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Corridors Go DigitalLogistics seek new service-driven pipelines to re-energize the industryPhoto: Port of Helsinki Mobility keeps reinventing itself. While killer apps and paradigm-busting concepts are shaping especially urban/personal transport, its worthwhile to consider also the growth corridors for goods. A new concept under that name Corridor as a Service (CaaS) has been developed in order to improve logistics through digital services so that Finland can become a world-class logistics hub for tomorrows cargo.
Corridor as a Service is coordinated by Traffic Lab, an experimental project launched by the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications, and developed together with Technical Research Centre VTT, startup company Vediafi, Finnish Transport Safety Agency Trafi and other organizations belonging to the CaaS Consortium. The goal of the new operating model is to improve ground-breaking logistics in a business-led manner in order to facilitate international commerce. For companies, this approach offers opportunities for developing both currently existing and new forms of business activities, and for improving transport operations and for networking.
Enabling Innovation We promote an enabling environment and those measures which can lead to the creation of new digital services and business models, explains Kenraali. Finlands competitive position in the advancement of international logistics is being promoted through cooperation between the public and private sector. For example, VTT is very keen to participate in the project, says Project Manager Lasse Nykänen from VTT. into digitalized logistics of new operating models and technologies which support networking and transport automation – and also in the growing business activities that they enable, says Nykänen.
This means, for example, that prioritized passage can be given to truck convoys, thus increasing delivery reliability and providing time savings of over 10% at traffic lights, border crossings and road toll points. Silk Road Relaunch Project Manager Matti Lankinen from Vediafi explains that the idea is to create a digital marketplace where transport can flow more efficiently, quickly and economically. The cooperation with Kouvola Innovation opens up new logistical opportunities for rail services between Kouvola and Xian and for increased trade between Europe and Asia via Finnish land, air and sea routes, says Lankinen. Ecosystem Emerging The ecosystem also offers the opportunity for developing current and new business activities, improving goods transport, and networking within a shared ecosystem, says Kenraali. Specialist Mika Lammi from Kouvola Innovation adds that Kinno brings to the project a service through which goods traveling between Kouvola and Xian can be transported by rail utilizing digital services. Chinas growth centers offer abundant opportunities for Finnish trade and industry, Lammi believes. No Guts, No Glory The Futures review assesses the future prospects and action points in the transport and communications sectors on the basis of four themes: services, data, climate and networks. The report finds that restoration of the current transport network – and construction of new routes that would serve the entire Europe – will call for significant additional investments. The Ministry and Transport Agency calculate the growth-boosting transport costs to amount as much as EUR 60 billion during the next ten years.
However, while the annual financing of transport investments in the state budget has been, on average, around EUR 450 million, the implementation of future transport projects using the current spending limits would take more than 130 years. Challenges Remain The requirement for emission reductions in transport is also very substantial. Finland is committed to halving the 2005 level of transport emissions by 2030. The countrys aim is that transport will be carbon- free by 2045. Writer: Sami J. Anteroinen How did you like the article? |
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