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First Freight Train via UK East-West Rail

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Maritime Transport, one of the UK’s leading providers of integrated road and rail freight logistics, has launched a new rail freight service connecting DP World Southampton with its Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (SRFI) at SEGRO Logistics Park Northampton (SLPN).

Maritime Intermodal Six arrived in Northampton on 16th June – the first freight train to enter service at Maritime’s 35-acre SRFI, and the first to operate the full length of the newly reinstated section of East West Rail (EWR) between Oxford and Bletchley.

Part of a government-backed programme to re-establish a strategic rail corridor between Oxford and Cambridge, the reinstated Oxford-Bletchley route restores vital east-west connectivity across central England and offers a practical alternative to traditionally congested north-south routes. The introduction of Maritime’s latest service on the newly reopened stretch is a milestone for the UK rail freight sector, unlocking new cross-country options for domestic and containerised cargo, and bringing nationally significant infrastructure into operational use to support regional economic growth.

Operated by DB Cargo UK, the service runs five days a week, with a capacity of up to 68 TEU per train, and provides a new, direct inland link to one of the UK’s busiest deep-sea ports. The service has been supported by Network Rail’s Track Access Discount Scheme, an important initiative to promote modal shift and encourage new rail freight business, whereby relevant access charges are waived for six months whilst new traffic is being established.

The launch follows two additional paths introduced by Maritime in recent weeks, linking DP World London Gateway with its rail terminals at Hams Hall and Doncaster (iPort). Two further services are scheduled to follow, connecting London Gateway and the Port of Felixstowe with Northampton as part of a three-phase expansion programme to increase low-carbon rail capacity across the company’s national network.

Maritime’s SRFI at Northampton forms part of a wider £200 million infrastructure investment by SEGRO and connects directly to the West Coast Main Line via the Northampton Loop. Network Rail’s modern design of the railway junction allows trains to move between the main line and interchange at speeds of up to 40mph instead of a standard 5mph – getting freight trains on their way faster and reducing impact on other trains on the network. Formally integrated into the national rail network earlier this year, the SRFI sits at the heart of a major logistics hub adjacent to Junction 15 of the M1.

John Bailey, Managing Director – Intermodal, Maritime Transport, said: “The arrival of our first service via EWR is an important step in expanding UK rail freight capacity, providing businesses with a direct, low-carbon route from Southampton to the heart of the UK’s golden logistics triangle. This development demonstrates how infrastructure and private-sector investment can deliver a more efficient and sustainable supply chain, while easing pressure on a congested road network.”

Roger Neary, Chief Sales Officer, DB Cargo UK, added: “Having recently operated the first locomotive into SEGRO Northampton Gateway to ‘prove’ the infrastructure, DB Cargo UK is proud to once again be partnering with its long-standing and strategic customer on this significant inaugural flow into Northampton Gateway. Not only does this new flow facilitate additional capacity into this important region of the country, it will do so in a sustainable manner utilising new Network Rail infrastructure and – crucially – funding, delivering benefits to Maritime Transport and their own customers alike.”

Brian Paynter, Capital Delivery track director, Network Rail, said: “Seeing both this new rail connection to Maritime’s SRFI and the East West Rail route in commercial freight use for the first time are huge moments in both projects. Opening up this economically important rail route will give much more flexibility for our freight operators greatly improving connectivity across the country, while benefiting the environment through taking HGVs off roads – providing a lasting legacy for communities and business.”

Kate Bedson, Senior Director, National Markets, SEGRO, commented: “We’re excited to see real momentum building at SEGRO Logistics Park Northampton, marked by the completion of the rail freight terminal infrastructure, the arrival of the first train and the completion of Yusen Logistics’ new facility – the first warehouse to be constructed on the park. Each freight train can remove up to 76 HGVs from the road with a consequential reduction in carbon emissions, making this a crucial step towards more sustainable logistics. With rail freight contributing £1.7 billion to the economy, this milestone is not only a shot in the arm for growth, it also supports a greener, more efficient supply chain.”

