Spanish Port Hinterland Intermodal Information – FUTUREMED Pilot

Abstract

This paper shows the necessity of an information exchange system methodology for making more efficient port-hinterland intermodal corridors and how interoperability information systems contribute to this target. Thus, the paper reflects the pilot that is being designed and developed by the Spanish team, involved in the MED project FUTUREMED. The pilot aims the analysis of the current situation port-hinterland in terms of accessibility barriers, information systems used and logistics activities in the corridor. Furthermore, the work needs the compilation of the documentation and operation requirements for every actor involved and also to create a methodology based on these requirements to define an information system model to be finally tested. The result will be an IT operative platform that will enable the information exchange among the corridor actors, which will make feasible the development of a sustainable transport chain and the possibility of being used by others or even being integrated in a transnational transport corridor among the actors involved.