2009-04: e-freight conference
The European Commission held a conference on "Creating a Roadmap for e-Freight for Freight Transport Logistics" in Brussels on the 17th March 2009. Organised by the Directorate General for Transport and Energy the event was one of many key actions to implement the Freight Logistics Action Plan developed by DGTREN in 2008 as the EU recognised the importance of the subject, especially under the German presidency of the Commission in the first half of 2007. The plan looks to further paperless communication, standards and standardisation in this area, a truly broad remit. The event began with a series of presentations on or around the subject, a questionnaire and then break-out sessions to address the commercial and policy issues of such a plan.
Presentations were made as follows:
- Frederic Leger The eFreight system of air freight
- Jan Tore Pedersen ARKTRANS - Scandinavia's freight logistics eFreight system
- Jozef Hupperetz eCustoms
- John Berry Research in the EU of eFreight related projects
- Stephen Harley Shipper's eFreight vision
- Alan Waller - Brian Bolam The commercial conditions and opportunities of eFreight
- Erik Evtimov Interoperability CIM and SMGS
- Christos Pipitsoulis The EU e-Maritime initiative
- Helene Köpf INTElligent inteGration of RAILway systems
- John Lutz Technical Specification for Interoperability Telematic Applications for Freight (RAIL)
- Paolo Paganelli Creating an e-Freight Roadmap for Freight Transport Logistics Background
- Jan Tore Pedersen Freightwise Making intermodal transport simple
- Jan Prahm e-freight Conference 2009 Survey
The survey found that the event was keen for progress to be made in this area, with a noteable minority stating that it should be led by industry and not the EU. Over 150 delegates attended and the presentations and survey results are avaiable here: http://www.aimgroup.eu/2009/e-freightbrussels/
