Logistics Weather

Transportation impact forecasting provides transportation risk information for highways, railways, aviation, and ferries nationwide - every 3 hours up to 72 hours ahead, and every half-day (12 hours) up to 10 days ahead. *10-day forecasts are for highways only.
This enables production adjustments, transportation plan coordination between shippers and logistics providers, and advance/postponed delivery arrangements with adequate lead time.

We send push notifications to drivers about risks of strong winds that could cause rollovers and heavy snow that could cause getting stuck.
Drivers can detect these risks and take preventive safety measures or avoidance strategies such as wide-area detours.

GX in the logistics sector is an urgent issue toward 2050 carbon neutrality, but JR freight and ferries are transport modes that are easily affected by weather risks.
By understanding risks for each transport mode in advance, we facilitate arrangement of alternative transportation means and promote modal shift.

During typhoon approaches, river flooding and associated inundation are expected due to heavy rain effects.
Based on BCP/BCM, we visualize weather risks at each facility from both forecasting and observation perspectives to provide information that serves as the basis for decisions about logistics center and warehouse operations, disaster prevention measures, and employee commuting.
*Details about facility disaster prevention measures can also be found on the Facility & Plant Weather page