IKIGAI
IKIGAI tackles the fragmentation of logistics networks, which causes inefficiency and hinders the digital and green transition. To overcome this, the project will implement the latest logistics innovations in five real-world pilots.
Today’s logistics networks are often fragmented, with operators working in isolation due to the incompatibility of systems and high integration costs hampering collaboration opportunities. This results in empty journeys, difficulties arranging and participating in multimodal transport networks, underutilised assets, and higher operational costs, as well as increased greenhouse gas emissions.
The Physical Internet (PI) is a global vision that can address the challenges faced by freight transport and logistics through universal open standards, physical and digital interconnectivity in freight transport and logistics.
The EU project IKIGAI aligns freight transport and logistics operations with the PI vision, helping companies to transition towards a greener, more efficient, and collaborative future, known as twin transition.
Starting in July 2025 and ending in December 2028, IKIGAI’s main outcomes will be:
- Five real-world pilots in diverse European settings, such as urban hubs, corridors and ports, to validate innovations in emissions tracking, volume pooling, data sharing, and packaging standardisation.
- A harmonised Physical Internet norm providing a structured approach to standard compliance and operational integration across networks.
- The twin transition genome, a roadmap defining how logistics innovations mature and scale within PI-compatible systems.
- A community of Physical Internet Ambassadors and the Nishida Circle, ensuring strategic alignment, knowledge exchange, and industry-wide awareness.
Specifically, the five real-world pilots through which different logistics innovations will be tested are:
- The ALICE Express trustee-governed volume-pooling for zero-emission door-to-door freight transport service in the Gliwice-Piacenza (Poland/Italy) corridor.
- Synchromodal cold chain freight transport service through matchmaking, freight consolidation and collaborative management at Piraeus Free Zone Type 1 (Greece).
- Synchromodal and zero-emission parcel last-mile delivery services using mobile river and land Hubs in Paris (FR) and Esplugues/Barcelona Metropolitan Area (ES).
- A Gruber digitised custody of chain for freight transport emissions calculation and reporting, adopting a new Book & Claim system.
- Pooling governance for the GS1 SMART-Box to scale from Germany to Belgium and France markets with new product categories.
If you want to know more about this project contact Cláudia Ribeiro or Raffaele Vergnani.
To stay updated on the latest developments, check out the project's website and follow the LinkedIn page.
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