Transport Logistic 2025: Digital Customs Processing and Smart Ports from Estonia

Climate targets, new EU regulations, and geopolitical uncertainties are putting pressure on the logistics industry. Estonia plans to demonstrate at Transport Logistic 2025 how digital processes and cross-border collaboration can be implemented efficiently and practically.

A particular focus is on Estonia's role as a pilot region for innovative logistics solutions. As a digitally connected country with a strong operational orientation, it is presenting solutions at the exhibition that range from automated customs processes to autonomously operated vehicles. This also involves the practical implementation of the eFTI regulation, which will ensure digital freight information in the EU in the future.

“Today we are integrating – in close collaboration with HHLA Hamburg and German partners such as Fernride – autonomous, remotely controlled terminal vehicles into daily operations. The aim of the project is to achieve a degree of autonomy of 80 to 90 percent – with smooth collaboration with manned vehicles in regular port operations,” says Andres Uusoja, board member of HHLA TK Estonia.

In addition, he emphasizes: "Estonia's agile environment allows us to implement relevant innovations, such as automated container transport, early on in practice - and thus help shape a more connected, efficient, and future-proof logistics ecosystem."

Heiti Mering, founder and CEO of the Digital Logistics Centre of Excellence, also points out the practical benefits of digital systems: "For many transport companies, cross-border goods traffic still means stacks of paper, language barriers, and loss of time. With our eFTI Gate, which we have developed together with Estonian authorities and private logistics partners, we demonstrate that there is a smarter way."