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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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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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Combined transport and multimodality (Part 2)

Combined transport and multimodality (Part 2)

In addi­ti­on to the federal government, the can­tons and large Swiss cities are also incre­a­singly defi­ning holistic freight trans­port con­cepts for their effi­ci­ent, safe and envi­ron­ment­al­ly friend­ly sup­ply and dis­po­sal of goods. The freight trans­port...
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Combined transport and multimodality (Part 1)

Combined transport and multimodality (Part 1)

The trans­port com­pa­nies on road and rail as well as the ship­ping indus­try take their eco­no­mic, eco­lo­gi­cal and social respon­si­bi­li­ty serious­ly and rely on cross-modal solu­ti­ons. They com­bi­ne the Rhine, road, rail, inland water­ways, pipe­lines and...
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IG WLV: Set goals, develop measures

IG WLV: Set goals, develop measures

On 9 June 2021, the annu­al can­to­nal con­fe­rence of the Wagon­load Trans­port Inte­rest Group (IG WLV) took place – unfort­u­na­te­ly again as a video con­fe­rence. In addi­ti­on to the foun­ding part­ners of IG WLV (VAP, Asso­cia­ti­on of Public Trans­port...
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