European Shift Enabler Portal for Freight

In the future European mobility system, freight rail plays a key role in making a significant contribution to achieving the goals of the European Green Deal. The fastest and most efficient way to decarbonize freight transport is to shift freight to rail. To achieve this shift, the overall competitiveness of rail in the transport market should be improved.

To strengthen the role of freight rail in the transportation market, it is necessary to attract the attention of freight customers.

One manner to increase the awareness of rail freight is to provide customers with high-quality and open information about the possibilities of rail transport and the associated benefits of rail freight.

The objective of the ESEP4Freight project is therefore to provide freight customers with an overview of the available rail freight services in Europe via a web platform.

This will be supported by the creation of a Web Platform based on an existing map developed by SKGV that identifies freight flows with a higher potential for transport by rail.

The Web Platform will include an Interactive map with different modules such as CO2 calculator, a schedule viewer, a contract toolbox and a match making tool.

In addition, ESEP4Freight aims to support the shift of freight to rail by analysing the current contractual framework, proposing a set of recommendations for its updated and suggesting a set of harmonised and standardised models for transport agreements and contracts.

The set of harmonised contracts will be also the base for piloting a new set of blockchain-based specifications for simplifying transport agreements and contracts.