Mikael Lind PhD, (Adjunct) Professor in Maritime Informatics, Senior Strategic Research Advisor Safety and Transport, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden | 4.03.2025 Share Fot. AdobeStock/ipopba Co-authors: Wolfgang Lehmacher, Rudy Hemeleers, Jan Bergstrand, Lasse Nykänen, Toni Penttinen and Ulla Tapaninen. This shift enhances real-time data sharing and automation, enabling stakeholders to anticipate and mitigate disruptions while optimising operations and minimising environmental impact. The electronic Freight Transport Information (eFTI) European regulation , set to become effective on 9 July 2027, aims to transform the logistics and transport sector across the European Union (EU) by digitising freight documentation and facilitating the electronic exchange of information. eFTI can be seen as an enabler that obliges authorities to accept digital freight information. Companies can innovate and refine their processes to fully leverage this capability, aligning their operations with sustainability and efficiency objectives. Alongside this legislative development, the global VWT (virtualwatchtower.org) is a collaborative ecosystem geared towards innovation for improved supply chain and freight management, focussing on primary data sharing across supply chain networks. VWT is powered by TWIN – a digital architecture developed to enable paperless trade. Both initiatives, VWT and TWIN build and support an ecosystem of actors who use the solutions. VWT […]