2008-06: European Commission started online consultation on railfreight and interoperability

The European Commission has started an online consultation on railfreight and interoperability. The online survey is open until the 5th August 2008 at http://ec.europa.eu/transport/rail/consultation/2008_freight_en.htm

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2008-06: Invitation to our second annual international conference, 1 - 2 December 2008 Prague

The Freightwise project invites you to its second annual international conference which will be held from 1 - 2 December 2008 in Prague, Czech Republic.

This will be an opportunity to hear how the project has progressed and is developing in many of the key areas of work, how the Freightwise Framework has been developed, defined and how it will be utilised within the project and exploited in the future. This is an opportunity to hear how the new Freight Logistics Action Plan incorporating co-modality from the EC DG TREN is developing and is also an opportunity to network with both the 55 research, commercial and industrial partners within Freightwise and the wider ICT and intermodal research community that will attend.

The event will be chaired by Tom Zunder, an experienced line manager and intermodal researcher, and will include John Berry from DG TREN as a keynote speaker.

Further Information and Registration:
freightwise.info-conference-invitation.pdf
Online Conference Registration

2008-06: Co-modality starts here: From single mode promotion to intermodal promotion

There will be a two-day conference on intermodal transport with subject “Co-modality starts here: From single mode promotion to intermodal promotion” organized by the project CIPROC (Co-operative Intermodal Promotion Centre).  The event will take place on June 26-27, 2008 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The Programme of the event is attached, while further information can be found at: www.shortsea.nl.

2008-06: German rail privatisation agreed

German rail privatisation agreed

Quarter of Germany's state rail firm is to be privatised after the country's politicians gave the go-ahead.

The long-disputed plan will see a 25% stake in Deutsche Bahn's passenger and freight services arm sold to investors, raising between 5bn and 8bn euros.

But the country's tracks and stations will remain in public hands.

Some politicians hope to sell off 49% of Deutsche Bahn but this is opposed by other Bundestag members while unions oppose any form of privatisation.

A public offering has been expected for a number of years, but disputes between Germany's governing coalition parties have led to long delays.

The proposed sale of one of Germany's last state-owned assets has been a controversial one, with claims that the privatisation could lead to thousands of job cuts.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7427471.stm