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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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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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Focus on automation of wagonload traffic

Focus on automation of wagonload traffic

In the Year of Rail 2021, moder­ni­sa­ti­on through auto­ma­ti­on of wagon­load traf­fic is at the top of our agen­da. Our coope­ra­ti­on with the Fede­ral Office of Trans­port (FOT) and the Asso­cia­ti­on of Public Trans­port (VVO) for a joint approach to...
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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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