Study Tour on International Road Haulage

Location: various locations, Germany Dates: 27-31 March 2006   Key documents: Programme (FR 662Kb) List of participants (22Kb)

Summary Report (1.9Mb)

This study tour looked into the industry framework and regulatory structure for the road freight sector in Germany and the EU.

As a follow-up to the training seminar on road haulage, a group of key officials from MEDA countries visited a selected number of government organisations, associations and companies in Germany.

Germany was chosen as the location for this study tour due to several factors such as:

	the country’s central position at a crossroads for north-south and east-west flows of goods by road within the EU internal market;
	the economic importance of the German road haulage industry and of the freight forwarding and logistics sector at the European scale, and;
	the leading role played by government and industry to promote innovative solutions in areas such as HGV road charging, vehicle safety and inspections, and intermodal freight distribution centres, etc

The study tour brought together over 30 officials from public administrations and road transport authorities from the 12 MEDA countries. They were able to meet with local experts, practitioners and managers from private sector operators and to discuss with other officials from German federal administrations and related public or semi-public organisations.

The study tour took place over 5 days in various locations throughout Germany. It involved meetings with key stakeholders in the road haulage sector and included site visits to places such as container terminals, freight villages and customs clearing houses.

During these discussions and field trips the participants were able to hear the point of view of several decision-makers in charge of policy, strategic planning and regulatory issues, and also to learn from the first-hand accounts of experience given by practitioners involved in more technical and operational matters.

The study tour was organised with the support of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing (BMVBS) and GTZ (the German Technical Cooperation Agency).

Speakers also include representatives from the following organisations:

Toll Collect

Schenker Deutschland AG

Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing (BMVBS)

Deutscher Speditions- und Logistikverband (DSLV)

Federal Office for Goods Transport (BAG)

CTS Container Terminal GmbH

TÜV Nord & TÜV Akademie (Training Centre)

TUIS Dormagen
(Transport Accident Information and Emergency Response System)

HUPAC GmbH and TSG Terminal 
(operator of intermodal terminals in Germany, Switzerland, Italy and the Netherlands)

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GTZ

GTZ Presentation (182Kb)

Toll Collect & Satellic Traffic Management

Road Pricing Drives Sustainable Mobility (1.3Mb)
Harald Lindlar, Corporate Marketing & Communications

Satellic Toll Collect - General Information (212Kb)

Schenker Deutschland

First Hand Experience: International Freight Forwarder (1.8Mb)
Christoph Röper, Head of Sales Department, Air-Sea Freight / Logistics

Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing (BMVBS)

The Role of the Federal Ministry (30Kb)
Ulrich Näke, Head of Division, National and International Affairs of Goods Transport by Road

German Freight Forwarders and Logistics Association (DSLV)

Situation of Road Goods Transport and Logistics in Germany (2.3Mb)
Helmut Große, Head of International Land Transportation Division

DSL - General Information (FR 2.2Mb)
Gregor Schild, Delegate-General

Federal Office for Goods Transport (BAG)

The Role of Regulatory Authority (431Kb)
Heinrich Baumann, Head of Division Road Control

BAG - General Information (FR 856Kb)

CTS Container Terminal

The Role of the Regular Authority (FR 1.1Mb)
Andreas Stolte, General Manager

TÜV Nord (Technical Inspection Agency); TÜV Akademie (Training Centre)

TÜV Nord - Introducing to the Company (FR 781Kb)

TÜV NORD Akademy Presentation (1.7Mb)
Stephanie Tettweiler, Marketing

General Information (1.7Mb)

TUIS Dormagen

General Information (FR 307Kb)

HUPAC and TSG Terminal

First Hand Experience: Intermodal Freight Terminal (FR 1.9Mb)
Mr Altenau, Manager

Information System for Combined Transport (204Kb)

The Combined Transport of Dangerous Goods (319Kb)

Integrated Traction - A Single Railway Company from Departure to Arrival (504Kb)

Shuttle Net - More than 70 Trains Daily Connecting Europe (486Kb)

HUPAC Annual Report 2004 (1.2Mb)