The acquisition of our own server and associated IT infrastructure represents a strategic investment for our national research project COAST3 . It lays the foundation for powerful, secure and long-term controllable data processing, which is often a key prerequisite for modern research. Our clients in the terminal and depot infrastructure sector, as well as their…
In the European research project ReMuNet, one of the consortium’s tasks is to respond to disruptions in intermodal operations in a timely, appropriate and automated manner. This involves evaluating the current and planned transport process in response to the operational disruption and immediately developing proposed solutions for the further transport process. The ReMuNet Platform to…
The final event of our flagship project took place on May 22, 2025! 90 guests were registered to hear firsthand the results of our four pilot projects and the digital twin. One of the many highlights was the fishbowl discussion, in which experts from the logistics industry discussed the question “From your perspective: What are…
Last week, ReMuNet held a productive workshop at the 4PL offices in Rotenburg, bringing together FIR an der RWTH, 4PL, PTV, MANSIO, and VEDIA. The discussions centered on the platform’s architecture, user journey, and initial preparations for the piloting phase. ReMuNet is developing a digital platform to improve the efficiency and resilience of multimodal freight…
After three years of intensive research, this research journey came to an end with a pleasant final meeting at the KLU ( Kühne Logistics University ) in Hamburg. After an overview of the HEGEL project as a whole, each project partner presented the most important results from their respective focus areas. Accordingly, the presentations included…
An expert workshop was held by DLR and 4PL Intermodal at the Institute for Transport Research of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Berlin Adlershof on September 23, 2024. As part of the HEGEL research project, the companies met to discuss new ideas and advances in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in transport. The…
The consortium formed under the leadership of BEHALA met in person for the first time in Berlin on Wednesday, April 17th, 2024 with all five consortium partners at Berlin’s Westhafen with the funding provider and officially started the project. The consortium consists of the following companies: The funding body presented and explained the framework conditions…
The research project, funded by the European Union, was officially launched on 01.07.2023 and is scheduled to run for three years. The consortium leader is the FIR, Aachen. The FIR is a non-profit, cross-industry research and training institution at RWTH Aachen University in the field of business organization, information logistics and corporate IT with the…
The national mFund research project HEGEL ( Hypernetwork of German Logistics -Nutzung des Potenzials von Hypernetzwerken in Güterverkehr und Logistik ) has reached its first milestone. This was submitted to the project sponsor in the first interim report. 4PL Intermodal participated in the following work packages: The current results of the project give rise to…
In Vienna, on 31.05.2022, the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection was presented with a report on the project. The PhysICAL project was reported to the funding body, the consortium partners, politicians and interested parties from the economy. There were 120 participants from all areas of transport logistics as well as guests from politics and…
The core of increasing productivity in modern and successful intermodal companies is digitalisation and cooperative implementation strategies. The PhysICAL flagship project tasks the cooperation partners with the practical implementation of this attitude. Fraunhofer Research Austria, Austrian Institute of Technology AIT, Logistics Research Austria, ERS Railways GmbH and 4PL intermodal GmbH therefore met at the AIT…
One of the aims of the Austrian PhysICAL research project is to raise awareness of resource-efficient transport services in the intermodal booking process by increasing transparency. This should be achieved, among other things, by a suitable processing and presentation of the consumption values PLAN / ACTUAL in the production process. In current intermodal transports, comparisons…