BESTFACT second International Workshop on e-freight: East West Corridor information exchange

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1 BESTFACT second International Workshop on e-freight: East West Corridor information exchange Collaborate Communicate Harmonize Adapt Control 18 th & 19 th June 2013 in Vilnius Venue: Lithuanian Railways, Mindaugo Gatvė 12, Vilnius, Lithuania General information The BESTFACT (Best Practice Factory for Freight Transport) project is a Coordination and support action under the 7 th Framework Programme of the European Commission. On Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 of June 2013, BESTFACT will organise its third international workshop, which is the second on e-freight. The workshop is hosted by Lithuanian Railways and will take place at its premises in Vilnius, Lithuania. In practice, BESTFACT intends to develop, disseminate and enhance the utilisation of best practices and innovations in freight logistics which contribute to meeting European transport policy targets: promoting the boost of competitiveness and decreasing the environmental impacts. This second international cluster workshop on e-freight will deal with the top issues, such as corridor information exchange and information management under changing logistics. Well-known representatives from the private and public sector will present in the first session current examples of best practices and results of collaboration and exchange along transport corridors. In second session it will be discuss how e-freight can support logistics to be adapted under future logistic challenges in the Baltic Region notably on green corridors. Furthermore, it will present the main targets and challenges in freight transport and logistics and other high priority aspects in the fields of infrastructure, technology and organisation. Finally, a technical visit to the Control Center of Lithuanian Railways will offer the opportunity to see some state-of-the-art solutions for managing transporting goods along East-West corridors.

2 workshop on e-freight East West Corridor information exchange Venue: Lithuanian Railways, Mindaugo Gatvė 12, Vilnius, Lithuania Time Day 1: Tuesday, 18 th June 2013 Cluster Workshop First sessions moderated by prof. Andrius Jaržemskis, VGTU 10:00 10:30 Registration and reception 10:30 11:30 Welcome speeches - Vladislav Kondatovič, Vice Minister MOTC LT - Mr. Stasys Dailydka, Director General LitRail - Marcel Huschebeck, PTV - Fleur Breuillin, DG MOVE (EC) 11:30 12:00 Key note speeches: Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS): Opportunities and challenges for intermodal transport Development Green corridor in Baltic Sea Area EU- Belarus border (customs, information exchange, CIM, SMGS consignment note) 12:00 13:00 Lunch Martin Magold, Sustainable Transport Section, Transport Division, UNECE Algirdas Sakalys, VGTU ITLKC Antanas Šipavičius, Director General of Lithuanian Customs department 13:00 13:10 Introductions to BESTFACT cluster on e-freight Roland Frindik, MARLO, BESTFACT e-freight cluster leader 13:10 14:40 TIEKE Verkottaja Service - Tools for electronic data interchange utilizers KoKoBahn data exchange between rail hinterland stakeholders Freight information system in Klaipeda seaport (KIPIS) 14:40 15:00 Coffee and Tea Break 15: East West transport corridor Association (Information broker system) VIKING train Heikki Laaksamo, TIEKE Horst Pahl, Tradav Arturas Drungilas, Director of marketing of Klaipeda Seaport Authority Gunnar Fastén, NetPort.Karlshamn AB Saulius Stasiunas, Lithuanian Railways Ivan Liptuga, (Vice President of FIATA) 16:00 16:45 Panel Diskussion moderated by Andrius Jaržemskis, VGTU 17:00 18:00 Technical visit: Control Center Lithuanian Railways cross border corridor management Lithuanian Railways headquarter (at the venue) 19:30 Common dinner at Restaurant Tores, Vilnius (directions will be provided at the venue)

3 Day 2: Wednesday, 19 th June 2013 Time Cluster Workshop Second sessions 08:30 09:00 Registration and reception moderated by Antti Permala, VTT 09:00 09:15 Introduction into the session 09:15 09:45 An outlook for logistics in the Baltic 09:45 10:15 Green corridors and their relevance for the Baltic region 10:15 10:45 How ICT can support logistics in green corridors 10:45 11:05 Coffee and Tea Break Samuel Henningsson, NetPort Karlshamn Christopher Pålsson, maritime-insight Jerker Sjögren, Closer Dr. Jan Tore Pedersen, MARLO 11:05 11:50 Panel discussion moderated by Antti Permala, VTT 11:50 12:00 Conclusions of the workshop 12:00 13:00 Lunch 13:00 End of the Workshop Roland Frindik, (BESTFACT cluster 3 leader)

