Rail Cargo Group pushes digitisation of rail logistics
The Rail Cargo Group is working to optimise processes in international rail logistics. Last week in a lecture at the event “Meet Logistics Leaders” of the university program Logistics & Supply Chain Management at the WU Executive Acadamy, CEO Clemens Först announced the replacement of standardised business models by IT platforms.
This shall create the conditions for greater committment in the segments of fast-growing industries, such as consumer goods, automotive and intermodal. The ÖBB manager mentioned a currently developed model to carry loads back on the Antwerp-Linz shuttle, as an example.
In terms of traffic, in addition to the drive for continued growth in Europe – without expanding further west – Clemens Först announced the expansion of railway concepts to Asia. The offer will be strengthened in cooperation with the Russian partner TransContainer, he hinted. In this way, the volume carried across the Eurasian land bridge should reach 100,000 – 150,000 container units per year over the next two or three years.