The findings made by researchers from the Public University of Navarre (UPNA) and the firm TB-Solutions form part of the TIMI project (Intelligent Intermodal Freight Transportation), and have been successfully tested at the port of Valencia.

Achieving reliable, real time freight monitoring at all times, from its point of origin to its destination. This is what a group of researchers have achieved from the Public University of Navarre and the firm TB-Solutions, specialized in the development of secure communication platforms. Currently these two groups are working on the commercial development of this product.

The objective of the TIMI project is to develop new technologies that lead to a future generation of devices, systems and tools to make intermodal transport more intelligent (ground, maritime, rail and air). To this end they have developed the necessary hardware and software to monitor a group of sensors which, when placed in individual containers, transmit data wirelessly.

José Javier Astrain, a researcher from the Public University of Navarre, explains that “with this device, I know what goods are transported by that truck, at what temperature and luminosity conditions, etc. If it arrives at customs, at what time it arrived, who made the inspection, if they approved it; I know if the goods are dangerous and if they are traveling on an authorized route or not, etc., and when the container arrives at the port I can avoid having to do all the processing and instead can have it directly boarded.”