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Keepers’ Summit 2023: Adapting to customer requirements and a visionary future for rail freight transport

Keepers’ Summit 2023: Adapting to customer requirements and a visionary future for rail freight transport

What it’s all about: UIP Kee­pers’ Sum­mit in Nice Cus­to­mer focus and trans­for­ma­ti­on for rail freight in Europe David Zindo new Pre­si­dent of the UIP   The Inter­na­tio­nal Union of Wagon Kee­pers (UIP) in col­la­bo­ra­ti­on with its French...
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Freight Transport Forum: Multimodality and the Future of (Rail) Logistics

Freight Transport Forum: Multimodality and the Future of (Rail) Logistics

The Freight Trans­port Forum, which took place on 20 April 2023, addres­sed the future of logi­stics, mul­ti­mo­da­li­ty and, in par­ti­cu­lar, the steps nee­ded to moder­ni­se Swiss freight trans­port in a digi­tal and dyna­mic world. Top-class spea­k­ers infor­med...
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VAP General Assembly of 19 August 2022

VAP General Assembly of 19 August 2022

Our Gene­ral Assem­bly made it clear: 2050 is fast approa­ching. On site and vir­tual­ly, num­e­rous VAP mem­bers and guests fol­lo­wed the sta­tu­to­ry part with a memo­rable ope­ning speech by Pre­si­dent Josef Ditt­li. A spe­cial high­light was the speech by Fede­ral Coun­cil­lor Simo­net­ta Som­ma­ru­ga on the importance of rail freight trans­port for Switzerland.

Our Gene­ral Assem­bly made it clear: 2050 is fast approa­ching. On site and vir­tual­ly, num­e­rous VAP mem­bers and guests fol­lo­wed the sta­tu­to­ry part with a memo­rable ope­ning speech by Pre­si­dent Josef Ditt­li. A spe­cial high­light was the speech by Fede­ral Coun­cil­lor Simo­net­ta Som­ma­ru­ga on the importance of rail freight trans­port for Switzerland.

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Freight Transport Forum: the industry stands together for progress in rail freight transport

Freight Transport Forum: the industry stands together for progress in rail freight transport

On 3 May 2022, the popular Freight Transport Forum finally took place again after three years. The most important players and representatives from the shipping industry from all over Europe met to refresh their expertise and exchange ideas with colleagues across...
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Industry and media event DAC4EU Demonstrator Train

Industry and media event DAC4EU Demonstrator Train

On 25 March 2022, the FOT, the SBB, the VAP and the VöV provided information about the test phase and the far-reaching advantages resulting from the Digital Automatic Coupling (DAK). The message was that the DAK lays the foundations for digitisation and thus for a...
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