High-speed rail

The modal split for freight transport varies greatly by region, and is largely determined by geographical and economic factors. However there is a common trend towards more use of road transport, at the expense of rail and water transport. The latter modes have a substantially better environmental profile, but are limited by longer delivery times and the necessity of pre- and post-haulage by truck, i.e. inter-modal transport. In the logistic chain used nowadays, there are small local stocks and fast on demand delivery is required.

Korea Railroad Research Insititute (KRRI) was established in 1996. Its main tasks are to develop new railcar and infrastructure technology such as high-speed trains (HEMU-430X), CNG-hybrid bimodal trains, wireless trams, etc. KRRI promotes the Korean railway industries through R&D on railway technology, operation and applications. KRRI has developed environmental technologies to decrease air pollution, noise and  carbon footprint and to increase energy savings. 

ERM is a leading global provider of environmental, health, safety, risk, social consulting services and sustainability related services. The Energy and Climate Change Technical Community of ERM has over 400 professionals globally.

Jeremy Benn Associates Ltd (trading as JBA Consulting and referred to as JBA) is a specialist water and environmental consultancy founded in 1995. JBA now employs 450 permanent staff in 18 ffices in the UK, Ireland, Singapore, Australia and Cambodia. The firm is a wholly owned part of JBA Group, a UK private limited company owned by its employees. The company typically undertakes 1,200 projects/year ranging from 1-2 week commissions to multi-year, multi-million $ frameworks.

Analysis of the factors, in a harbour context, that have the more relative impacts on the environment, in order to implement a web-based tool that will help the harbour authorities to develop energy efficiency intervention in the Mediterranean Basin.

Grütter Consulting (GC) develops sustainable transport projects including policies development, biofuels implementation, urban and inter-urban mobility, electric, gas-powered vehicles, freight and logistics projects. It has implemented various projects in road-based transport (urban and inter-urban), rail and shipping with the objective to identify options for reducing the environmental footprint of transport. Also, GC realizes financial structuring within the framework of its projects. 

The development objectives of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor Project (APL2) for India are to: (1) provide additional rail transport capacity, improved service quality and higher freight throughput on the 393 km Kanpur-Mughal Sarai section of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC); and (2) develop institutional capacity of DFCCIL to build, maintain and operate the entire DFC network.

The development objective of the Upgrading and Greening of the Rio de Janeiro Urban Rail System Project is to: to improve the level of service provided to suburban rail transport users in the RJMR in a safe and cost-efficient manner; to place the suburban rail transport system on a lower carbon growth path; and to improve the transport management and policy framework in the Borrower’s territory and in the RJMR.