Can a combination of eCMR; eFTI; Freight exchange platform; Smart tachograph; Vehicle board computer help to reduce empty miles and save CO2?

Cargo Sign product owner Simonas Niedvaras thoughts about more cost and time-effective approach to leverage existing products in the market and combine them to create a new solution.

Simonas Niedvaras

2/4/20241 min read

Most of times there is no need to start developing your ideas from scratch, Product Owner of Cargo Sign Simonas Niedvaras thinks. It is much more cost and time-effective to leverage existing products in the market and combine them to create a new solution.

How can we apply this approach to save Europe some portion of CO2 emissions and investments by combining existing market solutions? This idea was challenged with AI (Artificial intelligence), the most modern and targeted tool in the market, but Simonas Niedvaras managed to defend it. Cargo Sign invites experts to challenge it too.

So, the idea is:

Since 20% of all EU road freight transports are empty miles, the main focus should be there. Additionally, all trucks should be loaded as completely as possible. So, how could every solution contribute to reducing CO2 emissions?


👉 Smart Tachographs could provide eCMR SaaS with truck odometer parameters.
👉 Vehicle OBUs could provide eCMR SaaS with truck fuel consumption parameters.
👉 eCMR could calculate the precise consignment CO2 footprint based on Smart Tachograph readings combined with OBU readings and eCMR data, including loading factor, truck type, Certificate of Conformity, eCMR statuses, and loading/unloading location.
👉 Commercial eFTI platforms can provide Consignors or Consignees with data on the last truck unloading place and loading factor to calculate empty miles to the next consignment pick-up location. With this data, Consignors or Consignees will know how much CO2 emission responsibility lies on them.
👉 Freight exchange platforms connected to commercial eFTI platforms can request last unload data and loading factor and allocate consignments to applying trucks with the least empty miles.