Project description

To bridge the nearly 1,200 kilometres from Rotterdam to Genoa is often difficult when it comes to freight transport. In the project CODE24, the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) researches strategies to meet the challenges of this route together with 14 international partners. Funded by the European Union with 3.2 million Euros, the Interreg project aims to optimize and further develop the railway network in the trans-European transport corridor (TEN-T) No. 24. The important north-south corridor leads from the Netherlands through Germany and Switzerland to Italy, affecting nearly 70 million people and handling approximately 700 million tons of rail argo each year.

Finding and developing hubs
At the Institute of Geography, Prof. Dr. Rudolf Juchelka researches focal points for the logistics industry along the TEN-T, which offer more than just track access. "We want to create a complete model of the axis and find out where all the conditions for good nodes are present. There are still some hidden gems left to be discovered." These will help the surrounding regions to develop economically.

Mailing waggons via the internet
Prof. Dr. Stephan Zelewski at the Institute for Production and Industrial Information Management is working on another aspect. He wants to facilitate the transport of goods by rail through Europe. So far, there is no publicly available online freight exchange, where shippers, freight forwarders and railway companies can place their offers and requests each other. Such a platform is being developed at the UDE.

Central contributions by UDE
The importance of the UDE research project is also highlighted by the head of the German Interreg office, Eva C. Lupprian: "The two chairs make key contributions to the cross-border project because they have the entire traffic and transport axis of the corridor in view and thus immediately fill the integrated, cross-country programme approaches of Interreg with content"

Further information

http://www.code-24.eu