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Intermodality plays a crucial role in the transport sector in Europe. It is particularly important for long-distance transport of non-bulk goods and in the hinterland traffic of container seaports. This second handbook shows how the intermodal transport industry has been making progress and successfully adapting to changing requirements and circumstances The articles are organized in 49 fact sheets clustered around five chapters. The book gives examples of practical intermodal transport development. Each factsheet presents its issue briefly but targeted and each is unique in scope. All fact sheets together create a good understanding of the most relevant issues and forces in the practice of intermodal transport development. The book is particularly valuable for training and education purposes. Deliberately opened to a large public, EIA and the EIRAC consortium give you the rare opportunity to consult it for free on our website* ! *please take note that no paper version will be issued

You can read the text in the Intermodal Handbooks section of our website!

Strategies, Statistics, Terminals and Players in Atlas Format

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EIA held its 17th General Assembly in Hamburg on 26 March 2010. It was followed by the ‘Intermodal Port Hinterland’ Round Table at the headquarters of the Hamburg Port Authority. Both events gathered a select group of key decision-makers from intermodal transport and logistics circles.

A number of decisions were taken at the GA, including the election of a new President, Ms. Hanja MAIJ WEGGEN, former Transport Minister in the Netherlands and former EU Member of the EU Parliament, currently playing an active part in the political ‘Stoiber Group’, the aim of which is to reduce bureaucracy in Europe. She replaces private intermodal operator Livio AMBROGIO, who showed his willingness to continue to play an active part in the Association as its Vice-President.

The Assembly accepted several new members: GEODIS; Lithuanian Railways; Port of Hamburg Marketing; Sofia Yana Intermodal Terminal. In joining the association, these new members have shown their commitment to the intermodal cause and the interest that Baltic, Bulgarian and French players have in being connected with the intermodal movement in Brussels. Walter SCHULZE FREYBERG from Polzug Intermodal was newly elected to the Steering Committee.

The EIA secretariat presented its 2009 results, which included lobbying achievements in relation to EU policy initiatives such as e-freight, TEN-T and Marco Polo, participation in EU projects such as EIRAC, TELLIBOX, EWITA and SMART-CM, the latter being an EU industrial research venture aimed at developing a technology-agnostic single window to streamline and facilitate port-customs-terminal hinterland container data flows in a Green Lane concept.

EIA in-house initiatives were also presented, examples being the new EU ‘Compendium for Freight & Logistics Best Practices’. This glossy single window web application has been established at the request of the EU Commission and shows dozens of successful freight market cases, explaining their sustainable, innovative and profitable products and services.

Sebastian JÜRGENS, Board member of HHLA, was guest of honour at a dedicated EIA dinner in the Hafenclub on March 25, on the eve of the ‘Port Hinterland’ Round Table. On March 26, DVZ journalist Michael HOLLMANN moderated lively discussions with DB Intermodal Services, DB Schenker Rail Deutschland, the Ports of Gothenburg, Hamburg, Klaipeda and TFG Transfracht, among others. The results of the session will be published in the first EU‘INTERMODAL YEARBOOK’ co-produced by EIA, NEA and ISL. The yearbook in Atlas format will address subjects such as port hinterland policies, freight flow statistics, modal split, inland terminals and networks, players, etc. For more information, go to www.eia-ngo.com

Click in the following links to download the PDF version of the Press Release and the summary of the Round Table presentations

The results of the Round Table will be combined with new port-hinterland statistics produced by EIA/NEA/ISL and received from various members of EIA. To be published in the first Intermodal Yearbook in Atlas format (Spring 2010). Send your network or statistics to peter.wolters@eia-ngo.com

Klaus Ebeling (EIA Secretary General), Sebastian JÜRGENS (Board member of HHLA) and Hanja Maij Weggen (EIA President)	EIA team: Klaus Ebeling (Secretary General),Livio Ambrogio (Vice President), Hanja Maij Weggen (President) and Peter Wolters (Deputy Secretary General)

Michael Hollmann (Moderator, DVZ) and Michael Tasto (ISL)	Volker Kraft (Fraunhofer/ SmartCM) and Padideh Gutzkow (NEA)

Participants Boat tour Port Hamburg

Why the first handbook on European intermodal freight transport?