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New Intermodal Hub Launched in UK’s East Midlands

 

Modal Shift Programme sees Containers Moved by Rail

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DP World has recorded the 100,000th container moved by rail from its Southampton logistics hub as part of its award-winning and carbon emission reducing Modal Shift Programme trial.

The share of rail freight for onward journeys by containers arriving by sea at DP World Southampton has risen from 21% at the start of the programme to more than 30% today. The increase means 100,000 more containers have started their onward journey by rail than without the incentive. The landmark 100,000th container departed Southampton by freight train carrying goods being shipped for major retailer Halfords.

In reaching this total the Modal Shift Programme has removed more than 25,000 tonnes of CO₂e from supply chains, cut road congestion by shifting approximately 8 million road miles to rail freight. DP World now aims to further increase the share of rail freight towards 40% in 2026.

John Trenchard, Vice President – Commercial & Supply Chain, DP World in the UK, said: “I would like to thank all our customers who have embraced the Modal Shift Programme and made the positive choice to use rail as a lower carbon option for their international supply chains through DP World Southampton. Reaching this groundbreaking milestone of an additional 100,000 containers moved by rail rather than road is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our team to make the Modal Shift Programme trial the success it is now.

“This is a unique programme that sits at the heart of DP World’s ambition to offer market leading, more sustainable options to our supply chain partners in the UK. Through a combination of detailed analysis, customer engagement and responding to new market trends, we have further refined the programme trial since its launch in September 2023 and set our sights on continued growth in the share of rail freight for the onward journeys all containers make after arriving at Southampton.”

Emma Tillsley, International Logistics and Customs Manager at Halfords, said: “We’re committed to reducing emissions from all parts of our supply chain. Moving freight from road to rail is an important part of that strategy. We’re thrilled to learn that a container carrying Halfords products was the 100,000th to be moved by rail from Southampton under this DP World programme. The reduction of CO₂e, coupled with the added benefits of a reliable rail service, has provided a first-class overall service for our logistics network.”

The programme pays customers a direct financial incentive for each import laden container moved by rail from DP World Southampton to a railhead within 140 miles. DP World’s Modal Shift Programme trial has now resulted in the establishment of four new daily cargo rail services from Southampton to Birmingham, Cardiff, East Midlands Gateway and Doncaster and helped DP World win both the ‘Business of the Year’ and the ‘Driving Rail Freight Growth’ awards at last year’s Rail Freight Group honours event and an edie decarbonisation award for ‘Transport and Mobility Project of the Year’.

The milestone follows a recent announcement from DP World that its Carbon Inset Programme – a world first at a container port – has also registered more than 100,000 TEUs worth of import laden containers by cargo owners in its first two months. Launched in January, the Carbon Inset Programme rewards importers with 50kg CO₂e of carbon inset credits for every loaded import container they move through DP World’s London Gateway and Southampton terminals.

In addition to its hubs at Southampton and London Gateway, DP World’s offer includes logistics, forwarding and European transport capabilities, all of which are being integrated into the company’s global network. Operating in 78 countries, DP World handles 10 per cent of global containerised trade.

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Cargo Owners Encouraged to Shift to Rail

 

Decarbonising European Supply Chains with Intermodal Solutions

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Railways have long been a reliable mode of transporting goods. However, in recent years, road transport has taken the lead, offering faster and more flexible delivery options. Now, with decarbonisation goals in focus, rail is making a comeback as a powerful solution for reducing emissions.

Intermodal solutions, especially rail transport, have proven effective in reducing emissions. When powered by green energy sources, rail can significantly cut emissions by up to 65%1. Thanks to the long distances covered by a single train, equivalent to 20–30 fully loaded trailers, the railway network offers a safe, sustainable, and efficient way to transport goods for long distances across Europe.

High-value goods on trains

With supply chains accounting for a large portion of companies’ overall emissions, up to 90% in some cases 2, shifting a significant portion of transport to rail can greatly impact carbon footprints. One example is a leading cosmetics company that decided to move up to 80% of its high-value goods transport to the railway network. By transporting up to 1500 fully loaded trailers, only in 2022, the company achieved a significant 80% reduction3 in emissions compared to traditional road transport.

