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The FOR-FREIGHT Project is a Horizon Europe-backed project that aims to develop a platform for the planning and evaluation of intermodal transport solutions. With a foreseen duration of 40 months, starting in September 2022, this endeavour has gathered together 18 partners from eight different Member States and has a total budget of €9 million. TIC4.0 plays a role as the standardisation expert, providing insights on the current standardisation landscape and proposing novel ways of achieving harmonisation.
The “Horizon Europe” programme is the latest iteration of the EU Research Framework Programmes, which have been running since 1984. In these, the EU defines specific “calls” or topics of interest for research ranging from health science, physics, etc. to transportation and digitalisation. Goals are defined according to EU policies and targets: for example, later EU programmes have placed strong focus on decarbonisation and digitalisation. European companies and institutions can opt for the funding either alone or forming multinational consortiums to tackle projects with companies from across the Member States. If the project is approved by the European Commission, funding is awarded to them to start working.
Main ambitions of this project:
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Last, but not least, TIC4.0’s representatives have taken part as experts at multiple events. Gonzalo Sandiás and Jorge Melero presented FOR-FREIGHT and TIC4.0 at a Logistop event at the start of the year, while José Andrés Giménez participated in a virtual round table with the MultiRELOAD and AWARD projects. LastlyIn addition, Jorge Melero presented the project in a further Logistop round table in June 2024.
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