Overview
Increasing volumes and growing societal demands for security and sustainability have created challenges for international freight transport and logistics chains striving to improve their efficiency and visibility. A key determinant of efficiency and visibility in freight transport and logistics is the capability to draw maximum benefit from information and communication technologies. In this, e-Freight denotes the vision for a paper-free, electronic flow of information associating the physical flow of goods with a paperless trail built by Information and Communication Technologies.
The 2012 e-Freight conference will be organised by EC funded projects all studying and creating solutions for the e-Freight areas of information exchange in planning, monitoring, invoicing, compliance and reporting for secure mulitmodal freight transport. These projects will also present themselves and their results on the conference.