07/06/2010 (Agence Europe) - The Russian Railway Company (RZD) and the International Union of Railways (UIC) is jointly organising a world conference on rail freight. The conference will take place on the 6-7 July in St Petersburg and aims to facilitate an exchange of views on international transport development prospects, resources for overcoming the financial crisis and obstacles to growth in international rail freight. Eight major themes are on the agenda: Rail transport in the global economic and financial crisis; "Green" logistics - new opportunities for railways; Liberalisation of the railways - how to attract private investment?; Railway land bridges - conditions for success; Combined transport - the future of containers; Wagonload shipments - flourishing in North America, surviving in Europe?; Combined transport - the need to increase efficiency and Rail-based global logistics - creating customer value. European Commission representatives, as well as the majority of European rail companies will also attend the meeting. Further information can be found at: http://www.uic-grfc.org (A.By.)