Only a few railway operators are providing intermodal transport services within or from/to Bulgaria;

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1 HaCon Ingenieurgesellschaft mbh Lister Straße Hannover HaCon Ingenieurgesellschaft mbh Addressed to See Invitation List Lister Straße Hannover Deutschland Telefon Fax Internet Date 20/01/2014 INVITATION Round table meeting on the Development of intermodal transport in Bulgaria Dear Madame or Sir, whereas intermodal transport in Europe has been growing steadily in the past years, in Bulgaria this mode of transport is still not established in current logistics chains: There are still limited intermodal transhipment facilities existing in Bulgaria; Only a few railway operators are providing intermodal transport services within or from/to Bulgaria; Regular intermodal shuttle trains run only in transit between Western Europe and Turkey/Greece; The Bulgarian transport market is dominated by road transport. Time to resign? Or time to bundle forces and lay foundations for a future growth path of intermodal transport in Bulgaria? These and other items should be discussed with relevant actors of the intermodal sector in Bulgaria. You are therefore kindly invited to discuss the status quo, recent initiatives and future prospects of intermodal transport in Bulgaria, achieve a consent about the growth perspectives and coordinate regulative, financial and operational measures that will be necessary to foster the increase of intermodal rail services, identify relevant actors and time horizons for the realisation of the intermodal strategy and summarise a road map on intermodal transport in Bulgaria. HaCon Ingenieurgesellschaft mbh Sparkasse Hannover Geschäftsführer: Amtsgericht Hannover BLZ Michael Frankenberg HRB 1712 Kto. Nr Werner Sommerfeld Steuer-Nr.: 25/208/00709 IBAN DE Peter Talke VAT DE SWIFT Code BIC SPKHDE2H

2 Jointly with the COSMOS project partner TRANS EXPRESS d.o.o. and with the Ministry of Transport, Information Technologies and Communication of the Republic of Bulgaria as co-organiser we kindly invite you to participate in the round table meeting on, 10:00 16:00 (registration 9:30) in the premises of the Ministry of Transport, Information Technologies and Communication 9 Dyakon Ignatiy, 1000 Sofia The meeting will be performed in English language. In order to facilitate a common understanding, simultaneous translations between Bulgarian and English will be provided. Each of the agenda points will be introduced by a brief introduction of facts or theses to provide the basis for the joint discussion and conclusions. For organisational reasons we would like you to register by responding to this invitation e mail until 07 February Only registered persons will be accepted for participating in the meeting. The COSMOS activities are co financed by the European Commission in the framework of the Marco Polo Common Learning Action COSMOS ( cosmos.eu). For any further questions or recommendations on the project or the meeting please do not hesitate to contact me. Hoping to meet you in Sofia we remain with kind regards COSMOS Project Co-Coordinator HaCon Ingenieurgesellschaft mbh Niklas Galonske Attachments: Invitation list (organisations/companies) Meeting venue Agenda page 2 / 5

3 Invitation list (companies / organisations) status 20/01/2014 COSMOS Round Table Bulgaria Type Authorities Infrastructure Managers Rail Freight Terminal Forwarders / Shipping Lines Intermodal Other COSMOS Coordinators Institution Ministry of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications Railway Administration Executive Agency NRIC National Railway Infrastructure Company DB Schenker Rail Bulgaria BDZ Cargo EOOD Bulgarian Railway Company Bulmarket Metalimpex (Stara Zagora) Port of Burgas Port of Vidin North Port of Varna EAD Bulgarian River Shipping JSC Despred Maersk Bulgaria Ltd NTS Transport Rail Cargo Operator Schenker EOOD Somat Transbalkani Trans Express Transmodal World Transport Overseas Ltd Adria kombi d.o.o. Inter Ferry Boats N.V. Schenker RLF European Commission, DG MOVE Association of Bulgarian Railway Carriers Green Transport Cluster Bulgarian Maritime Administration KombiConsult (Frankfurt/M) HaCon (Hannover) page 3 / 5

4 COSMOS Round Table Bulgaria Meeting venue: Ministry of Transport, Information Technologies and Communication 9 Dyakon Ignatiy 1000 Sofia (Bulgaria) Ministry of Transport, Information Technologies and Communication COSMOS contact data: Ivan Petrov (Trans Express), petrov@transexpress.bg, mobile: Pavlina Dimitrova (Trans Express), poly_dimitrova@abv.bg, mobile: Niklas Galonske (HaCon), niklas.galonske@hacon.de, mobile: page 4 / 5

5 COSMOS Round Table Bulgaria Agenda Time Topic 09:30 Registration 10:00 Welcome and introduction 10:10 Status-quo of the intermodal sector in Bulgaria 10:45 Discussion by topic Infrastructure and border crossing Ports and terminals Current services port hinterland/continental/transit Access to intermodal equipment Incentive schemes 12:30-14:00 Joint Lunch 14:00 Continued Discussion and Actions 15:30 Conclusions page 5 / 5