Smart Identification of Opportunities for Intermodal Triangulation (SIMIT)

Purpose and goal:

SIMIT was a preparatory project that laid the foundation for being able to realize a triangulation application at a later stage. The project has developed a technical specification on what data are needed to be able to realize a triangulation application and which actors that need to cooperate. As a basis for the technical specification, the following dimensions of system innovation have been evaluated: technology, products and processes, business models, infrastructure, policy and regulations, as well as company behavior, culture, and values.

Expected results and effects:

Four types of triangulation have been identified; i) street-turn via port, ii) street-turn via inland terminal, iii) depot turning, and iv) regional triangulation. Nine actor types have been identified as important, which means that these either have a great interest and would benefit greatly from realizing triangulation or that they possess some information that facilitates triangulation.

The project has mapped the data needed to be able to realize a triangulation application in the form of a technical specification and which actor that possesses these data. Approach and implementation:

The project was conducted in the form of a qualitative study where interviews and study visits comprised the primary data collection. The data originate from site visits to inland terminals and interviews with shipping companies and forwarder and haulage companies.