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VAP signs letter of intent on automation

VAP signs letter of intent on automation

Tog­e­ther with the Fede­ral Office of Trans­port (FOT) and the Asso­cia­ti­on of Public Trans­port (VÖV), the VAP Asso­cia­ti­on of the Loa­ding Indus­try has signed a decla­ra­ti­on of intent to auto­ma­te Swiss rail freight trans­port. The long-term major pro­ject...
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Compromise for UGüTG: Discrimination ban yes, disclosure of calculation no

Compromise for UGüTG: Discrimination ban yes, disclosure of calculation no

After the Coun­cil of Sta­tes deci­ded to dele­te the pro­hi­bi­ti­on of discri­mi­na­ti­on in trans­port ser­vices offe­red in Art. 5 UGüTG, the Natio­nal Coun­cil deci­ded to retain the arti­cle while wai­ving the dis­clo­sure of the cal­cu­la­ti­on of the...
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VAP becomes a member of SWISS SUPPLY

VAP becomes a member of SWISS SUPPLY

VAP as new com­pe­tence partner With the SWISS SUPPLY asso­cia­ti­on, the most important logistics, sup­ply and trans­port orga­ni­sa­ti­ons in Switz­er­land want to pro­mo­te the image of logistics, sup­ply chain and trans­port and carry out public edu­ca­ti­on work....
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In the interview: Matthias Grieder

In the interview: Matthias Grieder

VAP: Mr Grie­der, what is your col­la­bo­ra­ti­on with the VAP like?Matthias Grie­der: We have regu­lar dealings with Gene­ral Secreta­ry Frank Fur­rer. For examp­le, he is the repre­sen­ta­ti­ve of the Ris­tet-Ber­ger­moos track coope­ra­ti­ve and has repre­sen­ted...
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Data platforms: Better cooperation, more competition

Data platforms: Better cooperation, more competition

In the Year of Rail 2021, we are focu­sing our atten­ti­on on the deve­lo­p­ment of so-cal­led data plat­forms in Ger­ma­ny. A first neu­tral data plat­form for com­bi­ned trans­port is to go live as early as 2022. All play­ers in com­bi­ned trans­port are to be...
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