4 Objective of the workshop This is the third of a series of international workshops introducing three clusters from the BESTFACT project: urban freight, green logistics and co-modality and e-freight. This workshop focus purely on the cluster e-freight. The general nature of the workshop is to provide access, room for discussion and information exchange to different groups of interest with regard to the subjects covered in this cluster on e- Freight. In this way, the transferability of different cases is promoted and better coordination between industrial and administrative stakeholders is achieved. It will also serve as the basis to identify best practices and to promote their transferability. Who will you meet? The workshop intends to bring together different types of expertise regarding freight solutions, covering both the public and private spectrum. More specifically, the workshop attendees will be from the public sector (e.g. governmental representatives, urban planners and transport associations) and the industry (e.g. shippers, transport companies, logistics providers and researchers). Registration There is no attendance fee for all the activities of the BESTFACT workshop, but due to participants number limitation, registration is necessary. In the provided registration form, participants are advised to confirm whether they will be attending both or only one of the two days of the workshop, the dinner and the technical visit (at day 1). This information is necessary in order to efficiently organise the transportation details of the event. Register online at: Venue The conference will be held at Lithuanian Railways in Vilnius, Lithuania. Full address: in English: in Lithuanian: Lithuanian Railways Lietuvos geležinkeliai Mindaugo str. 12 Mindaugo Gatvė Vilnius Vilnius Lithuania Lietuva (see Map below)

5 How to reach the venue? By air transport Vilnius airport is connected to a number of European cities, the most frequent via Kopenhagen or direct by low cost airlines. Flight and airport information is available at City buses No. 1 and No. 2 provide a service to the airport. The fares and schedules can be found at A scheduled taxi is a fast way to travel from the airport. The fare price is 3 Litas. A special scheduled train runs between the airport and Vilnius Railway Station. The train fare is 2.5 Litas. The train schedule can be found at The airport can be reached by cabs of any of the taxi companies servicing the city. A shuttle service can be organized when you indicate it while registering for the event on the BESTFACT website By train There is a train connection from Warsaw to Vilnius with change of train in Sestokai and Kaunas crossing the polish-lithuanian border. Timetable at By public transportation The venue can be reached by short walking distance from nearby bus stops served from the railway station and the airport. For more information on the route schedules, please consult By car A parking space can be reserved for you in Getting by car to Lithuania it is reccommended to take the ferry by DFDS Seaways from Karlshamn SE, Sassnitz DE or Kiel DE ( to Klaipeda LT. Onwards the 310 km long road travel to Vilnius on A1 / E85 takes about 3 hours. From Stockholm Talllink Silja Line ( cruise to Riga going onwards 3 h 30 min to Vilnius. Common dinner 19:30 Dinner at Restaurant Tores Adress: Užupio str. 40, Vilnius Lithuania about 1,2 km from the old town

6 Map Neringa Hotel Novotel Vilnius Centre Restaurant Tores Hotel Artis Centrum Lithuanian Railways head quarter meeting venue Radisson Blu Astorija Hotel Hotel Europa Royal railway station Airport 3km (map source:

7 Hotel recommendations Novotel Vilnius Centre **** Gedimino prospektas 16, Vilnius, Lithuania, tel Single rooms rated EUR walking distance to meeting venue at LitRail: 1,0 km Neringa Hotel **** Gedimino prospektas 23, Vilnius, Lithuania, tel Single rooms rated EUR walking distance to meeting venue at LitRail: 1,1 km Radisson Blu Astorija Hotel ***** Didzioji 35/2, Vilnius Lithuania; tel Single rooms rated EUR walking distance to meeting venue at LitRail: 1,2 km Hotel Artis Centrum **** Liejyklos str. 11/23, Vilnius Lithuania; tel Single rooms rated EUR walking distance to meeting venue at LitRail: 0,8 km Hotel Europa Royal **** Aušros Vartų St 6, Vilnius Lithuania; tel.: Single rooms rated EUR walking distance to meeting venue at LitRail: 1,4 km Tourism information on Vilnius can be obtained from Contact For further information on this workshop, please contact: roland.frindik@marlo.no You can also find more information on: status: