A New Concept for Resilient and Green Freight Transport and Logistics Networks Against Disruptive Events
- In 2021, economic losses due to supply chain disruptions in the Eurozone amounted to €112.7 billion Euro: Natural catastrophes (e.g., hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, and wildfires) multiply in the wake of climate change. The risks of pandemics, trade restrictions, cyber-attacks, and geopolitical conflicts are omnipresent. Hence, the threat of disruptive events to the European transport network grows ever greater. Additionally, GHG emissions can drastically increase by up to 50% if disruptions are not treated efficiently. Here, the project “Resilient multimodal freight transport network” (ReMuNet) comes into play: ReMuNet will enable the multimodal freight network to react and respond 20% more quickly to disruptive events and help to reduce European inland transport emissions on the main run by over 50% by 2026. As a trailblazer for the Physical Internet, the project pursues the vision to enable and incentivize synchro-modal relay-transport on European rail, road, and inland waterways to increase holistic network resilience. ReMuNet can identify and signal disruptive events and assess their impact on multimodal transport corridors. It reacts quickly to disruptive events in real time. It supports TMS providers to improve route planning resilience by communicating alternative, pre-defined, multimodal transport routes. ReMuNet orchestrates route utilization, suggests transshipment points, and optimizes capacity allocation, minimizing damage and shortening the recovery time. This paper introduces ReMuNet and its vision, objectives, and expected results.
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| Author: | Sandra SteinORCiD, John von StammORCiD, Janis SimonsORCiD, Gerrit HoebornORCiD, Tobias SchröerORCiDGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-95284-5_79 |
| ISBN: | 9783031952838 |
| ISSN: | 2196-5544 |
| Parent Title (English): | Transport Transitions: Advancing Sustainable and Inclusive Mobility Proceedings of the 10th TRA Conference, 2024, Dublin, Ireland - Volume 4: Clean Energy Transition |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Place of publication: | Cham |
| Editor: | Ciaran McNally, Páraic Carroll, Beatriz Martinez-Pastor, Bidisha Ghosh, Marina Efthymiou, Nikolaos Valantasis-Kanellos |
| Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2025/07/19 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2025/07/19 |
| Release Date: | 2025/08/18 |
| Tag: | 01; 03 Reinforcement learning; Resilient networks and operations; Supply chain disruptions; Synchromodality |
| Page Number: | 7 S. |
| First Page: | 556 |
| Last Page: | 562 |
| Note: | ReMuNet:
REsilient MUltimodal freight transport NETwork
The aim of the ‘ReMuNet’ research project is to design a resilient and sustainable multimodal freight transport network for Europe.
Duration: 01.07.2023 – 30.06.2026
Funding no.: 101104072
Project homepage: remunet-project.eu
Funding: Europäische Union (EU)
Promoters: European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA)
Funding context: Horizon Europe – The EU Research & Innovation Programme 2021 –2027
Acknowledgments: ReMuNet is funded by the European Union under GA number 101104072. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
Expected results and benefits for the target group:
Establish a standard for describing sustainable European multimodal transport networks
Lower emissions from European inland transport
Enhance the multimodal freight network's agility in responding to disruptions.
Offer more alternative routes and improve multimodal route planning efficiency during disruptions
Develop new, cost-effective business models for better integration within the multimodal transport ecosystem
Improve predictions of disruptions' impacts on multimodal corridors
Accelerate aid logistics setup by civil protection organizations for crisis regions
Form a unified data pool showing real-time use of European multimodal infrastructure, respecting data privacy laws
Research partners:
Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Helsinki, Finland
FIR e. V. an der RWTH Aachen, Aachen
Fraunhofer Austria Research GmbH, Wien, Austria
Hanken School of Economics, Helsingfors, Finland
White research, Brüssel, Belgium
Project partners:
4PL Intermodal GmbH, Rotenburg
Alliance for Logistics Innovation through Collaboration in Europe (ALICE), European Technology Platform (ETP)
Contargo GmbH & Co. KG, Mannheim
Danish Red Cross, Kopenhagen, Denmark
Hafen Wien GmbH, Wien, Austria
MANSIO GmbH, Aachen
PTV Group, Karlsruhe
Schachinger Immobilien und Dienstleistungs GmbH & Co OG, Hörsching, Austria
UIRR scrl, Brüssel, Belgium
Vediafi Oy, Helsinki, Finland
Associated partners:
4flow SE, Berlin
CargoBeamer AG, Leipzig
Huoltovarmuuskeskus, Helsinki, Finland
Inform Consulting GmbH, Aachen
Kouvola Innovation Oy, Kouvola, Finland
Studiengesellschaft für den Kombinierten Verkehr e. V. (SGKV), Berlin
Transporeon GmbH, Ulm
Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen (VDV), Köln |
| Name of the conference: | TRAconference: Transport Research Arena Conference |
| place of the conference: | Dublin |
| Date of the conference: | 15.04.2024-18.04.2025 |
| Institute / Department: | FIR e. V. an der RWTH Aachen |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 62 Ingenieurwissenschaften |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
