Online Rail Freight Exchange (ORFE) Better Rail Competitiveness & Acceptance Through Virtual Freight Markets Partners Innovative Tools for More Efficient Rail Freight Transport in Europe Frankfurt am Main 25 November 2013 Peter Endemann Regionalverband FrankfurtRheinMain
What Is ORFE? Online Rail Freight Exchange (ORFE) is a platform which allows exchange of information about available loading capacities about shift potential from road to rail for rail operators / forwarders / shippers for companies with/without private rail siding by use of the internet in a user- friendly and interactive way 2
ORFE within CODE24 Road freight increasing Land-use / quality of life Rail freight: empty wagon closure of rail yards/sidings saturated network Noise pollution Sources (clockwise from upper left) : Andreas Maleika (1) https://www.pro-rheintal.de/presse_pressebild_archiv.html (3) The initiative for the ORFE-development within CODE24-project has been launched by the PIM-Institute, University of Duisburg-Essen. Prototype: http://pim-code24.wiwinf.uni-due.de/welcome?locale=en 3
What Strikes? Low volumes for back haulage Existing capacity use in Europe Unknown/not realised potential of transport bundling In case of missing private rail siding possibility of funding is not used/known Source: Weigand, W. (2009). Mehr Kapazität für den Schienenverkehr, ETR 58 (12) S. 725 Optimisation potential for the whole supply chain Lack of information on both the demand and the supply sides of the transport market No such online rail freight market BUT Existing internet domains fail to be true interactive information platforms 4
What Do Potential Users Need? Results From a Workshop A platform to build up contacts between business partners to exchange rail freight volumes & capacities to better cross-border shipment with 24/7 availability enhances communication & increases market transparency Efficient marketing for smaller companies Operators/forwarders better organise tours/establish new rail services Shippers/forwarder identify new business partners Operational model is crucial to ORFE s success Workshop Layout 30 shippers, forwarders, rail operator, research & administration 30 March 2011 Frankfurt am Main 5
Consequences for Prototype Design Overview of requests & offers: matching interaction 6
Consequences for Prototype Design cont d interaction access goods characteristics 7
MWP: www.freit-one.de Two Operators Identified Fulfilment of CODE24-criteria Neutral operator Confidentiality of user s data Matching demand and supply Enabling contact between users Mentioning CODE24 Covering corridor 24 area Monitoring CODE24-Stand @ TransportLogistic 2013 Bargelink: www.railcargo-online.com 8
CODE24-Strategy: Message to Stakeholders Online rail freight exchange can help both national incumbents and private rail competitors (reduction of empty runs & wagon loadings) National authorities: Ensuring access to the rail network, e.g. via funding schemes for rail infrastructure (terminals, railway sidings, shunting yards)" Incentivise rail usage: funding schemes, regulatory measures Preserve (local) rail infrastructure, rail sidings, rail yards Optimise transshipment and link to ports infrastructure Network operator(s): guarantee open access & train paths Provide any funding/support to implement noise reduction measures 9
Further Information Endemann, P. (2013). CODE 24: ein Korridor ein transparenter Markt(platz). Güterbahnen 12 (2), 46-48. Endemann, P., Tracksdorf, K. and T. Kaspar (2012). CODE 24 Online Rail Freight Exchange Needs of Potential Users, Proceedings of the European Transport Conference, Glasgow/London. Endemann, P. and T. Kaspar (2011). Online-Transportbörse soll Schienengüterverkehr stärken Was braucht die Praxis? Güterbahnen 10 (4), 31-36. Endemann, P. (2009). Booming Rail Freight Market and Collapsing Road Traffic What can the Regions Do?, Proceedings of the European Transport Conference, London. Föhring, R., Kuhlmann, A.S. and S. Zelewski (2013). Presentation of the final software prototype for an online freight exchange, Report CODE24 Vol. 9, PIM-Institute, Essen. http://www.regionfrankfurt.de/regionalverband/proje kte/verkehrsprojekte/code-24 http://www.code-24.eu Peter Endemann endemann@region-frankfurt.de 10