INNOVATIVE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES FOR GREENER FREIGHT TRANSPORT

Information and communication technologies and services represent one of the major factors of success in the development of greener freight transport. The success is particularly reflected through innovative information and communication services whose implementation in freight transport acts preventively on the eco system. Numerous information and communication solutions require adjustment and harmonization in order to improve the transport along certain traffic corridors. Most of the national documents for the traffic network development of the European Union member states have set the main goals of improving the current situation by implementing modern technologies. For this purpose it is necessary to allow the application of new technologies through the following services: development of route planners of freight movement, real-time information of stakeholders during transport, monitoring and tracking of freight, measuring and monitoring of the ecological impacts (consequences), integration with ERTMS system, integration with the administration systems of ports that have container terminals, maintenance of business processes, comprehensive knowledge bases about ICT tools, and development of green ICT strategy for short- and long-term goals in meeting the quality of service (QoS). The mentioned services can be unified and conceptualized by the application of new paradigm based on the cloud computing concept.