ATLANTIC Project Intermodal Freight Efficiency and Security 6 March 2002 Canadian Workshop

U.S. Activities Participants –WG 2.1 participants –The Intermodal Freight Technology Working Group (IFTWG)

U.S. Activities Working with: –Michael Onder, Freight Opns, Office of Freight Management and Operations, FHWA, USDOT –Richard Biter, Office of Intermodalism, Office of the Secretary, USDOT –Gary Maring, Director, Office of Freight Management and Operations, FHWA, USDOT

Outline WG 2.1 activities U.S. specific activities

INTERMODAL FREIGHT INFORMATION, PRE-CLEARANCE AND LOGISTICS KONSTANTINOS G. ZOGRAFOS PROFESSOR ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS TRANsportation Systems & LOGistics Laboratory (TRANSLOG) Washington D.C. 17/01/2002

TABLE OF CONTENT What has been achieved so far Identification of working group issues State-of-Art and State-of-Practice Identification of related Research Projects and Experts Work-plan Issues under consideration

WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED SO FAR Identification of possible issues Foster cooperation with U.S. and Canadian participants (i.e. development of research proposals and projects) Identification of State-of-Art and State-of-Practice Identification of related Research Projects and Experts in the area of Intermodal Transport and Logistics

City Logistics e-Commerce Freight and Fleet Management ITS Applications for Freight Transport Points, POTENTIAL TOPICS OF INTEREST - vehicle tracking, tracing and routing - e-commerce transactions and transport impacts - ports, airports, rail-yards, freight villages

EMERGING POTENTIAL TOPICS  Security and Safety Issues  Hazardous Materials Transportation

POTENTIAL WORKSHOP FOCUS  Global Intelligent Logistics – The Role of Information in Intermodal Logistics and the application of Information Technology to Support the Efficient Flow of Freight Across the Atlantic

IFTWG Purpose: a consortium of public agencies and private sector firms that share the common goal of enhancing the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the U.S. intermodal freight transportation network

IFTWG Objective: to develop a process to harmonize freight information technology in order to advance and improve the U.S.’s global economic competitiveness and its ability to meet security and other important domestic needs.

IFTWG Current tests: –Freight information highway –Asset and cargo visibility –Terminal dray operations

Current focus Mapping the intermodal freight process –Currently completed for domestic –Requires more detail off-shore –Requires reexamination regarding security