International Rail Freight Conference

Conference Topics

1. General and legislative environment for the freight transport

• Economic conditions after the Great Recession
• Prospects of the intermodal transport and surface transport in general in the axis Europe – Asia
• Legislative environment for undertaking in freight transport (including customs)
• European standards of TSI (Technical Specification for Interoperability)

2. Technological components for intermodal transport

• Developing and expanding the transport networks, corridors
• Intermodal terminals and cross-border stations – overall situation, revitalization, development
• Rail gauge and other obstacles of interoperability
• Engines and railcars for intermodal transport

3. Controlling and information technologies

• Information systems and data exchange
• Telematics
• Technologies for identifying consignments and containers (RFID)
• Technologies for tracking and tracing (GPS)
• Security of the long-distance transports

4. Business on rail

• Successful case studies
• New developing visions and concepts
• Tariffs, prices, and business strategies of railway undertakings and operators