“We knew the company wanted to make significant strides in reducing emissions, so we explored possible solutions together, analyzing all available alternatives. Thanks to our extensive network and minimal changes to operations, we utilized rail transport effectively. Paired with our broad trucking network, from and to terminals, we have delivered a large volume of goods most conveniently and sustainably,” says Larisa Senkevičienė, Intermodal Business Development Manager from Girteka, the company securing the deliveries.

This case, as the majority of the loads were transported via railway, required precise coordination with the customer to plan both loading and unloading. Time slots were established to align with production and delivery schedules, knowing the need for smooth transitions between rail and road. Internally, planning teams collaborated with the customer to manage every step, adjusting resources to fit the rail transport requirements. This co-creation approach optimized logistics, allowing for on-time deliveries with minimal delays.

Combination of sustainable solutions

Though the railway network has its limitations, when combined with alternative fuels like HVO100 or battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), emission reductions can reach up to 100%, while using clean green energy. Another example from the food and beverages sector involved optimizing both the start and end of the transport process to reduce emissions. Due to network limitations, the company opted for a combined transport method, using both the railway network and HVO-fueled trucks for delivery to and from train terminals. The results were impressive.

“We had to approach this differently, as the entire supply chain couldn’t be covered solely by intermodal transport. However, with our trucks being compatible with alternative fuels like HVO, we used this option to handle the transport to and from the railway terminal. The outcome? A 90% reduction4 in emissions, which can be easily reported,” explains Senkevičienė.

Measuring Impact through Data

Reporting and data collection are crucial for evaluating the efficiency and real impact of sustainable solutions. The goal is simple: reduce emissions as much as possible without compromising the timing or stability of supply chains.

“Monitoring and data are essential for us, therefore we provide the option to oversee the full cargo journey, and our calculations of reduced emissions from chosen sustainable transport solution, customer can receive a comprehensive report on the exact number of kg of CO2 reduction. In a time of data approach and ESG reporting soon in place, this value information is additional benefit customer receive,” – emphasizes Senkevičienė.

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New Rail Freight Connection between Poland and Spain

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Geodis, a leading intermodal operator, has expanded its rail freight services with another fixed schedule connection. As of June 11th, the freight train between Łódź and Barcelona was operable, representing the first direct rail connection between the two countries.

On the inaugural trip customers’ goods in 44 containers and/or swap bodies, each capable of carrying a payload of 26 tons set off from the freight terminal in Łódź, reaching Barcelona after just three days, from where ‘last mile‘ distribution will take place by road. Later on that day of arrival, the train returns to Poland with imported goods from Spain. Successive trains have also a capacity of 44 units, replacing the same amount of trucks that might otherwise be used.

The service is an example of GEODIS’ ability to go beyond a pure intermodal offering and provide a truly multimodal option, which combines road transport with rail seamlessly, enabling a secure flow of goods and more flexibility in managing peaks in demand.

Moving more goods safely with less energy consumed

Delivering goods on rail emits five times less CO2 than covering the same distance by road and is 12 times lower than the equivalent air transport. The rail link allows the delivery of as much as 1,000 tons of goods from various industries.

The rail route between Łódź and Barcelona, although longer than the road journey by almost 160 km, reduces CO2 emissions by up to -79%. Moreover, energy consumption is around 57% lower.

Dynamic development of rail transport services

In the first stage of the development of this project, the schedule provides for one train per week, leaving Łódź every Tuesday. In the other direction, the train will depart from Barcelona on Fridays.

“The launch of the new Łódź – Barcelona rail connection provides customers a large number of benefits, as it will enable punctual transportation of shipments, while considerably limiting CO2 emissions,” said Marc Vollet, Chief Operations Officer at GEODIS European Road Network. “GEODIS is one of the leading intermodal operators, and we are proud to continue in this vein by developing this road-rail solution in Europe, enabling our customers to benefit from even more solutions and optional routings. We have great ambitions for this new line, as we plan to increase the frequency to two trains per week in the near future.”

