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The research project, funded by the European Union, was officially launched on 01.07.2023 and is scheduled to run for three years. The consortium leader is the FIR, Aachen. The FIR is a non-profit, cross-industry research and training institution at RWTH Aachen University in the field of business or…

Putting the future in your own hands – Software engineers, software development, system integration and commercial processes; all this is mapped at 4PL Intermodal. The idea of personally passing on our strengths, quality products and social values to the next generation in our dynamic company was su…

Our intermodal customers (operators in the rail / truck / ship sector) are increasingly using the automated offer displays and generate bookings in IMSLOT. The extensions with IMSLOT Modules increase these options in a targeted manner and thus enable fully automated validation and booking processes.…

The national mFund research project HEGEL ( Hypernetwork of German Logistics -Nutzung des Potenzials von Hypernetzwerken in Güterverkehr und Logistik ) has reached its first milestone. This was submitted to the project sponsor in the first interim report. 4PL Intermodal participated in the following…

Solving challenging tasks in a playful way and imparting intermodal knowledge at the same time. – Is that possible? Our approach with the 4PL Intermodal GmbH giveaway in the form of a digitized “Vessel Tracker” card game gets to the heart of the matter. In an excerpt of 4 important ports for the eco…

4PL Intermodal has been one of 2,367 exhibitors in 2019. At the joint stand of the Federal Ministry of Economics (BMWi) – young innovative companies, we were able to show our idea of intermodal collaborative cloud-based software for the first time. At the leading logistics trade fair “transport logi…

Door-to-door combined transport is the future of freight transport in Europe. By intelligently linking rail, road and waterways, intermodal freight transport stands for a sustainable reduction in greenhouse gases of up to 90% and a reduction in energy demand of up to 70%. At the same time, intermoda…

In Vienna, on 31.05.2022, the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection was presented with a report on the project. The PhysICAL project was reported to the funding body, the consortium partners, politicians and interested parties from the economy. There were 120 participants from all areas of t…

The core of increasing productivity in modern and successful intermodal companies is digitalisation and cooperative implementation strategies. The PhysICAL flagship project tasks the cooperation partners with the practical implementation of this attitude. Fraunhofer Research Austria, Austrian Instit…

One of the aims of the Austrian PhysICAL research project is to raise awareness of resource-efficient transport services in the intermodal booking process by increasing transparency. This should be achieved, among other things, by a suitable processing and presentation of the consumption values PLAN…

4PL Intermodal is one of 6 consortium partners of HEGEL. Within this 3 years ongoing research programm we offer students from Kühne Logistics University (KLU) Hamburg to take part in an internship at 4PL. Initially Gijs Kool applied for an opportunity to recess his knowledge in intermodal business.…

On Tuesday, 22.03.2022, international scientists gave keynote speeches at the HEGEL kick-off event. This summary contains the most important points and findings from the six different keynote speeches. Prof. Dr. Lóri Tavasszy: “Super- and Hypernetworks: A Physical Internet perspective” In logistics,…