Cefriel News: KEYSTONE Partners join forces for the digital revolution of transport in Europe
Cefriel, CIM and Gruber Logistics are working towards the creation of a digital ecosystem.
Screenshot of the news article published on the website of Cefriel on 23 February 2024 (In Italian).
KEYSTONE project is setting the groundwork for a revolution in the world of transportation, aiming to create a digital ecosystem that can facilitate the exchange of information among the various actors involved.
The goal? To improve logistics processes and strengthen roadside checks carried out by law enforcement agencies.
The technologies developed within the project will be tested and evaluated through two demonstration scenarios that will be led by partners CIM SpA, one of the leading intermodal ports nationwide for its intermodal traffic, and Gruber Logistics, an international logistics and transportation company and member of ALICE (European Technology Platform) and the DTLF (Digital Transport and Logistics Forum) group. This started with the work initiated in February 2024, with an ambitious goal of creating a functioning model by 2026 on real data and interconnected with all public and private stakeholders.
What is the role of CIM?
Due to its strategic location at the crossroads of important European corridors, the CIM SpA is the ideal place to field test the solutions proposed by KEYSTONE. For now, CIM can automate the collection of information related to vehicles and goods in transit to and from terminals and interprets KEYSTONE as an activating element to accelerate the dematerialisation of all intermodal traffic from Northern Europe.
"KEYSTONE represents an ambitious challenge, and we are confident that we can meet the project's objectives," says Massimo Arnese, IT Manager at CIM SPA.
The Novara Interport Center was already part of the European FENIX project, which was created to develop Europe's first federated architecture for data sharing to serve the European logistics community of shippers, logistics service providers, mobility infrastructure providers, cities and authorities to provide interoperability between existing and future individual platforms. "Through KEYSTONE," Arnese stresses, "we will use an established production environment to test the innovative technologies developed”.
The project includes a pilot phase involving intermodal transport between Rotterdam and Novara. This is where the collaboration between KEYSTONE partners, CIM SpA, Gruber Logistics and the Traffic Police, which are currently not interconnected, will come into play. The goal is to enable data usability among all actors, making controls more efficient by optimising processes and response times.
"Currently, controls take place through vehicle detention and document verification. With KEYSTONE, we aim to make this process more efficient and secure by exchanging information in real-time," explains Sabino Metta, Project Manager at Cefriel, a KEYSTONE project partner.
What is the role of GRUBER Logistics?
Another central player in the implementation of the KEYSTONE project, GRUBER Logistics, will be actively involved in demonstrating the use case related to road transport in the field.
"KEYSTONE represents an opportunity for a transportation and logistics company because it enables the exchange of a direct information flow from the company's management system and the systems of infrastructure and public authorities. Indeed, one of the main problems in logistics is the lack of dialogue between systems, which leads to duplicate data entry resulting in wasted time. KEYSTONE therefore looks to be a reality that will contribute substantially to the company's digital development and process improvement," says Fabrizio Borgogna, Project Manager of Sustainability & Innovation at Gruber Logistics.
The collaboration between entities such as Cefriel, CIM SPA, Gruber Logistics and the Traffic Police becomes essential for the implementation of innovative solutions that can revolutionise the transport and logistics sector at the European level.