Imagine every delivery van, motorcycle courier, and truck on the road as a potential shared ride — not for people, but for packages. DynaHUBs built a software platform that creates virtual "handoff points" where packages can jump between vehicles already heading in the right direction. Think of it like a ride-sharing app, but for cargo: if a courier is going past your neighborhood anyway, why send a separate truck? The system was tested with real motorcycle couriers and grocery deliveries in three countries to prove it actually works on the street.
Last-mile delivery is one of the most expensive legs of any supply chain, with vehicles often running half-empty on overlapping routes. Companies pay for fuel, drivers, and vehicle wear on trips that could be consolidated — but there is no easy way to dynamically share capacity across fleets, modes of transport, and operators in real time.
A software platform with virtual exchange nodes ("DynaHUBs") that dynamically match cargo to vehicles already on the road, enabling route sharing, mode switching, and capacity consolidation. The system was field-tested with motorcycle couriers and grocery deliveries across 3 countries, producing 7 deliverables including trial evaluations for each test site.
If you are a courier company dealing with rising fuel costs and half-empty vehicles running overlapping routes — this project developed a dynamic route-sharing platform tested with motorcycle couriers in 3 countries that lets you consolidate deliveries across your fleet and partner fleets in real time, cutting unnecessary trips and boosting vehicle utilization.
If you are a grocery delivery operator dealing with tight delivery windows and high per-drop costs — this project developed and field-tested a system that dynamically assigns packages to vehicles already passing near delivery addresses, tested specifically with grocery deliveries during field trials in the Netherlands, Sweden, and Turkey.
If you are a logistics provider dealing with fragmented shipments and underused truck capacity — this project built virtual exchange nodes that let cargo switch between transport modes and vehicles mid-route, enabling you to shorten routes and share capacity across your network without building physical hubs.
The project data does not include specific licensing or implementation costs. The coordinator is a Turkish IT services SME (Lojika), which suggests a software-as-a-service model rather than heavy infrastructure investment. Contact the team through SciTransfer for pricing details.
The project objective explicitly states that once proven on motorcycles, the capability will be used for all vehicles and existing transportation systems for not only freight but also for people. The platform was designed as a scalable virtual exchange mechanism on top of existing transport infrastructure.
The project was an Innovation Action (IA) with 5 partners across 5 countries. IP is likely held by the consortium, with the coordinator Lojika (Turkey) as the lead technology developer. Based on available project data, specific licensing terms are not published — SciTransfer can facilitate IP discussions.
Yes. Field tests were conducted in 3 countries: the Netherlands, Sweden, and Turkey. Tests involved motorcycle courier deliveries and grocery delivery integration, with dedicated evaluation deliverables produced for each trial location.
The deliverables describe integration with both scheduled and unscheduled delivery orders from courier systems, feeding into DynaHUBs' core scheduling system. The platform was also designed to work with couriers that lack their own scheduling systems, operating at the operator level.
Based on available project data, the field tests in 3 EU and non-EU countries suggest the model was validated across different regulatory environments. The platform works on existing transport infrastructure rather than creating new regulated operations.
The project ran from 2016 to 2018 and is now closed. A project website exists at dynahubs.com. Based on the 3 completed field trials and 7 deliverables, a working prototype was demonstrated, but current commercial availability should be confirmed with the coordinator.
The DynaHUBs consortium is compact but industry-heavy: 5 partners from 5 countries (Spain, Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey, UK) with a 60% industry ratio and 3 SMEs. This is a strong signal for business readiness — this was not an academic exercise but a commercially motivated team. The coordinator, Lojika, is a Turkish IT services SME, meaning the core technology sits with a company that builds and sells software for a living. Having only 1 university partner and no pure research organizations reinforces that this project was about building a product, not writing papers.
Lojika Bilgi Teknolojileri (Turkey) — SciTransfer can locate the project coordinator contact for you
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