Logica is building an
intelligent wireless cargo system for secure freight
transportation in Europe with European Commission funding.
Logica has begun work on European interdisciplinary Research on
Intelligent Cargo for Efficient Safe and Environmentally-Friendly
logistics (Euridice), an intelligent cargo system that will
establish advanced information services for freight transportation
in Europe.
The system will provide enhanced security to international trade
users' consignments. It will harness information from a range of
track and trace technologies, such as
RFID, GPRS and satellite positioning, to provide information
about goods in transit.
Euridice is co-funded by the European Commission, and the
current phase of the project is scheduled to be completed by
2011.
Logica said the Euridice system will address the various
challenges around the logistics, business and public policy aspects
of freight transportation.
Once completed, it will enable cargo - from complete shipments
to individual items - to interact with its surrounding environment
and actively notify its presence and identity requirements.
The intelligent cargo item will be an active provider of
information services, notifying interested users and systems of its
details, position and related events as they occur.
Euridice is backed by 22 organisations in the IT and freight
transport sector. Logica is responsible for the concept,
technological systems and business models.