http://www.eia-ngo.com It is our mission to develop, improve and promote sustainable intermodal mobility Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:53:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en EIA has established  various partnerships with other European and non-European organizations and associations, all of them interested to cooperate in favor of intermodality. http://www.eia-ngo.com/eia-partnership.html Overview of the several initiatives that have been taken regarding logistics and supply chain, in the framework of the EU-funded projects programs.   A more comprehensive description can be found here. http://www.eia-ngo.com/supply-chain-eu-initiatives.html The 4th EIA Newsletter of 2011 is now available on the website. Please check our newletters section or click on the picture below. http://www.eia-ngo.com/newsletter-42011-is-now-available.html The Handbook Innovative Intermodal Transport is now available for free ! 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 ... http://www.eia-ngo.com/2011-white-paper-%e2%80%93-the-turning-point-for-intermodality.html Videos and short films about intermodal freight transport 1. General videos about Intermodality Encouraging combined road and rail transport in the EU (On track with Marco Polo: DG MOVE) Intelligent Transport Systems (DG TREN) 2. Videos from our members JSC Lithuanian Railways: From CIS to EU in 30 Minutes (Winner EIA Intermodal Award ... http://www.eia-ngo.com/intermodal-videos-movies-collection.html The scope of Be-Logic is co-modality. This implies to search logistics alternatives with the potential involvement of other transport modes. Be-logic aims at providing two efficient online tools: •    Be-Logic includes an Intermodal Route Finder. Thanks to a European database, it displays different possible ... http://www.eia-ngo.com/eia-projects-partner.html ↓ Cen Workshop Agreement ↓ SMART CM (SMART Container Chain Management), a project co-funded by the European Commission, is geared towards advanced technology research and applications in order to overhaul the whole door-to-door container transport chain. The project is in an urgent response to demand from key players along the logistics supply ... http://www.eia-ngo.com/3020.html Based on existing research and practice the project CLOSER will develop innovative tools for the analysis of interfaces and check these tools in a number of case studies. As a result specific recommendations to stakeholders will be provided in order to obtain: 1. A more systematic approach to the whole project ... http://www.eia-ngo.com/closer.html SuperGreen aims to assist the Commission with defining the ‘Green Corridor’ concept and promotes the development of European freight logistics in an environmentally friendly manner. The objectives of the SuperGreen project concern supporting the development of sustainable transport networks by fulfilling requirements covering environmental, technical, economic, social and spatial planning ... http://www.eia-ngo.com/supergreen.html E-freight is to be an open ICT system enabling complete trip support incl. booking, invoicing, tracking and transshipment. Allows users to be fully informed and enable transport choice for the fastest, easiest, cheapest or most ecological (minimum carbon footprint) way. The purpose of the e-Freight Framework is to provide a ... http://www.eia-ngo.com/e-freight.html