Training course in the introduction to maritime-rail intermodality

Accessing specific training in intermodal transport and the operations that take place to move between different modes of transport in ports, with a particular focus on rail transport, will allow you to design, build and manage door-to-door logistics operations more efficiently and safely, and will provide you with the tools to analyse direct costs and environmental impact for their subsequent optimisation.

Three days

Spanish
English
Other (contact us)

Barcelona

€550

Included in the tuition are the training materials and the diploma. Prices subject to change.

Discounts available for alumni and collaborators!

Objectives
  • Analyse the different elements that need to be combined for the provision of rail services.
  • To provide the necessary training and information to those who want to decide and manage logistics chains in which rail can be a profitable alternative in terms of services, cost or time.
  • To know the infrastructures and equipment necessary for the use of the railway.
  • To promote the use of rail transport by disseminating its characteristics and particularities
Participant Profile
  • Professionals dedicated to the maritime-railway transport of freight and logistics
  • Supply Chain specialists focused on transport
  • Final year logistics, transport management and international business students
SURCO workshop - Group photo
Methodology

In this course participants gain a complete view of port-rail operations and terminals in ports connected by the railway. Highly experienced professionals explain first-hand how operations are organised, managed and developed in such logistics infrastructures.

Visits to facilities allow participants to learn in the field and experience the operational perspective of the rail-port connections.

Students attending a lecture during one of the Escola's courses

Lectures

Workshops

Course participants networking during a lunch break

Networking

Contents

Check out the programmes of the upcoming editions:

  • Current Maritime-Railway Situation in Spanish Ports:
    – Maritime-Railway Infrastructures
    – Technical Characteristics of the Railway Freight Network
    – Railway Freight Terminals
    – Railway Accesses to Ports
    – Interior Railway Network and its intersection in the Service Area

  • Key Elements of Rail Transport

  • Contracting of Railway Services

  • Case study presentation and discussion

  • The Port of Barcelona: a commitment to intermodality

  • PORTICrail: strategic info-structure

  • Success Cases: Transportes Tomás

Testimonials

Muy buena organización, profesores y contenido. Visitas muy interesantes igual que la oportunidad de conocer y hacer networking con los compañeros.

Visto desde el transporte convencional: increíbles, una visión completamente nueva.

Relevant articles

On Track for the Future: Rail Freight in Europe 2024

This month in our #DidYouKnow series, we’re taking a closer look at the dynamic and ever-evolving world of rail transport. Cast your mind back to 2021, hailed as the European […]

The future begins with the letter “R” for the railway

We want to talk about the railway. But before that, I wanted to share a brief preamble. The easiest thing in life is making decisions. The difficult part is ensuring […]

Rail as key strategic freight transport

Railway is key part of the Spanish and European commitment to decarbonise the freight transport sector. Initiatives such as ‘ecoincentivos’, digitalisation, and automation, or “usage per load volume” are some […]

Questions

Send us an email!

This contact form is deactivated because you refused to accept Google reCaptcha service which is necessary to validate any messages sent by the form.