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Interview with Ralf-Charley Schultze, President of UIRR UIRR, together with its allies who promote Combined Transport in the various European countries, launched the Combined Transport for Europe (CT4EU) campaign on 30 November 2021 at the European Intermodal Summit. The objective is to bring the message of Combined Transport’s capabilities to: effectively decarbonise freight transport,reduce Europe´s dependency on imported fossil fuels and mitigate the long-distance truck driver shortage. UIRR coordinates the CT4EU campaign that will accompany the drafting of a series of EU level transport legislative proposals with the potential to fundamentally reform the regulatory framework of freight transportation in the European Single Market. From infrastructure through digitalisation and the operational framework of rail freight to new decarbonisation rules: the European Commission will deliver an unusually high number of substantial proposals in the beginning of 2023 (greening freight package). The European Union aim to double the market share of rail freight…

An interview with Hermann Lanfer, managing partner of Lanfer Transporte GmbH & Co. KG in Meppen and chairman of the Administrative Board of Kombiverkehr Hermann Lanfer has been chairman of the Administrative Board of Kombiverkehr since the end of July 2020, having been a member of the Administrative Board since 2014. The 55-year-old is the third generation to head up chemical logistics provider Lanfer Transporte GmbH & Co. KG of Meppen. Hermann Lanfer completed apprenticeships as a car mechanic and logistics manager before studying business economics at the German Foreign Trade and Transport Academy (DAV) in Bremen. Among other places, he worked at Kühne + Nagel in Vancouver before returning to the family business. Hermann Lanfer has six children, three of whom are currently training with the company. Simply Intermodal: Mr Lanfer, you have been chairman of the Administrative Board of Kombiverkehr since the end of July 2020. What spurs you on?…