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.
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 firsthand how operations are organised, managed and developed in such logistics infrastructures.
Contents
Lectures:
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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
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Contracting of Railway Services
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Case study presentation and discussion
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The Port of Barcelona: a commitment to intermodality
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PORTICrail: strategic info-structure
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Success Cases: Transportes Tomás
Inland workshops:
- Visit to the Traffic Control Centre of ADIF
- Visit to a container terminal
- Visit to an intermodal terminal
- Visit to a vehicle terminal
- Visit to a bulk terminal
Visto desde el transporte convencional: increíbles, una visión completamente nueva.
Muy buena organización, profesores y contenido. Visitas muy interesantes igual que la oportunidad de conocer y hacer networking con los compañeros.