KEYSTONE In Action
Newsletter Issue #1-2024
KEYSTONE In Action is the quarterly e-Newsletter of the EU-funded KEYSTONE project, which supports the digital transformation of compliance operations of both road enforcement authorities and logistics operators.
Call for 1-on-1 interviews open: Share your opinion!
KEYSTONE stakeholder survey calls on operators, freight terminals & enforcement authorities.
KEYSTONE Consortium Partner Coventry University encourages stakeholders to take part in a dedicated 1-on-1 KEYSTONE interview to share insights, needs, requirements and wishes on the topic of logistics operations digitisation.
We want to hear your feedback on the challenges presented by data-driven operations in the sector.
A step forward towards the digitisation of transport logistics
The KEYSTONE consortium united in Northern Italy.
The KEYSTONE project partners met for a second time in person. A dedicated meeting of the Project Steering Committee took place at the offices of partner CIM Interporto di Novara, in Novara (Italy) from 28 to 29 November 2023.
The two-day meeting was split into two distinct sections, as it started off with a Focus Discussion Group (FDG) with Italian stakeholders. Following the FDG, representatives from each work package were present to document, review and discuss the progress & development of KEYSTONE activities internally.
Towards a sustainable EU data-sharing environment
KEYSTONE participated in the EU Data Logistics Festival.
On 30 November 2023, KEYSTONE consortium partner, Aethon Engineering, represented by CEO Alex Papacharalampous, took center stage at the FEDeRATED project's final event in Brussels, Belgium and represented the KEYSTONE project.The gathering was a melting pot of knowledge, experiences, and collaborative spirit, aimed at shaping the future of semantic interoperability in the logistics sector
It fostered an environment where experts and FEDeRATED partners converged with other diverse projects to discuss experiences, lessons learned, and the potential for collaboration.
The forum enabled practitioners, policymakers & researchers to cross-fertilise insights.
KEYSTONE spearheads Knowledge Exchange Workshop with FEDeRATED, FENIX and DTLF
On 07 December 2023, esteemed partners of the KEYSTONE, FEDeRATED and FENIX project consortia, together with experts from ALICE, Digital Transport and Logistics Forum (DTLF) and project officers from CINEA, took a prominent role in the recent Knowledge Exchange Workshop held in Belgium, Brussels.
EU ends road transport state aid discrimination, opens new door to decarbonisation help
News of Interest
Range predictions for electric trucks through data standardisation
The blog post presents predicted models for data planning.
The key to reliable and cost-efficient electric freight lies in accurate range modelling, also known as energy consumption modelling. Read below a new approach to collecting and processing electric truck data to implement range models that consistently achieve over 90% accuracy.
The new rules allow road freight carriers to benefit from de minimis state aid.
In the much-awaited revision of the Commission’s Regulation (EU) 2023/2831, the European Commission hasincreased the amount of de minimis from EUR 200,000 per enterprise over three years to EUR 300,000. This applies across the economy.
FreightTech experts: 2024 is the year for laggards to catch up
Failure to adopt a technology culture will slow future implementation.
2023 seemed to be the year that freight technology overinvestment caught up with the down freight market, experts said. Anticipating developments in freight technology for 2024, logistics providers and shippers are concentrating on enhancing their teams’ strength through technology that provides quick problem-solving solutions.
