| Develop rail services |
- Integrate paths, traction, rolling stock, loading units and terminal and hub services.
- Develop service offerings with clients.
- Optimise price, transit time, reliability, flexibility and transparency.
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| Develop range of shipment types |
- Carry part loads (LCL, packages, pallets) and full loads (FCL, containers, swap bodies, truck trailers).
- Offer rail transport with controlled and remotely monitored temperature.
- Cater to goods with special needs such as chemicals and autos.
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| Develop traffic relations |
- Services between European terminals and hubs.
- Further develop terminals und hubs.
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| Integrate rail services within supply chains |
- Rail services as an attractive alternative to road transport in Europe.
- Rail services as part of complete, door-to-door solutions.
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Deal with infrastructure constraints – or remove them
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- Deal with bottlenecks and infrastructure limitations such as track gauge, train length, loading gauge, electrification, signalling and axle loads.
- Foster technical solutions in locomotives, wagons and loading units (containers, trailers and swap bodies) that respond to infrastructure limitations.
- Foster the removal of corresponding infrastructure limitations.
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| Deal with risks |
- Secure flexibility and resilience in rail services.
- Take precautions concerning blockages and limitations in transport modes, routes and countries caused by natural disasters, strikes and pandemics.
- Observe markets for trends, risks and opportunities.
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| Optimise processes in rail transport |
- Simplify, integrate and standardise processes, including across borders and internationally.
- Optimise transport, customs and safety processes.
- Digitalise consignment notes and other critical documents.
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| Promote digitalisation |
- Specify and integrate IT systems.
- Better track trains, wagons, loading units and shipments and improve ETAs.
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| Evaluate and deploy technologies |
Examples:
- Use sensors to transmit shipment location and detect temperature exceptions, shocks and unauthorised access.
- Plan and finance the migration to digital automatic couplers (DAC).
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| Solutions for rail transport of truck semi-trailers
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Evaluate and introduce of loading technologies for:
- vertical loading of non-cranable trailers.
- fast, horizontal loading of all trailers.
Examples: CargoBeamer, Helrom, Lohr, Nikrasa, R2L, RoLa. |
| Foster collaboration |
- Foster collaboration between ocean shipping companies, freight forwarders, shippers, ports, intermodal operators, railway undertakings, rail infrastructure managers and public authorities.
- Support international working groups.
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| Marketing |
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