When hinterland transport can be influenced to achieve efficiency and environmental gains, proving the needed infrastructure alone is not enough. Cargo flows need to be directed and bundled where appropriate which requires a well functioning information systems, preferably used by most actors in the system, i.e. port authority, terminal operators and transport agencies. In such way cargo flows can be optimised and bundled according according to timing and schedules of both cargo and trains, barges and trucks. Regional or global standards for Cargo Information Systems are instrumental for organising such optimisations. Examples of such standard are; Portbase in the Ports of Amsterdam and Rotterdam, APCS in Port of Antwerp and the port community systems of Barcelona, Bremen or Hamburg.