concepts and technologies (IoT, Blockchain and PI, 5G, 3D printing, autonomous vehicles /automation, hyperloop) which can shape its future and address its shortcomings.

The project will liaise closely with the European Technology Platform ALICE and its developments and projects to join forces with all projects in this area.

Demonstrators

Three Living Labs (including the ports of Valencia, Rotterdam and Sines) will contribute to the strategic analysis of global flows (based on the corridors where they are located), the analysis of corridor infrastructure issues, and the investigation of integration of the respective global corridor with the TEN-T. Furthermore, all Living Labs will investigate innovative ways to coordinate complex supply chains through multimodal corridors involving private and public stakeholders.

The PLANET Consortium:

The PLANET consortium comprises 33 partners of which 75% are represented in the project’s LLs and who collectively represent a large cohort of principal EU and Global Transport & Logistics. Inlecom is the project coordinator and the partners are:

1. Centre for Research and Technology Hellas
2. China Academy of Transportation Sciences
3. COSCO Shipping Lines Spain
4. COSCO SHIPPING TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING)
5. Comunidade Portuária de Sines
6. Konnecta
7. DHL Supply Chain Spain
8. EBOS Technologies
9. TEN-T Interregional Alliance for the Rhine-Alpine Corridor
10. Erasmus University Rotterdam
11. European Shippers Council
12. CityLogin
13. Fundación Valenciaport
14. Fundación Zaragoza Logistics Center
15. GS1 China
16. GS1 Poland
17. HARDT HYPERLOOP
18. IBM Ireland
19. International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport
20. INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE ARAGON
21. Instytut Logistyki i Magazynowania
22. Jing Dong Logistics
23. New Generation Sensors
24. NEWOPERA AISBL
25. SIRMA AI
26. PANTEIA
27. PNO Innovation
28. Blockchain Fieldlab B.V.
29. Polish National Post
30. ROHLIG SUUS LOGISTICS S. A
31. VLTN
32. Wuppertal Institute

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Grant Agreement No 860274.

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