European project SENATOR uses blockchain technology to support sustainable and secure last-mile operations in urban planning policies. Major urban concerns may be addressed by decentralization and openness with the aid of four different governance plans.
The new initiative called SENATOR—or “Smart Network Operator Platform enabling Shared, Integrated and more Sustainable Urban Freight Logistics”—is backed and financed by the European Commission. It is being worked on by a global collaboration, which is being led by Correos.
SENATOR will have an ICT platform for integrated logistical operations and a smart network operator at its core. It provides complete optimization of urban goods delivery services, one of the EU’s most urgent issues.
The strategy used by SENATOR will cut down on the number and length of goods delivery routes in metropolitan areas. That should therefore have a favorable effect on the availability of real-time information, planning, and forecasts related to these tasks.
Jelurida joins SENATOR as a partner of the business that was awarded the Correos public tender. Jelurida is significantly advancing the Blockchain project through the partnership.
The SENATOR initiative also links collection points and goods delivery providers to include the needs for goods delivery into urban planning. Without such a remedy, goods distribution often has a detrimental effect on metropolitan areas. Collaboration among agents and improved solutions for all stakeholders are made possible by a proactive attitude.
The Jelurida-developed Ardor blockchain powers the SENATOR solution. This technological stack is crucial because it provides ways to connect to other blockchains. Additionally, Ardor will assist SENATOR in supporting the traceability of important transactions, such as goods exchanges between various logistic operators, and the traceability of cold chain variables. One SENATOR Ardor Node will be used in the proof-of-concept stage to access the public Ardor blockchain and a central database linked to the Node. Every transaction’s data supplied from the SENATOR services is handled by the Node.
Transaction efficiency and throughput are essential given the project’s real-world ramifications. When dealing with real-world use cases, such scalability, and flexibility are crucial since services must constantly function at their best.
Additionally, SENATOR employs SENATOR ID, a digital identity management system. Individual users, entities (such as IoT devices and vehicles), and legal persons are all included. The multiple-pronged strategy allows SENATOR to address a range of current and future use cases.
In Zaragoza, Spain, and Dublin, Ireland, the SENATOR system will undergo its first testing. An Urban Living Lab is located in each area, allowing this novel strategy to be tested in actual settings. The new services are available to users in selected areas through a specific mobile application and web-based interface. Additionally, a native API makes these solutions available to third-party platforms and developers.
