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The Escola at the 2019 SIL Exhibition
/in Escola news, Issue 31 | Summer 2019This year the Escola Europea Intermodal Transport will once again participate in the International Logistics Exhibition (SIL Barcelona), the annual logistics fair held in Barcelona. This year the fair will […]
The Escola Europea trains professionals in port-railway operations
/in Escola news, Issue 31 | Summer 2019After the successes obtained in the past editions of the SURCO series, the Escola has once again held the SURCO Operations I course for Spanish professionals, which offers introductory training […]
The Escola commits to work together with YoungShip organisations of Europe
/in Escola newsOn the 7th of June 2019, the director of the Escola Europea Eduard Rodés met with co-founders of the YoungShip organisations of Spain, Italy, Portugal and France to discuss fruitful […]
The ARETÉ AURUM awarded posthumously to Doctor Aldo Grimaldi
/in Escola news, Issue 31 | Summer 2019On the 25th of May the ARETÉ AURUM award ceremony was held, awarded posthumously to Doctor Aldo Grimaldi. The ceremony took place at the headquarters of the Port Authority of […]
#DidYouKnow – Short guide on packaging and security
/in #DidYouKnow, DidYouKnow-Groupage, Escola news, Issue 31 | Summer 2019In this article for #DidYouKnow we think about the packaging and security of consolidated shipments (groupage). The question we aim to answer is how the should the boxes be transported? […]
The first edition of the Temperature Controlled Supply Chains Technical course ends with great success
/in Escola news, Issue 31 | Summer 2019In the second quarter of 2019 the Escola Europea – Intermodal Transport began to implement the scheduled technical courses of the year. The courses, aimed at professionals active in the […]
#DidYouKnow – What training do we need to work with NVOCC’s?
/in #DidYouKnow, DidYouKnow-Groupage, Escola news, Issue 27 | Summer 2018, Technical TransportConsumption models are evolving towards systems of more customised attention to the final consumer. This has consequently fuelled a change in manufacturing and distribution models. More and more products of […]
Barcelona to host the 1st World Edition of Startup Weekend focused on the logistics and maritime world
/in Escola news, Industry news, Issue 27 | Summer 2018, News, Uncategorized @caBarcelona will host the 1st World Edition of Startup Weekend focused on the logistics and maritime world, with the support of Google for Entrepreneurs and Techstars bringing together entrepreneurs to […]
Facultat de Nàutica signs a collaboration agreement with the Escola Europea under the Forma’t al Port programme
/in Escola newsThe director of the Escola Europea, Eduard Rodés, and the dean of the Nautical Faculty of Barcelona (Facultat de Nàutica de Barcelona – FNB), Agustí Martín, signed a collaboration agreement […]
#DidYouKnow – LCL packaging and shipments
/in #DidYouKnow, DidYouKnow-Groupage, Escola news, Issue 31 | Summer 2019, Technical TransportIn this article for #DidYouKnow we consider the steps and precautions that need to be taken into account in consolidated shipments and groupage operations. When sending an ocean freight LCL […]
The Escola Europea reaffirms its commitment to the Motorways of the Sea
/in Escola news, Issue 31 | Summer 2019On the 4th of April the Steering Committee of the Escola Europea – Intermodal Transport met in the framework of the “Motorways of the Sea in the Western Mediterranean – […]
#DidYouKnow – A short story of the refrigerated container
/in #DidYouKnow, DidYouKnow - Temperature Controlled, Escola news, Issue 30 | Spring 2019, Technical TransportThis week we wanted to discuss the evolution of the refrigerated container. Reefer transport, one using refrigerated trucks, trailers and shipping containers is used to ship items that require temperature-controlled […]
What training do we need to effectively manage temperature-controlled supply chains?
/in #DidYouKnow, DidYouKnow - Temperature Controlled, Escola news, Technical TransportThe success of industries that rely on cold storage supply chains comes down to knowing how to ship a product whose temperature needs to be tailored to the circumstances of […]
The jobs of the Future
/in #DidYouKnow, Educating the sector, Escola news, Issue 30 | Spring 2019Talking about the jobs of the future has become fashionable. What will a white-collar professional look like? For many years now, researches have been predicting that new technologies, constantly evolving, […]
The Escola opens up registrations to 2019 Technical Courses
/in Escola news, Issue 30 | Spring 2019The Escola constantly tries to identify what is lacking in the educational sphere of intermodal transport, in particular in light of the continuously changing landscape of the sector. New technologies […]
The Escola Europea kicks off the year with a course in railway intermodality
/in Escola news, Issue 30 | Spring 2019During the third week of January the first course for professionals of 2019 was organised by the Escola Europea – SURCO Operations II. This course offered advanced training in intermodal […]
The Escola Europea closes the year with a course for North African professionals
/in Escola news, Issue 29 | Winter 2018Over the past week the Escola Europea has organised the MOST MED course which brought together professionals from three countries from the Magreb: Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. The training took […]
GNV vessel Excelsior becomes certified as a classroom for the Motorways of the Sea Training (MOST) courses
/in Escola news, Issue 29 | Winter 2018This December Marta Miquel, Chief Business Officer of the Escola Europea – Intermodal Transport, delivered the Arete metope to certify the Excelsior vessel of the shipping company Grandi Navi Veloci […]
The Consortium of the Zona Franca launches its collaboration with the Escola in Forma’t al Port
/in Escola news, Issue 29 | Winter 2018On the 26th of November, Pere Navarro, the State Representative of the Consortium of the Zona Franca (Free Trade Zone); Eduard Rodés, the Director of the Escola Europea and Joaquim […]
MOST Iberia 2018 brings together Spanish, Portuguese and South American professionals
/in Escola news, Issue 29 | Winter 2018For a second year running, the Escola brought together professionals from Spanish and Portuguese transport enterprises during the MOST Iberia edition of its well-established courses in intermodal maritime transport. Between […]