The intermodal terminal KombiTerminal Burghausen located strategically in the Bavarian ‘Chemical Triangle’ joind the AGORA Group to share share expereinced and gain access to the network of competences established within AGORA. KombiTerminal Burghausen GmbH is a joint venture of the rail logistics operator BTT, the forwarding and transport operators Karl Schmidt and the terminal operators…
In 2016, for being even more at your service, the direction of the port operations of the “Port autonome de Strasbourg” becomes RHINE EUROPE TERMINALS SAS (RET), subsidiary firm owned at 100% by the “Port autonome de Strasbourg”. As from January 1st, 2016, the full and autonomous branch of the port operations activities, including in…
The Intermodal Terminal Eco-Efficiency Calculator (ITEC), by which KombiConsult, HaCon and thinkstep determine the specific energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from combined transport terminals as well as identify potential improvements, is now also audit compliant. The European Energy Efficiency Directive 2012/27/EU, which has been implemented in e.g. Germany with the Energy Services Act (EDL-G)…
The interactive platform of European intermodal terminals, presenting information on intermodal terminals, could be extended and now presents over 300 intermodal terminals of 24 European countries in a uniform high quality. The interactive intermodal terminal database, which has been developed within the framework of the AGORA project and was launched in September 2010, offers a…
Identification of the efficiency and performance of intermodal terminals is now possible for the first time, making use of the Intermodal Terminal Eco-Efficiency Calculator (ITEC) “Green” transport chains become more and more important. In this context, intermodal terminals are key drivers for competitiveness and sustainability of multimodal transport. However, within the calculation of the transport…
