InfraForecast™ is a decision-making SaaS tool that integrates global trade, transport infrastructure, and commodity market data into one dynamic environment — enabling you to plan, forecast, and optimize freight logistics with precision.
Why InfraForecast
Global coverage: 15 billion tonnes of trade flows connecting all countries of the world, modelled and continuously recalibrated using actual trade data.
Explainable AI: An agent-based, capacity-constrained transport model that assigns flows across multimodal routes, including high-level simulation of port cargo operations and leveraging cutting-edge algorithms.
Multi-scenario analysis: Explore and compare multiple infrastructure and policy development pathways.
Actionable insights: Data visualisation, dashboards, and on-demand analytical support.
Core Features
- Global Trade Database
- Cleaned and enriched UN COMTRADE data converted into tonnes
- Country-to-country and sub-national matrices with economic indicators for 40+ countries
- Editable macroeconomic and commodity market scenarios
Transport Infrastructure Database
- Maritime: 700+ ports (berths, terminals, equipment, tariffs); 50,000+ sea routes
- Inland: Roads, railways, dry ports, and border crossing points with capacity and cost parameters;
- Projections for future infrastructure development
- Fully editable data environment
AI-Driven Route Planner
- Build routes globally: calculate the cheapest, fastest, or most balanced routes by time and cost
- Detailed breakdown by segment: ports, dry ports, rail, road, sea
- Real-time view of bottlenecks and capacity utilisation
- AI agent delivering actionable insights based on generated routes
Cargo Flow Modelling
- Analyse how cargo volumes are distributed across multiple routes
- Compare current and future distributions to assess the impact of infrastructure or policy changes
- Identify bottlenecks and underutilised infrastructure under different scenarios
- Analyse flow structures for ports, dry ports, border crossing points, and specific railway or road sections
Forecast Accuracy
InfraForecast™ forecasting error in past projects:
EU–China trade and transport (2017–2021): ≈ 9% (despite the COVID year)
Coal export from Central Asia (2020-2024): ≈ 3.3%
Port Baku traffic forecast (2022-2025): ≈ 2.4%
Technology Stack
- Python / Django backend
- React frontend
- PostgreSQL / PostGIS database
- Multi-year, multi-scenario processing
- Interactive map and reporting dashboards
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