NexTrust Pilot 3.4: Avoiding Empty Barges on an Existing Danube Waterway Service

Case Study

This pilot demonstrator looked into the inbound and outbound freight flows along the Danube Inland Waterway.

The main goals of the Danube demonstrator were:

• Enabling demand sided horizontal collaboration between shippers in order to bundle freight flows and avoid empty running on the Danube waterway
• Defining the appropriate trusted collaboration business model, which can be applied in the context of the Danube Inland Waterway.