As a customer, you benefit from our involvement in research and development projects, as our dedication positively impacts the operational and organizational aspects of transalpine rail freight transport. Our research and development projects are primarily conducted under the auspices of the EU and in close cooperation with various partners across the logistics chain. These include railway undertakings, infrastructure managers, rolling stock manufacturers, and leasing companies.
Interreg Central Europe Program – “TalkNET”
The “TalkNET” project stands for “Transport and Logistics Stakeholders Network” and is funded by the European Union with approximately €2.9 million. It focuses on intensifying exchange between key players in the logistics and freight transport sectors in Central Europe to enhance the efficiency of existing logistical hubs (ports and freight villages). TalkNET aims to develop a cross-border strategy to enable new intermodal services. In this context, TalkNET supports investments in effective terminal management, new intermodal services, last-mile connections, and energy-efficient solutions. Through August 31, 2020, representatives from ports, transport operators, and other companies and institutions developed diverse solutions within individual pilot projects. Further information can be found here.
BMVI Funding Program – “Digitalization of Intermodal Supply Chains (KV 4.0)”
With this project, the Federal Ministry of Transport is funding the digitalization of intermodal supply chains. The backdrop is the high complexity of intermodal supply chains, which is often seen as a competitive disadvantage of Combined Transport (CT) compared to end-to-end road freight transport. The project aims to make logistics processes more transparent and streamlined across the entire intermodal transport chain and beyond national borders. The goal is to develop an information network that qualitatively improves vertical information flow among freight forwarders, CT operators, railway undertakings, and infrastructure managers.
Funding Program of the Austrian BMIMI – “SGV-Plus”
The Austrian Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure (BMIMI) provides a funding program for the provision of rail freight transport services in specific production modes in Austria from 2023 to 2027, as well as grants for rail transport services in the “handled freight transport” market segment. This funding covers rail freight transport services in single-wagonload traffic, unaccompanied combined transport, and the Rolling Highway (RoLa). Further information regarding this funding program can be found on the BMIMI website. The special directive has been published on the SCHIG website.
Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) Funding Program
As part of project 2012-DE-60025-P, the European Union is supporting us in equipping our locomotives with the European Train Control System (ETCS).
