Tom Zunder manage this new area of research has become the principal investigator NewRail for a significant number of European Commission funded domestic Rail Freight Logistics projects. The EU has been a threefold increase in rail freight sustainable capacity by 2020, while the distribution is a key aspect of the UK Government White Paper on transport. See also domestic freight shipping and freight shipping details.
This can be achieved by a shift from road to rail, increasing capacity, reducing the number of accidents involving people and enhance their quality of life through a better environment. The research activities of freight and Logistics Group have focused on a number of specialized fields:
• Rail Logistics
• Intermodal freight
• Facilities for freight
• Innovative freight vehicles
• Telematics load control
• The regulatory framework for freight
