Green Cargo launches a new IT system for domestic rail traffic in Norway

Green Cargo launches a new IT system, PICit, encompassing the company’s entire domestic rail traffic in Norway. The launch began with the Alnabru — Trondheim railway route in mid-March. Green Cargo now has standardized, digital working methods for bookings to deliveries that facilitate status updates for customers’ freight wagons and units. A key component of the launch is that Green Cargo can now offer both online and EDI bookings including track & trace.

“In response to customer demands for Bane NOR, formerly Jernbaneverket, and Green Cargo to modernize our procedures, we chose a digital solution with PICit to replace our previous procedures based on Excel. Our new IT system provides an improved interface for online and EDI bookings with a track & trace system that shows the location status of our customers’ units in the transportation chain. Bane NOR’s requirements included a more reliable system that facilitates the traceability of our rail freight, and which we can now ensure,” says Helena Wetterwik, Senior Project Manager and Project Leader at Green Cargo.

The IT system will compile all transportation and freight data and make it accessible for all parties in the transportation chain — from booking, planning trains, matching train capacity, terminal handling services, invoicing and follow-up. It will manage and control the information flow from the moment the goods leave the sender until their arrival at the recipient.

“This development project has been particularly successful thanks to the excellent collaboration between Green Cargo and PICit. Every procedure, from bookings, storage and terminal operations, disposition and operation of rail transportation to invoicing is now supported by a system in which PICit’s modules have been integrated in real-time into one single Software as a Service solution. Over and above the internal operative and administrative advantages, the system also integrates with other systems, which is an additional gain for Green Cargo, its customers and their operating environment. We are very proud that this system is now operational and we look forward to continuing the positive partnership with Green Cargo,” says Henrik Højen Andersen, CEO of PICit.

All the personnel — forklift operators, train drivers and administrative staff in Norway now use the new system. Green Cargo’s customers also receive a short demo on how to make bookings and follow status updates.

“The greatest impacts and gains from using PICit for Green Cargo is that we can provide our customers with online and EDI bookings including track & trace, and that it provides us with better internal control,” Helena Wetterwik concludes.