The managment of the cargo flow includes the physical identification of the cargo and the transmission and distribution of the respective information individual selected to the authorized partners in intermodal transport on the one siede, and the exchange of information on the planning and control of cargo flow between the partners in the information on the planning and control of cargo flow between the partners in the transport chain on the other hand. The cargo flow is performed and operated by the employment of resources for transportation, transhipment or storage. Cooperative management of employment of resources needs a new kind of collaborating in logistics. The procedures will be harmonized on a high level of human interactivities which cannot be restricted by the exchange of only standardized messages.
Systems supporting cooperative management of the cargo flow are in development.
Acitivities concerning the cooperative management of the employment of resources are still in the area of applied research.