This new multimodal block-train is an addition to the existing GEODIS multimodal route network which operates nearly 120 trains a week throughout Europe.

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Cargo Owners Encouraged to Shift to Rail

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DP World has launched a new programme in the UK to help cargo owners reduce their carbon emissions by shifting from road to rail freight.

The Modal Shift Programme, which is being trialled at DP World’s Southampton Logistics Hub, offers customers a financial incentive to move their imported goods off the road and onto rail, cutting carbon emissions and air pollutants – the programme could prevent as much as 30,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide being emitted per year. The financial incentive will be paid for by a relatively small charge on all import laden containers coming through DP World Southampton.

Under the scheme, customers whose import-laden containers are moved by rail to a railhead within 140 miles of DP World Southampton will receive a £70 incentive. Containers that are moved by rail to a railhead more than 140 miles from DP World Southampton will be reimbursed the £10 fee on each container.

John Trenchard, UK Commercial & Supply Chain Director at DP World, said: “DP World will help mitigate the impacts of climate change by becoming a net zero logistics organisation by 2050 and continue to support our customers on their own decarbonisation journeys. We invite supply chain partners to review if rail can play a bigger role in their UK supply chains.

“Southampton has traditionally moved more containers by rail more than any other UK terminal. Over the last few years however, there has been a gradual decline in rail share – a consequence of the wider nationwide challenges facing rail freight at present. Through the Modal Shift Programme we aim to increase the rail share up towards 40% by the end of 2025 – supporting the UK Government’s ambition to drive the modal shift from road freight to more environmentally sustainable alternatives like rail.”

DP World was named ‘Sustainability Company of the Year’ at Multimodal 2023 thanks, in part, to the Modal Shift Programme. The company was also recognised for delivering a 55% reduction in net carbon emissions from its fleet and installations at Southampton in 2022 after transitioning to Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) and its £12m investment at London Gateway in the first all-electric fleet of straddle carriers to go into commercial operation at a port anywhere in the world.

In addition to its UK hubs at Southampton and London Gateway, DP World’s offer includes logistics, forwarding and European transport capabilities, all of which are being integrated into the company’s global network. Operating in 78 countries, DP World now handles 10 per cent of world trade.

First Rijeka-Budapest Open Rail Service

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A new regular common user open rail train service has been launched by Rail Cargo Group (RCG) linking the Croatian port of Rijeka, via the Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT), to Budapest in Hungary.

Whilst many rail services operate between Rijeka and Budapest, these are generally dedicated to individual clients. The new rail service is a common user service which enables freight forwarders and individual clients to book the landside service directly with RCG.

“The Hungarian market is one of the most important markets in Europe and the second largest market for AGCT. Already a significant manufacturing hub and consumer market, we see further growth potential as the Hungarian economy continues its strong development,” said Emmanuel Papagiannakis, AGCT chief executive officer.

He added: “Currently, there are multiple regular weekly block trains between Rijeka and different rail hubs in Budapest, Hungary, but all are dedicated rail services. We appreciate that the Rail Cargo Group has launched this initiative that adds a common rail service not just directly to BILK terminal in Budapest, but from Budapest connecting to the entire TransFER intermodal network all over Europe. There is immediate potential for Austria, Czechia, Romania and Slovakia. This initiative confirms the growing significance of AGCT as a gateway for Southern, Central and Southeastern Europe.”

“Comparing rail and road emissions, it is also important to note that 24 kilos of CO2 emissions are saved per ton freight, which is transported by rail instead of by truck. Our current rail-road split is 47 percent, and we aim to grow it further,” Papagiannakis further explained.

The common rail service runs two times per week at a fixed timetable. It offers a direct connection without stopovers from Budapest and Rijeka and vice versa at attractive transit times. The rail service is operated by RCG and its subsidiaries in Hungary and Croatia.

In March 2011, ICTSI forged a 30-year strategic partnership with Luka Rijeka D.D. for the operation, management, and development of Adriatic Gate Container Terminal (AGCT) at the Port of Rijeka, Croatia’s main seaport.

