CATLEC (Centro Avanzado de Transporte, Logstica y Competitividad Econmica / Center for Advanced Transportation, Logistics, and Economic Competitiveness) is a Chilean national-interest research center, funded by the National Research and Development Agency (ANID) and led by the Pontificia Universidad Catlica de Chile (UC) and Universidad Andrs Bello (UNAB), with the Universidad de los Andes and Universidad de Concepcin collaborating. Based in Santiago, it generates interdisciplinary research on transport and logistics to strengthen public-private collaboration, inform public policy, and advance Chile’s sustainable competitiveness, working alongside the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, the Ministry of Public Works, and the Conecta Logstica foundation.