OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE: PRAGMATIC BUT AMBITIOUS TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS FOR SHIPPERS
Transport is constantly subject to the contradictory injunctions of the market: in 2024, it's ecological revolution and optimisation of the existing fleet on the one hand, competitiveness and inflation on the other. In short, price and environmental issues are both problems and solutions for the sector!
The context is more tense, with regulations and legal obligations now set to a precise timetable: decarbonisation is now! It's also more pressing: despite the slowdown in inflation, purchasing power continues to fall, putting enormous pressure on prices, and therefore on the production chain, and therefore on transport... not to mention the rising cost of raw materials.
The picture looks rather bleak, doesn't it? And yet it is all these tensions that are driving the sector to accelerate, but also to rationalise its strategic choices.
After a long period of trial and error and great environmental promises, during which transport players had no really clear roadmap, the market finally knows where it needs to go, how, in what context and within what timeframe. It is pragmatic, because the economic stakes demand it, and ambitious in the current ecological context. Welcome to the era of operational excellence!
See you in Marseille on 16 and 17 October 2024!
The 2024 replays
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Conferences
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Round tables
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Expert Workshops
Opening Plenary - From Cape Horn to Everest, the benefits of change!
Nicknamed "The Captain", Eric Loizeau is a sailor and mountaineer. Voted skipper of the year in 1978 and multihull world champion in 1986, he has won two legs of The Ocean Race and holds the record for a solo Atlantic crossing. A mountaineer in the 1990s, Éric Loizeau climbed Mount Everest in 2003. Today, he campaigns to protect the oceans and is actively involved in the fight against plastic pollution through the Race For Water foundation.
At the opening of Top Transport Europe, he shared with the audience his vision as an adventurer, where surpassing oneself and team spirit can transform the unexpected into beneficial change. To do this, he drawn on his experiences of sailing around the world and climbing Mount Everest... a change of scenery and inspiration guaranteed!
Transport prices: back to equilibrium?
Sea freight rates plummeted and returned to pre-Covid levels. The rise in road haulage prices has come to a halt, but has not yet begun to fall significantly.
Clearly, transport supply and demand are currently in balance. This conference will provide an opportunity to gain a better understanding of the challenges ahead for 2024, to master the cost components of road transport and to analyse the reasons behind hauliers' demands for price increases. A number of experts and witnesses will answer these questions at the conference.
Carbon footprint of freight transport: The full transport sector is the biggest emitter of pollutants and greenhouse gases
The number of lorries, aeroplanes and freighters on the road is constantly increasing, with a serious impact on the health of French people and on global warming.
- What action has been taken and what remains to be done to improve and reverse the trend?
- What has been achieved? What measures still need to be taken to achieve our objectives?
- Where do we stand and what are the best practices for urban logistics?
- Hydrogen as an energy carrier: benefits, costs, infrastructure and efficiency: Hydrogen as an ecological solution, but also a business solution?