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In order to overcome barriers and set ambitious environmental requirements, which will enable to implement emission free construction logistics solutions, off-site and on-site construction logistics activities have to become smarter, more efficient and sustainable. In the MIMIC project a report has been conducted aiming to develop the impact assessment framework for construction logistics,

Kristoffer Skjutare will be the acting programme manager of CLOSER until the summer of 2021 while the current programme manager Lina Moritz takes parental leave.

At the Nordic High Capacity Transport (HCT) Annual Conference 2020, which is being held on 22 October, Sara Thiel from the city of Borås will talk about Autofreight. This is a project that is laying the foundations for effective, sustainable container transport by setting up a horizontal cooperation between many companies and enabling them to make joint use of the transport capacity.

During the autumn of 2020, several new projects began under the umbrella of the CLOSER programme. These projects cover a wide range of areas and span the entire programme from rail developments to sustainable e-commerce.

FR8HUB is a project that forms part of the EU Shift2Rail research programme which aims to develop technologies for European railways and investigate how they can be strategically implemented in the rail industry. FR8HUB will come to an end in the winter and the technologies that have been developed as part of the project will be presented during the Shift2Rail Innovation Days in October 2020.