e-Freight

e-FREIGHT is an Integrated project within the EU's 7th Framework programme
The e-Freight project is aimed at supporting , from a transport perspective, the three pillars of European Policy namely:
   * Strengthening of the internal market and competitiveness;
   * Improving regulation to create a more dynamic business environment;
   * Promoting sustainable development.

Specifically e-Freight will contribute to the goals of the Freight transport Logistics Action Plan (Oct 2007), and ITS Action Plan (Oct 2008) pertaining to the development of:
1 . A standard framework for freight information exchange covering all transport modes .
2 . A European Single Transport Document for carriage of goods with all the necessary legislative
   support, irrespective of mode.
3 . A Single Window (single access point) for administrative procedures in all modes.
4 . Simple, harmonised border crossings for all modes of transport for EU member states.
5 . Simple procedures and the necessary infrastructure  for establishing secure and
    efficient transport corridors between Europe, USA, and Asia.

The e-Freight project will be alligned to support Initiative 7 of the white paper 2011 Multimodal transport of goods: e-Freight:
Create the appropriate framework to allow tracing goods in real time, ensure intermodal liability and promote clean freight transport:
Put in practice the concepts of ‘single window’ and ‘one-stop administrative shop’; by creating and deploying a single transport document in electronic form (electronic waybill), and creating the appropriate framework for the deployment of tracking and tracing technologies, RFID etc.)
Ensure that liability regimes promote rail, waterborne and intermodal transport.