Marlo a.s

Marlo started its operations in 1997 under the name LogIT a.s.The business originated from EU projects in the area of transport and logistics, with a specific focus on issues related to Short Sea Shipping and door-to-door transport operations utilising waterborne transport. Marlo staff have participated in or led a number of EU projects: IPSI, TRAPIST, Advances, Marqual, MTCP, REALISE, PROMIT, INFOLOG, Themis, D2D, and FREIGHTWISE for DG VII/TREN, and ERAMAR, INTEGRATION, and CREATE3S for DG Research. Marlo’s business idea includes commercialising the results of RTD projects, and the company has been involved in establishing new businesses on the basis of EU research. Two examples of new businesses that have emerged form EU project where Marlo is involved are TTS Port Equipment in Sweden that was formed on the basis of concepts and technologies emerged from the IPSI project where Marlo management held the coordinating role, and Logit Systems that was founded by Marlo/LogIT in 2000 on the basis of the results form the INFOLOG project. Marlo’s expertise relates from cargo handling technologies and terminal operations to fleet management for shipping and ICT systems for logistics. in 200) Marlo establihed a daughter company in Karsruhe, Germany to strengthen its expertise in rail transport and intermodal transport using rail.