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The 11th conference of the International Heavy Haul Association (IHHA) held in Australia
11th conference of the International Heavy Haulage Association (IHHA) was held on 21–24 June 2015 in Perth, Western Australia, along with the 5th annual Heavy Haul Rail Conference of the Australasian Railway Associations (ARA), which included experts from Joint Stock Company Railway Research Institute (JSC VNIIZhT).
Alexander Kosarev, the Deputy General Director and doctor of technical studies, senior research fellow Alexander Kassai and Sergey Zakharov, doctor of technical studies, presented 7 reports at the conference meetings. JSC Russian Railways also presented a report on the organisation of heavy haulage services. The IHHA conference included 700 people from more than 30 countries.
In 2017, the 12th IHHA conference will be held in Moscow, and all participants will be offered an orientation tour of the VI International Fair of Railway Equipment and Technologies EXPO 1520, which isscheduled for June.
IHHA is an authoritative international association which includes railway companies and organisations from nine countries specialising in the development of heavy haulage services, as well as the International Union of Railways. Since 1994, the interests of Russian Railways in the Association have been represented by JSC VNIIZhT.
The Fifth International Rail Fair EXPO 1520 will be held at the VNIIZhT Experimental Ring in Sherbinka, Moscow, on 2-5 September 2015. It will be a venue for presenting advanced railway equipment and technologies manufactured by Russian and overseas railway engineering companies. National railway authorities in various CIS, European and Central Asian countries, operators and leasing companies, freight owners and carriers are the key customers of these products. Owing to the high standard of the Fair’s organisation, its unique character and scale in the 1520-gauge area, as well as active involvement of international companies, numerous high-ranking government officials, heads of railway ministries and CEOs of major European corporations visit the event as distinguished guests and delegates. In September 2013, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry (UFI) acknowledged the international status and superior organisation of EXPO 1520.
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