Rail Logistics Moves Ahead

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Rail-Flow, the leading platform provider for rail freight and intermodal transport, has attracted new investors to expand its business activities. In the latest funding round, the company was able to raise a total of 3.6 million euros from existing and new investors.

Dominik Fürste, CEO and co-founder of Rail-Flow, commented on the funding round: “Rail-Flow has developed rapidly since its foundation in 2020. Successful customer deployment has proven that our solutions can make a significant contribution to advancing digitalization in the transport business and simplifying cooperation across road and rail transport modes. Thus, we contribute to shifting more goods from road to rail.”

The future viability of Rail-Flow is highly rated by the financiers. Investors include industry experts such as:
• Venture Capital Funds Rethink Ventures and Futury Capital
• Dr. Katrin Suder, investor, senior advisor and board member
• Dr. Alexander Hedderich, former CEO of DB Schenker Rail and chairman of the Rail-Flow advisory board
• Prof. Dr. Jürgen Ringbeck, serial investor and honorary professor at WHU (Otto Beisheim School of Management)

With the new funding round, the neutral and independent platform provider has reached another milestone and taken another step towards achieving its vision. Rail-Flow founders Dominik Fürste and Osman Akdemir want to shift freight transports from road to rail and digitalise rail freight transport. This is made possible by means of various modules within the Rail-Flow platform, which digitalises different processes from offer management to real-time tracking and tracing to invoicing. The platform thus simplifies the handling of rail freight and multimodal transports. The Purchase & Tender Management platform was the first solution on the market in 2020 and is a marketplace for conventional rail freight transport.

Rail-Flow sees a clear need in this area for the rail freight industry to catch up, which it meets through its Rail Offer and Rail Transport Management modules. The interaction between the marketplace solutions and the operational SaaS solutions is an innovative strength of the platform. By replacing telephone, fax, Excel and email, Rail-Flow reliably simplifies, accelerates, and documents processes.

Simpler processes and climate-friendly transport routes

Thanks to the ‘Intermodal Capacity Broker’, capacities on freight trains can be easily offered and booked. The solution is therefore also interesting for smaller transport companies and forwarders, and eases their entry into combined transport. Transporting goods by rail instead of road causes 9 times fewer emissions, and 6 times less energy is consumed. The aim of Rail-Flow is to push climate-friendly freight transport by connecting freight carriers, rail freight companies and shippers.

“Since its founding, Rail-Flow has convinced numerous market players such as logistics service providers and shippers as well as rail freight transport providers of the benefits of our platform and facilitated their business processes in rail freight transport,” Dominik Fürste notes. “Thanks to the trust of our investors, we can now further expand our services and pursue our European growth strategy.”

Rail-Flow will also be present at the transport logistic fair in Munich from May 9th to 12th, 2023, where the team presents its latest developments in hall B5 at booth 416.

New Intermodal Connection Between Duisburg and Padua

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TX Logistik AG is expanding its intermodal network with a new connection between Duisburg and Padua. The rail logistics company, which belongs to Mercitalia Logistics (Gruppo FS Italiane), has planned to start the connection on May 2nd. Four round trips per week with 32 loading units per train will be put on the tracks.

The connection, on which truck trailers with all kinds of goods are transported, will be operated as an open train system. The main customer is the Italian transport and logistics service provider Trans Italia with headquarter in Salerno. All services associated with the new relation will be taken over and controlled by TX Logistik. The route runs from Germany through Switzerland to Italy, to Padua in the Veneto region. There, Interporto Padova operates a modern rail terminal where around 275,000 TEU are handled between road and rail every year. In Germany, the combined transport terminal on the logport III site in Duisburg-Hohenbudberg is served, which is operated by TX Logistik together with two partners as Ziel Terminal GmbH.

For TX Logistik, which is responsible for international rail freight transport within the Mercitalia Group, Padua is an important expansion of the European network. The city is only about 25km away from Venice, where short-sea connections to the Balkan states can be used. At the same time, Veneto is Italy’s third most important export region – with Germany as its main trading partner. This offers good opportunities to shift more goods from road to rail.

