2007-11: FREIGHTWISE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2007

FREIGHTWISE held its first conference in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK at the end of October. This was attended by over 80 representatives of the Freightwise partners and other interested parties. Speakers included John Berry of DG TREN on the Freightwise position in the EU’s Logistics Action Plan and Jan Tore Pedersen of BMT on the Freightwise approach to Intermodal Freight Transport Management. Other speakers followed who outlined the findings of case studies in many different areas including:

• Scandinavian forestry and steel industries;
• cross border transport links between Finland - Estonia, Finland – Russia and Estonia – Russia;
• an internet based portal to offer intermodal freight management services to SMEs;
• improving electronic messaging and better use of traffic information in Benelux;
• improving the shipment of heavy cargo on the Elbe;
• supporting rail-based solutions between Germany and Greece;
• exploring the preconditions for improving intermodal transport solutions of steel products in the Port of Gijon;
• developments in advanced logistics information exchange in a rail transport service connecting Paris-Piacenza-Gliwice.

Copies of the presentations may be accessed in the Teamspace section of the Freightwise website under WP16 Dissemination, training and education/Conference.