BASIC PROJECT DATA

 

Project ID: PA1A176

Project Website: https://multireload.eu/

 

 

 

 

STATUS AND TIMEFRAME

Start date: September 2022
End date: February 2026

 

FINANCING

Total budget:  EUR 8,846,055.14
EU funds: EUR 7,417,813.13 through HORIZON Europe

 

 

NEED AND ADDED VALUE FOR THE DANUBE REGION STRATEGY

MultiRELOAD enhances the collaboration between different freight nodes in Europe to jointly test innovations and create favourable market conditions for multimodal freight transport solutions on the Rhine-Danube Corridor connecting central Europe and the Danube Region and the Rhine-Alpine Corridor.

 

OBJECTIVE(S) OF THE PROJECT

The MultiRELOAD consortium comprising of ports, highly innovative technology, logistics and service providers, leading European research institutions and well-connected networks will cooperate intensely to facilitate significant modal shift to sustainable modes of transport, radical efficiency increase of supply chains and capacity-sharing.

 

 

PLANNED PROJECT ACTIVITIES

MultiRELOAD enhances the collaboration between different freight nodes in Europe to jointly test innovations and create favourable market conditions for multimodal freight transport solutions. MultiRELOAD will demonstrate solutions in three Innovation Areas with specific aims by 2025 – mirroring measures of the EU’s Smart Mobility Strategy:

• Smart multimodal logistics: facilitate a shift from road to rail & IWT of 5%
• Digital & Automated Multimodal Nodes and Corridors: increase operational efficiency by 20 % raise of handling capacity
• Innovative business models: leading to an average cost reduction of freight transport by 10%. MultiRELOAD involves highly ambitious logistics hubs, including the multimodal node duisport (DE), Duisburg’s highly ambitious port and the world’s largest and most advanced trimodal inland hub terminal, and the trimodal nodes Ports of Vienna (AT) and Basel (CH)

 

 

PROJECT TEAM

Project leader: Duisburg Hafen Aktiengesellschaft (Germany)
Address: Alte Ruhrorter Straße 42-52; 47119 Duisburg

Project partner(s):

• Hafen Wien (Austria)
• Schweizerische Rheinhafen (Switzerland)
• Pro Danube Management GmbH (Austria)
• Transport Trade Service (Austria)
• ASE GmbH (Germany)
• FH OÖ Forschungs & Entwicklungs GmbH
• Entwicklungszentrum für Schiffstechnik und Transportsysteme e.V. (Germany)
• Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (Germany)
• Cargobeamer AG (Germany)
• Ruprecht Consult-Forschung & Beratung GmbH (Germany)
• Interregional Alliance for the Rhine-Alpine Corridor EGTC (Germany)
• Radio Segelyhivo es infokommunkacios orszago egyesulet (Hungary)
• Prodevelop SL (Spain)
• Alliance for logistics innovation through collaboration in Europe (Belgium)
• Istitut du droit international des Transportes (France)
• Stichting Smart Freight Centre (The Netherlands)
• Nosta Holding GmbH (Germany)
• Magyar Dunai Kikotok Szovtesege (Hungary)
• Universität für Bodenkultur Wien (Austria)

 

PROJECT BENEFICIARIES  /  TARGET GROUPS

Beneficiary:

• Consortium with 22 partners comprising of highly innovative technology, logistics and service providers, leading European research institutions and well-connected networks

Direct target groups:

• Freight forwarders, Shippers, Shipping companies

 

PROJECT ENVIRONMENT

EUSDR EMBEDDING

EUSDR COMPLIANCE

META  DATA

Data provided by: viadonau, Austria – 02.01.2026; https://multireload.eu/