Activity 1.1 is devoted to jointly assessing the current situation on last mile accessibility of rural and peripheral area in CE to the main freight nodes of TEN-T networks and elaborating a transnational strategy to improve it. As a first step, PPs analyse the status quo in this domain by assessing bottlenecks and market potential, including currently applied ICT tools. PP8-RSOE investigates good practices in the European and international context and carries out a comparative benchmarking study, assessing regions against each other, identifying which best practice could feed further project activities in a work paper. Following that, PPs jointly draft a strategy setting a vision, objectives and priorities aimed at the optimisation of transport flows and reduction of environmental externalities through IT tools, covering the three domains of: 1. Vehicle Booking Systems/pre-arrival or pre-exit notification, port/terminal gates; 2. Port/terminal gates and interoperability among public/private IT systems; 3. Cargo bundling Aim of this document is to provide PPs with a common template as to co-design Deliverable D.1.1.2 “Strategy for improving the last mile accessibility of rural/peripheral areas to TEN-Ts through ICT”.

Activity 1.1 is devoted to jointly planning the improvement of accessibility of rural and peripheral areas to TEN-T nodes through IT tools, covering the three domains of: 1. Vehicle Booking Systems/pre-arrival or pre-exit notification, port/terminal gates; 2. Port/terminal gates and interoperability among public/private IT systems; 3. Cargo bundling Aim of this document is to provide PPs with a common template as to co-design Deliverable D.1.2.3 “Action Plan for improving the last mile accessibility of rural/peripheral areas to TEN-Ts through ICT”.

Activity 1.1 is devoted to jointly planning the improvement of accessibility of rural and peripheral areas to TEN-T nodes through IT tools, covering the three domains of: 1. Vehicle Booking Systems/pre-arrival or pre-exit notification, port/terminal gates; 2. Port/terminal gates and interoperability among public/private IT systems; 3. Cargo bundling Through this document, drafted by PP2-ZAILOG, PP3-Port of La Spezia (Italy), PP4-Luka Koper (Slovenia), PP8-RSOE (Hungary) and PP9-BCT (Poland) jointly break down the goals of the transnational Strategy for improving the last mile accessibility of rural/peripheral areas to TEN-Ts through ICT (deliverable D.1.1.2) in an action plan for optimising last mile accessibility of CE rural and peripheral areas by improving port/terminal gates and entry/exit IT tools and procedures, with specific tasks for each PP, KPIs, time line, financial resources needed.

WP1 is devoted to jointly planning the improvement of accessibility of rural and peripheral areas to TEN-T nodes through IT tools, covering the three domains of: 1. Vehicle Booking Systems/pre-arrival or pre-exit notification, port/terminal gates; 2. Port/terminal gates and interoperability among public/private IT systems; 3. Cargo bundling This action plan, jointly drafted by PP6-LCAS (Austria), PP10-GRUBER (Poland) and PP11-ROSTOCK (Germany), breaks down the goals of the transnational Strategy for improving the last mile accessibility of rural/peripheral areas to TEN-Ts through ICT (deliverable D.1.1.2) in an action plan for optimising last mile accessibility of CE rural and peripheral areas by adopting cargo bundling and tracking IT tools, with specific tasks for each PP, KPIs, time line, financial resources needed.

This output provides the long-term sustainability guidelines for Solution No. 1 – Transport Flow Management and Vehicle Booking Systems (VBS), jointly developed within the ACCESSMILE project by the Port Network Authority of the Eastern Adriatic Sea (Trieste), the Port of Rijeka Authority, and MAHART Container Center (Budapest). The solution integrates the results and experiences of three complementary pilot actions aimed at improving last-mile accessibility between the port/terminal and the delivery points in rural and peripheral areas The pilots addressed key bottlenecks affecting port and terminal gates: fluctuating truck arrivals, congestion, and manual entry/exit procedures. The implemented systems – the Pre-Exit Notification in Trieste, smart gate access with virtual ID cards in Rijeka, and Vehicle Booking and Call-in systems in Budapest – collectively form a transnational framework for efficient transport flow management.

This output provides the long-term sustainability guidelines for Solution No. 2 – Gates and Entry/Exit Tools and Procedures, jointly developed within the ACCESSMILE project. Topic 2 focuses on digitalisation and automation of gate processes, aiming to reduce congestion, improve safety, and streamline vehicle access at ports, terminals, freight villages, and rural/peripheral logistics nodes. The solution brings together the results of five complementary pilot actions implemented by: • PP2 – ZAILOG (Verona Freight Village) – Italy • PP3 – Port of La Spezia / ADSPMLOR – Italy • PP4 – Luka Koper – Slovenia • PP8 – RSOE – Hungary • PP9 – BCT Gdynia – Poland Each pilot introduces ICT tools to modernise gate operations through automated identification, optical recognition, interlinked PCS/TOS data exchange, pre-registration systems, and automated weight controls. Together, these pilots form a transnational, scalable, and interoperable framework for enhancing last-mile logistics efficiency and improving the accessibility of rural and peripheral areas to TEN-T nodes.

This report provides an in-depth account of the joint solution consisting of two complementary pilots developed and implemented under the ACCESSMILE project by Gruber Logistics (PP10) and Rostock Port (PP11). The pilot activities focus on Cargo Bundling and Tracking (Topic 3), aiming to enhance the digital connectivity and operational efficiency of logistics chains in rural and peripheral regions of Poland and Northern Germany. The collaboration between Gruber Logistics and Rostock Port has combined two complementary perspectives: • the road-based logistics ecosystem led by Gruber Logistics through the MyDesk digital platform, and • the port-centric, intermodal ecosystem developed by Rostock Port through its Digital Navigator, integrating tools such as Routescanner and Rail-Flow. Together, the partners have demonstrated that digital interoperability and cargo aggregation can effectively reduce fragmentation, increase visibility, and connect smaller regional operators, freight forwarders and shippers to the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). The pilots were conceived to address specific barriers typical of peripheral logistics environments — limited digitalisation, fragmented cargo flows, and low coordination between road, rail, and maritime operators. By introducing modular and user-friendly ICT solutions, both pilots have helped to overcome these constraints and created conditions for long-term sustainability, scalability, and transferability of the developed approaches.

In accordance with the principles of mutual benefit, shared development and territorial cohesion, and with the aim of reinforcing and further developing transnational cooperation beyond the project lifetime, the Port Network Authority of the Eastern Adriatic Sea as Lead Partner, together with ZAILOG scarl and the Eastern Ligurian Sea Port Authority (Italy), Luka Koper, port and logistic system, public limited company (Slovenia), the Port of Rijeka Authority (Croatia), MAHART Container Center Ltd. and the National Association of Radio Distress-Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE) (Hungary), BCT – Baltic Container Terminal Ltd. and Gruber Logistics Poland (Poland), as well as Rostock Port GmbH (Germany) having cooperated as project partners within the ACCESSMILE project – Improving accessibility of last-mile connections of rural and peripheral regions to main TEN-T nodes through ICT, co-financed by the Interreg Central Europe Programme, acknowledge the strategic value of the solutions, tools, methodologies and governance approaches jointly developed and tested during the project implementation. Building on the experience gained through transnational cooperation and pilot actions, the Parties recognise the importance of ensuring continuity, capitalisation and further development of the ACCESSMILE results after the formal completion of the project.