Final Conference

Over the past years, the intermodal sector in South-East Europe has made a considerable progress, but, still the sector is challenged. The countries in the region have massively invested in transport infrastructure joining efforts with private investors, while rail and intermodal transport operators and logistics services suppliers have created new models for extending services so as to meet the customers’ demands.

In this context, six Round Tables performed in the scope of the COSMOS project in Slovenia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia, have also demonstrated the large potential of the sector and its innovative actors who are prepared for the future needs.

To further debate on these problems and to set new opportunities and solutions, the final conference of the COSMOS project was initiated on 12 June 2014 in Vienna (Austria).The final conference convened high-level representatives and stakeholders of the intermodal industry in South East Europe, who presented and discussed recent achievements and future prospects of intermodal transport in the countries concerned.

Agenda & presentations

Welcome & Agenda

Helmut Schweighofer, Member of Board, Schenker & Co AG (141KB)


Incentive schemes and EC programmes supporting intermodal Transport in Europe

Gerhard Troche, European Commission, DG Move (1.4 MB)


Status-quo and prerequisites for intermodal growth in the COSMOS area

Uwe Sondermann, COSMOS Project Leader, KombiConsult (414KB)


Interoperable rail infrastructures and seamless border crossing operation

Reinhard Papp, Head of SEE block train services, Schenker & Co AG (1013KB)

Edgar Bleier, CFO, DB Schenker Rail Romania (249KB)

Armin Riedl, CEO, Lokomotion (1.4 MB)


Core ports, terminals and intermodal services

Uwe Sondermann, COSMOS Project Leader, KombiConsult (328KB)

Janez Merlak, Chief Operations and IT Manager, Adria Kombi (389KB)

Vladimir Fiser, CEO, Bohemiakombi (259KB)

Gábor Márta, Sales and Marketing Director, GYSEV Cargo (1.1 MB)


Intermodal Equipment, Services and good practices

Uwe Sondermann, COSMOS Project Leader, KombiConsult (448KB)

Liubomir Garchev, CEO, DB Schenker Rail Bulgaria (310KB)

Ivan Petrov, CEO, Trans Express (98KB)

Niklas Galonske, Project Manager, HaCon (480KB)


Competition of the corridors in South-East Europe

Uwe Sondermann, COSMOS Project Leader, KombiConsult (436KB)

Armin Riedl, CEO, Lokomotion

Janez Merlak, Chief Operations and IT Manager, Adria Kombi

Gábor Márta, Sales and Marketing Director, GYSEV Cargo

Kurt Pimperl, Sales Manager, Schenker & Co AG (931KB)


Closing remarks

Uwe Sondermann, COSMOS Project Leader, KombiConsult (193KB)