Rail Freight Portal

Market Place Seminar - Rail Connections between Europe and the Iberian Peninsula

Gustav Manding — 2010-08-10T12:39:01Z

The market place seminar is a platform which aims to create opportunities for increased cooperation and business development within the rail sector by offering a common platform for railway undertakings, freight forwarders and customers.

This year the seminar will be organized in Barcelona and it will focus on Rail Freight Connections between Europe and the Iberian Peninsula:

Development of the hinterland of the harbor of Barcelona
Consequences of the new UIC line and the French/Spanish border issue
Short Sea Shipping: competition or a complementary solution for rail freight business
Relationship of freight forwarders to harbours: examples of best practices
Liberalisation of the Spanish rail freight market

RENFE, the Spanish state railway, and Port of Barcelona will co-organize the seminar together with FIATA and UIC. The conferences will take place on 2-3 November 2010 at the World Trade Center (seminar venue).

We would like to wish you welcome to our event and we look forward to meeting you!

10th International workshop on Railway Noise

Delphine Margot — 2010-07-15T07:43:18Z

The IWRN is a unique international workshop that started in Derby, UK in 1976 specifically for the discussion of railway noise and vibration among world experts and practical engineers. Since then, it has grown into a gathering of over 100 experts in the field of railway noise and vibration. The last Workshop was held in Feldafing, Germany in 2007.

Continuing the tradition of previous IWRN's, this Workshop will provide a unique forum for researchers and experts in railway noise and vibration. Both the time schedule and the venue of the workshop intend to enhance vivid exchange of experience and viewpoints amongst the world's leading researchers and experts. There are no parallel sessions proposed for IWRN10, to allow comprehensive discussion of topics.

The Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI) is delighted at the chance to act as organizer of the 10th Workshop – the first to be held in Asia. The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Ministry of the Environment also support the Workshop.

Making the intermodal connection: the role of terminals

Delphine Margot — 2010-07-15T07:41:27Z

In December 1994, an Intermodal Freight Terminal of the Future Conference was convened in the afterglow of the passage of ISTEA (Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act – 1991). The conference agenda was concentrated on matters of terminal design — as well as operations and information technologies. There has not been any comparable gathering since then. This conference is planned to resurrect and update the topic, adding a global perspective — with a focus on intermodal operations.

EcoTransIT Workshop

Delphine Margot — 2010-07-15T07:37:35Z

EcoTransIT: the Ecological Transport Information

EcoTransIT calculates environmental impacts of any freight transport. Thereby it is possible to determine the energy consumption, CO2 and exhaust emissions transported by rail, road, ship and aircraft in any combination. EcoTransIT is free of charge for any non-commerical use.

The workshop organised in October will be the opportunity, among others, to show how to use the tool, give some customer cases, with technical discussions and discuss the evolution of the tool.

2nd UIC/RZD Global Rail Freight Conference (GRFC)

Gustav Manding — 2010-02-23T08:39:14Z

UIC and the Russian Railways (RZD) will organize the 2nd Global Rail Freight Conference. The GRFC is a significant event in the international rail freight calendar and will bring together top executives and decision makers, rail and logistics professionals, customers, influential politicians and regulators, and institutions from the entire world.

Conference Highlights

Railway transport in times of the global economic meltdown and the future recovery - Challenges and opportunities
The need to drive efficiency in combined traffic
Legal harmonization and paperless transport
Conditions for the success of landbridges
Investing in the development of rail - How to attract private investors?
Wagonload - Thriving in North America, surviving in Europe?
Green Logistics – An opportunity for rail
Creating customer value with global logistics built on rail
Intermodal traffic and the future of the container

Conference overview

Conference languages: English and Russian (simultaneous interpreting provided)
Term: 5-7 July 2010 (registration possible on 5 July)
Social Event: A social event will be organized on 6 July
Venue: Astoria and Angleterre hotels

The information will be updated on a regularly basis. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Gustav Manding, Senior Freight Advisor (manding@uic.org).