Session 1 – From Shanghai to Rotterdam: the landbridge concept 10 years ongoing
On 22 June, the 5th UIC Global Rail Freight Conference will start with the first of four high-level sessions. Under the concept of ‘Shaping together the business of the future’, business professionals representing the entire transport chain will engage in a concrete discussion on the positioning of rail freight as a sustainable and competitive solution in a global world of increasing volumes of trade.
Panelists will review the latest transport volume projections between Asia and Europe and discuss opportunities for rail freight, innovative business models with the maritime sector and share best practices. They will discuss the role of corridors as one of the tools with which to boost the efficiency and productivity of rail freight.
Session 1 – From Shanghai to Rotterdam: the landbridge concept 10 years ongoing
Speakers include:
- Lorenzo Casullo, Economist International Transport Forum, OECD
Presentation of the latest trends and development for the transcontinental corridors - Gennady Bessonov, Secretary General, Coordinating Council on Transsiberian Transportation (CCTT), Russia
Digital solutions to ensure transport integrity along transcontinental corridors - Johannes Nanninga, COO IJS Global/Gefco
Expectations from the market - Rodan Senekl, presidium member Czech Logistics Association
Expectations from the market - Eva Molnar, Director of the Transport Division UNECE
Sustainable transport for transcontinental corridors - Hossein Ashoori, Vice President for the Operations and Movement of Iranian Railways (RAI)
Developing rail transit & opportunities for Corridors connecting Europe to Asia and crossing Iran - François Davenne, Secretary General OTIF
Legal developments - Hüseyin Teker, Freight Department, Turkish State Railway (TCDD)
The Bakou-Tbilissi-Kars corridor - Oliver Sellnick, VP European Corridor Management, DB Netz
From transcontinental corridors to the European corridors - Philippe Bihouix, International Director, SNCF Logistics, Rail & Multimodal Division
A French experience - André Thinières, Managing Director, Objectif OFP
Corridors need feeding and de-feeding - Paweł Wojciechowski, European Coordinator of the Rhine-Alpine Core Network Corridor
The role of the EU
Join the first session and get answers to questions like:
- What are the latest transport volume projections between Asia and Europe?
- How can innovative business models be implemented?
- New opportunities for the rail freight industry – How can we pursue them?
- What are best practices to be shared?
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