Much has been said and reported about intermodal transport in Europe, but you will probably not find a comprehensive summary explaining “Intermodalism from A to Z” in a compact form, combined with concrete business fact sheets and written in English. This first handbook, including a foreword by Jacques Barrot, Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Transport, fills this gap and can be ordered now. It gives major insights into all aspects of Intermodal transport, from production and technology to quality, markets and policy issues. This new reference point for the intermodal industry includes contributions from China Turkey and the USA. Apart from the main explanatory text, about 50 additional fact sheets of successful intermodal players will give an insight regarding their strategy, experiences, services and products.

Sponsors and contributors of fact sheets: AAE, Ambrogio, Amrie, Polzug Intermodal GmbH, Port of Rotterdam, Rail Cargo Austria, ÖBB, Port of Taranto, OOCL and Via Donau and many others stemming from all transport modes, like HUPAC, KALMAR, STINNES, manufacturing industries (NIKE, Procter & Gamble), research dissemination entities (ExtraWeb), media (Cargo Systems), various professional transport associations and the EU Commission.

This user-friendly and colourful book also includes lots of pictures and graphs.

You can download the Table of Contents and the Indrodution Here.

Perfect timing for the Handbook

Already for some years, the expectations, visions and ambitions about intermodal transport as alternative to the congested road transport have been high.

There are success stories, but there is much to achieve. Circumstances seem to be changing in favour of intermodal transport. The enlargement of the EU, the progress made in railway liberalisation, the political focus on the shortsea alternative, congestion and pricing in the road network all encourage the a review of logistics structures.

This will create new opportunities and therefore we expect that the next few years will be critical for the development of intermodal transport. With the handbook you will be equipped with a broad based understanding of intermodal transport, which by nature is complex.

Who can benefit from this handbook?

The handbook is aimed at all organisations in and around the intermodal transport industry.

It is written for all those with stake in the development of intermodal transport.

• Managers and staff in the logistics industry: freight forwarders, shipping lines, logistic service providers and all types of freight transport operators.
• Shippers involved in integrating intermodal transport in their supply chains.
• Public organisations or public private partnerships, active in the field of logistics, organisations with stakes in the development of infrastructure, logistic parks or in intermodal business development.
• Policy makers in the field of transport, logistics and regional development
• Suppliers to the intermodal transport industry.
• Financial institutions, which have interest in financing intermodal transport assets or infrastructure.

Consultants, research organisations and students in logistics and transport economics.

Order now your Intermodal Handbook (49€*)

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* Shipping costs plus +VAT applicable (6%): 16€

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The Supply Network Forum organized by EIA Member P&G on 9 February 2010 in Brussels’ office welcomed international thought-leaders and experts from academics, associations, retail, industry and public authorities. P&G managers from Supply Network Operations, R&D, Information Technology or Engineering were able to leverage their knowledge and getting inspired by trends and perspectives for a challenging Tomorrow’s Supply Network -able to support Sustainability and Growth without Trade off.

Key note speeches from:

Peter White, P&G Global Sustainability

Pawel Stelmaszczyk, EU DG-Transport

Dr. Phillippe Tufinkgi, ITCL Berlin

Sean Doherty & Seb Hoyle, WEF / Accenture

Fredrik Persson, COOP Sweden

Katrin Recke/ECR Europe, Julian Walker-Palin/ASDA, Andreas Ruthenschroer/METRO

Dr. Heiko von der Gracht, SMI Germany

Kurt van Donink, Nike

Martine Hiel, TCT

Click for the Summary of the P&G Supply Network Forum.