Nordic shift toward scalable, digitally coordinated freight systems

As green corridors mature, the challenge is no longer demonstration, but adoption. The report makes clear that scaling depends on whether low-emission transport becomes a competitive and repeatable choice for shippers across interconnected logistics networks.

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden has contributed to this perspective with a focus on digital collaboration and system-level coordination. The report highlights that scalable freight systems require more than infrastructure - they require shared situational awareness and coordinated decision-making across actors.

This is reflected in approaches such as collaborative decision-making (CDM) and concepts like the shipper-driven, community-based Virtual Watch Tower initiative, where digital infrastructure supports alignment across transport legs and nodes.

“Corridors trigger transition; networks enable scale”, says Mikael Lind.

The work was developed within the Nordic Innovation-funded project Green and Digital end-to-end corridors in the Nordics, involving partners from all five Nordic countries, and was officially launched at the Nordic Hydrogen Valleys Conference in Trondheim.

Read the report:

https://norden.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:2055501/FULLTEXT01.pdf

Contact:

Mikael Lind, RISE, mikael.lind@ri.se