Transport and Logistics (T&L) significantly contributes to Europe’s economy, yet faces growing complexity due to global shifts. While the EU supports integration through TEN-T and urban logistics frameworks, emerging trade routes like the Silk Road and Northern Sea Route present economic and social uncertainties, making it challenging to assess their effect on the TEN-T network. Key challenges include achieving sustainable, low-emission freight corridors, addressing geopolitical uncertainty, and overcoming barriers to technology adoption. Advancing the Physical Internet and blockchain integration requires industry-wide collaboration and evidence of real-world benefits.

PLANET addressed key challenges in integrating the TEN-T network with emerging global trade corridors by focusing on two R&D pillars: a geo-economics approach to model and assess new trade routes, and the deployment of disruptive technologies such as IoT, blockchain, and automation to enable an EU-Global network. The project validated these innovations through three real-world Living Labs, involving sea and rail corridors, providing the experimentation environment for designing and exploiting future PI-oriented Integrated Green EU-Global T&L Networks (EGTN). PLANET delivered a Symbiotic Digital Clone as a collaborative planning tool and developed an Active Blueprint and Roadmap to guide stakeholders. It also built capacity in disadvantaged regions and fostered industry-wide engagement and momentum.