 

Financial Results Confirm Logistics Strategy

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Munich-based intermodal and shortsea logistics provider Robert Kukla closes its 2022 financial year with a substantial 22 percent increase in turnover. “In particular, the expansion of the network via associated companies with the development of our own logistics products contributed to this above average success,” sums up Kukla CEO Knut Sander. For 2023, he again expects organic growth of around 20 per cent. With its eleven affiliated companies and the headquarters in Munich, Robert Kukla achieved a turnover of EUR 248.7 million last year with 180,000 transported units. This represents an improvement of 22 percent over the previous year.

Investments ensure growth

According to Sander, the investments in the development of the European locations are paying off: “Due to the increasing number of participations, we are working more efficiently, especially with regard to fixed costs. Overall, our growing European network has created a high degree of self-dynamics, which is expressed in a double-digit plus on the income side. The affiliated companies, for example, contributed the lion’s share of EUR 30 million to the total increase in turnover of EUR 45.46 million. The headquarters in Munich also developed exceptionally well with an increase in turnover of 14 per cent.”

Logistics Strategy

In particular, the locally managed locations were very successful in the free development of independent logistics services. As an example, Sander mentions the development of full load transports with the integration of permanent carriers at the Düsseldorf location, which is developing rapidly. The Kukla company in Milan (Italy) introduced a train system with slot bookings for intermodal transports in 2022 and the Hamburg location now handles the entire FOB processing for containers (organisation of the pre-carriage to loading on board).

The company also registered a strong increase in the area of UK shipments. “In the aftermath of the post-Brexit, there was an immense shift in trailer transports to containers, from which we benefited,” explains Sander. The volume transported has increased by about 50 per cent to 24,000 containers annually. In order to be more independent of external service providers, Robert Kukla has meanwhile opened his own customs agency in Folkestone.

Potential in nearshoring and existing customer business

For the current year, Sander again expects growth of about 20 per cent. The existing customer business is the main contributor to this. “The larger network brings new opportunities for our customers, especially in the intermodal sector, synergies arise,” Sander concretises, adding, “with shippers, whom we strongly supported during the time of acute supply chain problems, we experience higher appreciation and retention than before the Corona pandemic.” The Kukla CEO also sees potential in the emerging trend towards nearshoring: “Procurement markets are moving closer to Kukla’s home market. We are represented with intermodal logistics solutions in the growth regions of Eastern Europe and North Africa, also involving Shortsea. Our transport volume in these countries is currently increasing noticeably.”

Robert Kukla GmbH Internationale Spedition, headquartered in Munich, specialises in multimodal and intermodal transports, tank transports and truck transports worldwide and has extensive experience in warehouse logistics. The Munich-based logistics service provider has locations in Hamburg, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Milan, Breda, Stockholm, Bilbao, Calais, Lisbon, London and Thessaloniki. Kukla has been in operation since 1941, works worldwide with a dense network of high-performance cooperation partners and employs around 280 people at all its locations. Of the approximately 180,000 units transported annually, about 60 per cent are accounted for by short-sea traffic and 40 per cent by shipments by rail and truck

Intermodal Europe is back – and it’s live!

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Visitor registration is open for Intermodal Europe 2022, the leading container shipping and intermodal transport event which returns 8 – 10 November to the RAI, Amsterdam.

The event, which last took place in 2019, will bring together world-class suppliers to showcase logistics and supply chain solutions across three days of interactive demonstrations, exciting new product announcements and actionable insight with access to 30+ hours of expert-led content across a varied conference programme of free-to-attend educational seminars.

Intermodal’s group director, Rob Fisher, commented: “Nothing compares with the power of face-to-face meetings and the opportunity to engage with product demonstrations and industry experts that a ‘live’, in-person event provides.

“Intermodal Europe 2022 will be the essential gathering place for container shipping and intermodal transport leaders, professionals and suppliers to reconnect, stay ahead of supply chain trends and source the latest solutions from some of the world’s most innovative manufacturers and suppliers,” says Fisher.

The opportunity to see working demonstrations of the latest technology and sustainable solutions is certain to be just some of the main attractions of Intermodal Europe 2022.

