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Preparing the ground for AUTOnomous Multimodal SUPply Chains

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Elevating Operational Automation to Support Multimodal Freight Transport

Elevating Operational Automation to Support Multimodal Freight Transport

Get Started

Preparing the ground for AUTOnomous Multimodal SUPply Chains

Get Started

Elevating Operational Automation to Support Multimodal Freight Transport

Preparing the ground for AUTOnomous Multimodal SUPply Chains

We would like to invite you to a stakeholder workshop, organised by the Port of Antwerp-Bruges and VIL, on the future governance of multimodal freight collaboration.

AUTOSUP (“Preparing the ground for AUTOnomous multimodal SUPply chains”) is a Horizon Europe project to drive the transition to seamless, automated multimodal freight transport. During the project, partners have developed an open, data-driven Decision Support System (DSS) to support decision makers in evaluating automation scenarios and future investments. As one of AUTOSUP’s two Living Hubs, the Port of Antwerp-Bruges plays a key role in testing and validating the project’s DSS and automation solutions in real-world logistics operations.

The workshop will be grounded in a concrete use case involving cargo hubs, night logistics and autonomous trucks, and will explore whether an independent “Offline Trustee” function could help coordinate decisions, data exchange and collaboration between shippers, logistics service providers and horizontal communities — and under which conditions such a role would actually work in practice.

During this workshop, we want to capture real operational perspectives on decision rights, information exchange, legal conditions and cost/benefit realism. Your input will feed directly into the governance recommendations the project delivers to the European Commission.

Practical details:

Date: Monday, 14 September
Time: 14:00 – 17:00, followed by networking drinks
Location: The Beacon, Sint-Pietersvliet 7, 2000 Antwerpen

For registration, contact dirk.staelens@vil.be or karen.vanbrussel@portofantwerpbruges.com.

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Vision

To establish common technical standards for integrated, safe, and trustworthy automated systems, promote stakeholder collaboration platforms that promote data sharing, and align regulatory frameworks, all of which are critical steps towards bridging gaps and enabling the development of concrete operational models for end-to-end autonomous logistics.

AUTOSUP has the ambition to drive the industrial transition to seamless multimodal automatic freight transport and enhance the operation of hubs as nodes in a Physical Internet logistics network.

Key Concept

AUTOSUP follows a human-in-loop approach, empowering stakeholders to integrate technological advances in processes and make strategic decisions about future investments, aiming for a smooth and equitable transition to autonomous supply chains (SCs), whilst accounting for sustainability and user acceptance.