RailBaltica
Where do we go, what do we want?
Latvijas
Loģistikas
Associācija
Aivars Tauriņš
Valdes priekšsēdētājs
Mob: +37129214869
E-pasts: [email protected]
Web: http://www.lla.lv
Year 2030
Liquid bulk goods
+10%
Solid bulk goods
+85%
Containers
Forecast of Hamburg-based economic research institute HWWI, 2006
How many of them will rail?
Companies looking for lessons on
compeeting in the European marketplace
should bear one straight forward slogan in
mind: “ KEEP IT SIMPLE”
Financial Times
Is it so simple?
EE
Logistics
concepts
SCM
LV
LT
LV
EE
EE
LV
LT
Advanced logistics
services market
Material flow
Transport market
Transport flow
Traffic market
Infrastructure
LT
Door-door
service
Procedures,
tariffs, liability,
documentation,
customs
Railcars,
containers,
locomotives,
transport plans
Railway network,
signaling systems
terminals
Case Study: HUPAC – competitive panEuropean
network
HUPAC – one of leading integrated
railway operators in Europe with own
terminal
network
in
different
countries.
Key actions
•Harmonization and standardization of procedures and EDI
•Border-crossing and customs (RU)
•Set of auxiliary services (storage, local transport, clearance)
•Development of common charging and pricing principles
•Common pool of loading units
•Liability of network operator
•Safety and security (CSI; AEO)
•As a framework can be taken Rules of Multimodal Transport of
UNCTAD and Intermodal Freight Transport program of EU
But all of this will take time…
Break through policy
1. Basic set-up and handling facilities to get traffic running regular (at least
weekly) on 1435mm gauge to/from Sestokai
2. Attractive tariffs and transit time to replace trucking with rail on Baltic states
area
3. Reach attention of customers, investors and society thus creating demand
4. Terminal and transport operators from different countries along desired
routings, with support of state and national railways, should take initiative
of creating RBGC network and performing action plan for development of Rail
Baltica based DOOR-DOOR service
Will it Rail?