President of ICSO

Since 1980 Dr Christoph Seidelmann has been the Managing Director of the Studiengesellschaft für den kombinierten Verkehr e.V., Study Centre for Intermodal Transport, Frankfurt / Germany with responsibility for a wide range of national and international studies. These have mainly been in the field of intermodal transport and logistics, such as the feasibility study for various new technologies of intermodal transport including Rollende Landstrasse (“Rolling Highway“), Road-Railer, high capacity automatic terminal transfer systems, logistic information systems, fleet management, automatic identification, tracking and tracing, electronic data interchange, container design and operation, container security systems, and others.

Dr. Seidelmann consults to the European Commission and German Government on questions related to intermodal transport, terminal investment, and public/private partnership in intermodal infrastructure investment.

Dr. Seidelmann’s current commitments, as of June, 2006, include:

Managing Director Studiengesellschaft für den kombinierten Verkehr e.V. (Study Centre for Intermodal Transport, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Co-Gerant Société d’Etudes et de Recherche en Transport S.A.R.L., Paris, France

Vice-President Bureau International des Containers et du Transport intermodal, Paris, France

Chairman ISO International Standardisation Organisation Technical Committee 104 Freight Containers, Sub-Committee 4 „Marking, identification, communication”

Chairman Task Force on ISO-Containers in DIN / FAKRA

Chairman CEN European Standardisation Committee Technical Committee 119 Swap Bodies for Intermodal Transport