Transcript Greening Logistics & the role of Railways

Gavin W. Roser
Secretary General
European Freight & Logistics Leaders Forum
Brussels 6th December 2010
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Brussels based Association of members established in 1994
comprising shippers and transport providers across major
industrial sectors representing 14 countries of EU 27
The key driver is a competitive Europe through efficiencies
and effectiveness of supply chains. A Europe without
political borders.
Logistics Leaders within the Forum discuss the practicality
and economics of innovation in the supply chain and the
sustainability of the Eco Agenda. Meetings take place in
EU centres of consumption and production.
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This was Liverpool
Modal transfer then an
art form
What has changed?
Probably the growth in
cars and consumer
expectations
We can learn a lot from
our predecessors
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Part of the answer for the UK
Rolling motorway Freiburg to Milan
Rail and Short Sea should develop an alliance on route by route basis,
it should not be a question of how water stacks up against rail
it should become an integrated intermodal solution
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F&LProject
“Pendolino”
Euronet
Intermodal
hubs 2015
In a
borderless
Europe
May 2006
2011 to be
updated
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It is legitimate to legislate and set carbon targets, it is for
rail to find new ways of reducing cost & carbon
Gauge constraints limit the potential of rail, this is down
to both infrastructure providers and rail technologists.
The road industry innovates well with Euro 5/6,
locomotive manufactures promised consumption at 1.1
miles per gallon, in practice .6 is being achieved
Initiatives like Compactterminal and ACTS wagons are
welcome but high cost in a low margin industry
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•Provide service
levels and prices that meet customer
expectations - compatible with road
•Shippers would use rail if they could be convinced that
rail is predictable and can deliver
•Change culture and attitudes of rail operators – “to serve
rather that dictate to customers what they can have”
•To give priority to freight over passengers - on key routes at
specific times of the day. This is based on the premise “that
freight is a derived demand” built on a platform of
consumer demand
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• There can
be no justification for political borders in
a pan European rail strategy.
• Rail operators must be able to operate consistent
with the demands of the supply chain – without
hindrance of border constraints and bottlenecks. It
is the job of infrastructure providers and
Governments to remove such constraints.
• We operate in a global economy, the rail industry
in all its forms must recognise that fact and
prioritise accordingly.
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•Route knowledge for drivers should be based on key
freight routes regardless of national boundaries
• Big is not necessarily beautiful, national monopolies
are not structured to respond to a competitive market
or to meet CO2 targets
• If Eco innovation has to have any chance,
fundamental attitudes of stakeholders will have to
change and that includes the consumer.
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TruckTrain - UK innovation
• Enhance the potential of rail
freight in the UK/Continent
• Designed to carry containers
including Hi Cube & reefers at
passenger train speeds
• Port to Port container shuttle
TruckTrain©, CargoRanger© and the bi-modal TracTruc©
• New opportunities to bring rail
freight into contention in regional
areas where critical mass is not available
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• Supply chain contracts proffered
by the retail sector, Financing prototype
is the issue
• 50 lorry loads per day, based on five
car train @ 3 TEU per platform
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•Logistics & Transport supply
• Shippers & Buyers
•Policy makers
•Greening Railway Companies
•We should answer this at the meeting following contribution
from all parties.
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