Introducing FREIGHTWISE a management framework for intelligent intermodal transport

1 BMT Transport Solutions GmbH

Introducing FREIGHTWISE a management framework for intelligent

intermodal transport

ITS World Congress SS 55 Motorways of the Sea, Logistics & Intermodality

Wednesday 11 October 11:00 – 12:30

Inger GustafssonLars Källström

Roman PoerschDetlev Fischer

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My message Timely and correct information is a vital part of any logistic solution Internal IT management systems are developing rapidly Advanced Information exchange between organisations is still

complicated “Standardised” solutions are missing

– Technology is not the major issue

– Organisational and commercial issues is more of a problem

Advancing inter-organisational communication requires some basic “rules of the game” - interaction infrastructure – to support the physical infrastructure.

Providers of such interaction infrastructure are/could be: – Standardisation bodies – European and national initiatives

FREIGHTWISE supports Commission initiatives in cooperation with the industry


Total international freight flows (worldwide + European, excl. oil, bulk)

Infrastructure improvements have only a limited impact on reducing congestions – mostly outside the major agglomerations

The number of bottlenecks in the road network will increase Road user charges for heavy vehicles at present levels have only

a limited impact on road transport demand

Freight transport in tonkm’s will increase by 45% till 2015 (rail by 30% and road by 60%)

Freight transport will grow faster than passenger transport in most of the major European corridors.


A changing market – the example of the port terminals

By 2008 the top four terminal operators will control over a third of the total world container port capacity (Drewry Shipping Consultants 2003)

The six leading operators in Europe handled nearly 70% of the European container throughput in 2002 compared to 53 % in 1998

Consolidation contributes to – Counterbalancing the power of the carriers– Realising economies of scale – Optimising the integration into terminal networks

Concerns about oligopolistic tendencies


FREIGHTWISE supports supply chain management

SCM is the integration of key business processes from end user through original suppliers, that provides products, services and information that add value for the customer and other stakeholders (Global Supply Chain Forum)

SCM consists of the following elements:

The structure - The member firms and their links

The business processes - the value adding activities

The management components – physical and technical – managerial and behavioural


A need for transport chain management


Rail transport Waterborne transportRoad transport

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Transport Chain Manager (TCM)

S-TCM 1

S-TCM 2

Rail TMS 1 Rail TMS 2 VTMS 1 VTMS 2 Road TMS 1 Road TMS 2

Interaction across several borders


FREIGHTWISE Framework seeks to integrate three domains


Interaction Infrastructure

Supports communication and cooperation

Defines some basic principles, rules of the game and/or a “language”

For information which is agreed on to be important enough to be subject to common definitions, formats and quality.

Does not consider the information content

“Someone” has to take responsibility for the establishing and maintaining the interaction infrastructure and facilitate the agreements


The public sector shall - individually, jointly and in cooperation with other stakeholders - provide information which creates good conditions for sustainable transport solutions for citizens, commerce and trade (KombiTIF/Banverket 2004).

A Swedish Vision:


EU supports the creation of “standardised frameworks” for defining stakeholders, processes and related information

with the intention to promote interoperability of information systems

thereby advancing the competitiveness of European industry but also improving control in order to promote a level

playing field, safety and security

European initiatives


Examples

Safe Sea Net and mandatory ship reporting system (FRS) according to Directive 2002/59/EG

Telematic Applications for Railfreight as part of Directive 2001/16/EC on the interoperability of the trans-European rail system.

A proposal for Harmonised River Traffic Information Services in Directive COM 2005/44/EC

An ongoing initiative to develop a harmonised system for electronic fee collection for road use till 2009

MARNIS for one stop shop vessel reporting FREIGHTWISE to provide input for a Directive (?) on

intermodal transport information exchange


RIS as an example of a European initiative

Proposal for a Directive (COM 2005/44/EC) on harmonised River Traffic Information Services (RIS) on inland waterways in the Community

RIS defines:

– Guidelines for architecture and organisation

– Electronic ship reporting

– Notices to skippers

– Tracking & Tracing systems

– Inland ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems)


NOTE: This is NOT a System Design. Driver with a Web Enabled Cell Phone

WAGON LOAD

Business Model Wagon Load

Transit Time to Customer

Planning Mode Execution Mode Post Trip Mode

CONSIGNOR CONSIGNEE

Commitment

IM3

Train Order

RU1

RU2 Yard

Operator

IM1

RU4

RU3

Customer

Lead RU Service

Integrator

IM2

ETI

I

TETA

Train Order TET

A

Train Order

ETH

ETI

I TETA

H

ETA

H

ETI

I

ETH

42-45

17

17

17

17-19

20-29

18

Train ready

34 30

01-03

01-03

RUs report to LRU(s)

IM reports train ETA / ETH to next IM and RU

IM sends new train ETA to RU 17. RU sends wagon ETI(s) to LRU(s)

30.and IM sends new train ETH to next IM. 17

no

Customer requests service

(LRU) receives

consignment note inc release time

RUs check resource availability incl; train

paths

collects ETI and

ETA from each RU and creates Trip

plan

Is trip plan acceptable?

receive confirmed wagon

order inc release time, ETI and ETA

and next RU

Wagon departure

prepares train composition data

checks &

updates relevant wagon data

in yard

train control

handover IM to IM+1

monitor train

set route -

command and control (start path)

LRU(s), RU(s) and

IM(s) make real time enquiries

IM and RU manage

Train delay

End of Path

reached

creates preliminary wagon order based on release time, ETI

and ETA for each RU

RU reports to LRU

Train path request

Infrastructure, Rolling stock register

Load, Dangerous goods Rolling stock

register

Infrastructure register, Rolling stock register

Load, Dangerous goods

add train details to paths

verify against contracted paths

Infrastructure and Rollingt stock database,

Dangerous goods

IMs advises RU that train is accepted

ETI and ETA responses

Master contract between LRU and RUs

LRU

Wagon Movement

Release time to Wagon Movement Wagon

movement

IMs IMs RU RU

RU

RU LRU LRUI LRU

RUs

RU sends train composition to its

IM(s) and to next RU

RU

Wagon movement

Train reporting

Advises train ready to leave (RU to IM

handover)

Train reporting Train reporting

IM

Train reporting

IM

IM IMs, RUs, LRUs IM and RU

New ETI

Monitor Wagons

RUs

Wagon Movement

wagons

interchange RU to RU+1

Delivers wagon(s) to Customer location

Wagon Destination?

RU+1 reports wagon ETI(s) to LRU(s)

RU reports to LRU(s) RU

Interchange Point?

RU - RU

Wagon movement

LRU(s) managing wagon exceptions

RU LRU

Wagon reporting

Wagon movement

RU

yes

no

no

yes

yes, RU(s) offer is confirmed

04-10

30

35

11

19

12 or 13

14

14, 15, 16

17-19

36, 37

30 31

30

40

Telematic Applications for Railfreight defines:

business models, process descriptions and data exchanged during these

processes

Relating to: Real-time monitoring of freight

and trains, Marshalling and train composition. Path reservation. Management of connections with

other modes of transport Production of accompanying

electronic documents.


FREIGHTWISE expected results

Building on cooperation with public and private stakeholders

Supporting real life transport chains

Input to Commission initiatives

– System architecture

– Enabling a Virtual Transport Network

– Stakeholder Framework 55 partners in 14 European

countries with involvement of 9 business cases.

Budget is 14 mEUR with a total EU-contribution of 7,9 mEUR.


FREIGHTWISE WP – structure


Thank you for your attention

Inger Gustafsson [email protected]

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