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Setting the right track for inland freight transport by rail

Setting the right track for inland freight transport by rail

23.02.2024 | Financing, Freight Transport Industry, InnovationTags: , , , ,

by | Feb 23, 2024 | Financing, Freight Transport Industry, Innovation

The Fede­ral Coun­cil released its mes­sa­ge on the Goods Trans­port Act to the Par­lia­ment in Janu­ary. It aims to moder­ni­ze the com­pre­hen­si­ve sin­gle-wagon load trans­port (EWLV) and estab­lish the foun­da­ti­on for its eco­no­mic via­bi­li­ty. Despi­te...
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Innovation

18.09.2022 |

by | Sep 18, 2022

INNOVATION What innovations are moving rail freight transport? The VAP promotes the automation of rail freight transport and is represented in the project management of the migration of the DAC (digital automatic coupling). Thanks to the DAC, rail freight transport is...
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Data platforms: Better cooperation, more competition

Data platforms: Better cooperation, more competition

13.09.2021 | Innovation, MemberTags: , , , ,

by | Sep 13, 2021 | Innovation, Member

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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HOMEPAGE

16.09.2020 |

by | Sep 16, 2020

The VAP pro­mo­tes freight trans­port by rail. About us The VAP Asso­cia­ti­on of Ship­pers cam­paigns for mar­ket-ori­en­ted frame­work con­di­ti­ons and an attrac­ti­ve Swiss rail freight sys­tem. Rele­vant topics: Freight indus­try How do we shape the future...
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Future of rail freight transport in the area

Future of rail freight transport in the area

26.06.2022 | Financing, Freight Transport Industry, Operations, PoliticsTags: , , , ,

by | Jun 26, 2022 | Financing, Freight Transport Industry, Operations, Politics

Sha­ping rail freight trans­port for the future The Fede­ral Council’s report  Bericht «Future ori­en­ta­ti­on of rail freight trans­port in the area»[1] of March 2022 pro­vi­des a wel­co­me oppor­tu­ni­ty to rethink the Swiss rail freight trans­port sys­tem...
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Digital rolling stock inspections: Win-win for everyone involved

Digital rolling stock inspections: Win-win for everyone involved

11.03.2024 | InnovationTags: , , , ,

by | Mar 11, 2024 | Innovation

The fixed train con­trol sys­tems for goods trains and their rol­ling stock are con­stant­ly being refi­ned. The digi­tal con­trol sys­tem Way­si­de Intel­li­gence (WIN) not only increa­ses safe­ty in rail freight trans­port, but also helps wagon kee­pers to plan...
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SBB should take responsibility instead of 3 billion financial package

SBB should take responsibility instead of 3 billion financial package

16.05.2023 | Financing, Operations, PoliticsTags: ,

by | May 16, 2023 | Financing, Operations, Politics

In our blog post «No sta­bi­li­sa­ti­on of the SBB despi­te CHF 3 bil­li­on in addi­tio­nal fede­ral fun­ding», we expres­sed our posi­ti­on on Moti­on 22.3008. In this post, we sum­ma­ri­se the voice of the indus­try and inte­rest repre­sen­ta­ti­ves in respon­se to...
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Cargo Forum Switzerland

13.09.2022 |

by | Sep 13, 2022

Cargo Forum Switz­er­land (CFS) The Cargo Forum Switz­er­land (CFS) is an inte­rest group of asso­cia­ti­ons for the bene­fit of freight trans­port. The CFS pro­mo­tes the inte­rests of freight trans­port in poli­tics, admi­nis­tra­ti­on and the public. It aims to...
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«Modal shift requires determination from the top management team»

«Modal shift requires determination from the top management team»

29.08.2024 | Operations, Sustainability, Vibrant freight railways in SwitzerlandTags: , , , ,

by | Aug 29, 2024 | Operations, Sustainability, Vibrant freight railways in Switzerland

The Coop Group has com­mit­ted its­elf to redu­cing CO2 emis­si­ons. Shif­ting trans­port to rail is a cen­tral com­po­nent of this stra­tegy. In an inter­view with VAP, Dani­el Hin­ter­mann, Head of Logi­stics at the Coop Group, explains how the retail and...
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