Among the new launches at Intermodal Europe 2022, Spectainer is pioneering better trade to address the wasteful problem of empty containers with the COLLAPSECON which works in tandem with what is claimed to be, the “world’s first fully automated collapsing operating station”. “Compelling economic savings, improved operational efficiency, productivity and full automation, combined with a reduced carbon footprint, now provides the industry solutions they have sought for decades,” says Spectainer’s CEO, Nicholas Press (exhibiting at stands L38 and M42).

“The industry has adapted exceptionally well to the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. While disruptions to the global supply chain have continued to place significant pressure, the industry has continued to keep the flow of goods moving. There are delays and bottlenecks, but the focus on driving efficiency to resolve these bottlenecks is a great example of the industry’s adaptability,” continues Press.

Daniel MacGregor, Co-Founder of Nexxiot (stand H44), adds: “The world has woken up to the importance of the supply chain in our daily lives. When it works, we don’t think about it much, but when it’s broken, the panic quickly ramps up. Intermodal has risen the challenges. We have seen a shift in thinking about innovation with new cargo owner-centric services emerging. Accountability has taken centre stage with quality, provenance, and sustainability in focus.

“We believe in accelerating the digitalisation of the entire global supply chain across all modalities and have seen the rise of data aggregators who offer a proxy for visibility by bringing together different data sources. But it doesn’t compare to live, real-time asset and cargo data. With dry intermodal, rail freight, tank container, cargo and brake monitoring, the Nexxiot hardware and software portfolio is constantly expanding. We will add new services around process automation and data analytics, plus we will continue to build out the sensor and hardware capabilities as we enter 2023.”

Meanwhile, DEPOT Software (stand D12) will be showcasing their various optimised products that have been launched this year, such as apps and kiosks that streamline on-site data exchange. Additionally, new services provide optimised and secure data exchange with external parties by integrating the SYNDA communication network for the tank container industry.

DEPOT Software / SYNDA have in 2022 launched a number of integrations and are planning on building new integrations. SYNDA’s product owner, Steven Somers, explains: “SYNDA is a VAN (Value Added Network) for the tank container industry. We simplify and optimise the electronic data exchange between stakeholders. SYNDA is unique in that we accept any data format from any system and translate it to any format and any system; you no longer need to custom develop and manage your integrations.”

ICT Containers (stand K64) will be demonstrating their new container and logistic solutions including the Innovative container (ISO standard) for transportation of bulk or packed cargo. “The uniqueness of our container is that in addition to packaged cargo, our container is able to transport a wide nomenclature of bulk cargo, from grain to mineral fertilisers and polymeric beads,” says ICT’s CEO, Victor Kvitko.

Rob Fisher notes: “As the world realigns post-pandemic, vibrant business events like Intermodal Europe 2022 provide vital meeting places for professionals to reconnect and discover new ways of improving their businesses.

“We’ve got lots of exciting plans for Intermodal Europe which will ensure that every aspect of the event is relevant for the challenges and opportunities presenting themselves to the intermodal and container shipping sectors today.”

MacGregor adds: “Exhibiting at Intermodal Europe is important for Nexxiot as we love to meet with our clients and partners at every opportunity to understand their changing needs, update them on capabilities and lead the discussion around standards and future applications.”

In addition to the full exhibition floor which includes names such as Seaco, Carrier Transicold, Triton International, SeaCube, Meeberg, Daikin and many more, visitors will be able to learn from visionary industry leaders and experts with a multitrack series of educational seminars in the Keynote and Technology Theatres. With over 30 hours of free content, and speakers from the likes of Container xChange, Boxxport, Sun International, Nokia and MPC International, key themes for 2022 include the Global Container Market Outlook, Cybersecurity, IoT in Container Tracking and Reducing Emissions in Container Logistics.

“As new supply chain challenges continue to emerge amidst the proliferation of online retail and changing buyer habits, both the conference and exhibition at Intermodal Europe will provide the ultimate opportunity for this important industry to prepare and protect their operations and exploit the potential of key opportunities on the horizon,” concludes Fisher.

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