A digital ecosystem supporting sustainable multimodal supply chains

Illustration: Sandra Haraldson

There is increasing pressure on transport chains to be environmentally sustainable, predictable, seamless and cost-efficient.

Most end-to-end transport actually engages multiple transport modes involving visits to several transport nodes. This then requires a high degree of collaboration between the involved actors both within and often across national borders.

Big hopes are being placed on digitalisation as an enabler and means for a more integrated and sustainable performance by steering multiple parties towards co-development in making appropriate changes to their practices so as ...