The Canal & River Trust, in partnership with the Freight Transport Association and the NSR Interreg Project IWTS2.00, will be hosting a conference on waterborne freight transport for inland waterways.

#IWTS conference LEEDS, 10th October 2018

Greening the modal shift!

Moderation: Alex Veitch: Freight Transportation Association

09.00-09.30 Coffee and registration.

09.30: Introduction

• Welcome by Canal & River Trust, Jon Horsfall, Head of Customer Services Support
• Welcome by Freight Transport Association, Alex Veitch, Head of Global Policy
• Stepping stones; Shifting 20 million t/km road to IWT in 2020

Arjen Mintjes, Director Maritime Academy Harlingen and Alex Veitch, Freight Transport Association

• NSR interreg IWTS project in a nutshell, Jorn Boll, Maritime Academy Harlingen

10.00: Multi Modal small waterway dynamics

• Canal & River Trust managing authority perspective and outlook, Leeds (Stourton). Inland Port aspirations, Steve Higham, EU Funding Programme Manager.
• Water freight in the UK, Stephen Anderson, Chair, Freight Transport Association. Multi modals, Road, Rail, Air shifts and niches for small waterway opportunities.
• Dealing with inland waterway modal shift barriers and opportunities in two Swedish cases, SSPA; Vendela Santen, Project Manager, Sara Rogerson, Project Manager.

10.45-11.15 Coffee/Tea break

11.30: Multi Modal small waterway dynamics

• Commercial Boat Operators Association, David Lowe, Chairman. Boat operator perspective and preconditions for small waterway modal shift.
• Blue Line Logistics, Antoon van Coillie, Director; Showcasing small barges and their potential for smaller waterways.
• EMMA project, Adina Caillaux, Deputy Head of Projects Department, Port of Hamburg Marketing Experiences and lessons learned in influencing modal shifts in the Baltic Sea Region.

12.15-13.00 Panel discussion by Alex Veitch

• Whom are the first movers and how to support them
• How to incentivise decision makers?
• Process design and identifying main stepping stones

13.00-14.00 Lunch

14.00-16.00 Optional coach trip Bulholme Lock, Stourton Inland Port

• Please confirm to Louise.linley@canalrivertrust.org.uk if you would like to attend the coach trip.

If you have any dietary requirements please let louise linley know.

http://www.northsearegion.eu/iwts20/news/freight-by-water-conference-2018/

For questions, please contact Robbert van Hasselt, 0031628657841, robbertvanhasselt@maritieacademieharlingen.nl.

or Steve Higham, stephen.higham@canalrivertrust.org.uk