The New Hub for the Intermodal Terminals and Inland Ports
The Intermodal Container Terminal Conference returns to Düsseldorf on 3 – 4 March 2026, building on the momentum of its standout debut. Attend ICTC to gain the practical insight, strategic clarity, and industry connections you need to future-proof your terminal in a rapidly evolving intermodal landscape.
About ICTC
In a space crowded with “intermodal” events, ICTC stands apart — built specifically for terminals. It’s a space for operators to address key challenges and help shape the industry’s future through collaboration and innovation.
Intermodal terminals are evolving fast. Rising volumes and shifting trade patterns demand greater efficiency, closer coordination, and smarter technology. ICTC brings leaders together to explore the strategies and innovations that will define the terminals of tomorrow.
Our approach is simple: when the conference is running, all attention is on the stage. A single-stream format ensures every delegate can engage directly with the debate, the case studies, and the keynote insights that matter most.
And it doesn’t end there: the conversations continue throughout the event. With extended breaks and dedicated networking opportunities, ICTC creates an environment for delegates to compare notes, build relationships, and spark the collaborations that move the industry forward.
- Gain actionable insight into how leading intermodal terminals are adapting to shifting demands.
- Build strategic clarity around the technologies and approaches shaping the future of the sector.
- Connect with senior operators and industry innovators facing similar challenges and opportunities.
- Discover real-world solutions you can apply directly to your terminal’s operations.
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Key Topics for 2026
Focused tracks addressing the most pressing challenges and opportunities for intermodal terminals.
Smarter Operations and Best Practice
Driving terminal efficiency through data-driven maintenance and agile responses to market volatility.
Automation and Digital Integration
AI-supported decision-making, real-world strategies for scalable automation and smart interoperability with road and rail.
Collaboration and Connectivity
Building seamless links to the hinterland through shared data, aligned scheduling and digital tools.
Cybersecurity, Resiliency and Risk
Mitigating risk and disruption through resilient operations and digital infrastructure in an increasingly connected terminal.
Decarbonising Terminal Operations
Practical pathways to lower emissions through electrified equipment, energy optimisation, and data-led sustainability.
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Agenda Snapshot
Connected, Resilient Intermodal Operations
The Developing Role of the Intermodal Terminal in the Combined Transport Ecosystem
Synchronising Terminal Operations with Road and Rail: Building a Seamless, Technology-Enhanced Connection
Risk and Resilience: Preparing Your Operation for Unpredicable Container Volumes
Realistic, Scalable, Phased: Automation Implementation in Intermodal Terminals
Digital Readiness and Integration
Digital Maturity and Building Foundation for Future-Proof Operations
Intermodal Connectivity and Data Collaboration Between Modes
Organisational Adaptation: Fitting New Technology and Strategy to Existing Terminal Processes and People
Speakers
Featuring leading voices from terminal operators, technology vendors and logistics partners.

Marcos Carneiro

Marcos Carneiro
Marcos brings cross-sector experience spanning SaaS, satellite analytics, agriculture, and real estate, providing him with a practical understanding of how operations function and where technology delivers real impact. At CONROO, he operates within the container-terminal and port-logistics ecosystem, working at the intersection of solution design and operations. He collaborates closely with terminal management, IT, operations, and security teams to ensure digital solutions align with real-world operational requirements. His work focuses on improving efficiency, predictability, and scalability while enabling straightforward adoption for the trucking community

Johann Bergman

Johann Bergman
Johann Bergmann holds a university degree in Industrial Engineering and Management. He works for Fraunhofer CML since 2021 and is in charge for the research group “Port Technologies”. The project activities cover safe, economical, and low-emission design of processes and structures in ports. Major focus refers to the automation of cargo handling and inspection activities.
Prior to joining Fraunhofer CML, Johann has been working as project manager in the Port Equipment Sales Department of Liebherr in Rostock (GER). He was responsible for international projects related to harbour mobile cranes, reachstackers and other port handling equipment.

Jan-Christoph Maass

Jan-Christoph Maass
Since 2012, Jan-Christoph Maass is working as senior project manager – research & innovation at duisport (Duisburger Hafen AG) and coordinates and manages R&D projects. He is specialised in the application and implementation of funding projects at regional, national and EU level. Mr. Maass is an industrial engineer and studied at the University of Paderborn and Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg / Sweden. At the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics, he spent 6 years advising companies from various industries in the field of supply chain management and conducting application-oriented

Celina Fuss

Celina Fuss
Celina Fuss holds a Master´s degree in Management and Engineering and has joined Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) in the controlling department in 2019. In 2022 she changed to the terminal development in function of a project manager of Container Terminal Tollerort. Within this department she was responsible for different projects focused on the realization of potentials in terminal operation processes. One of those projects was a joint research project of Fraunhofer CML and HHLA to investigate possibilities of automating the pin setting on container carrying wagons. Since 2025 she is part of the Container Development Hamburg, department Terminal Strategy.

Robert Casties

Robert Casties
At EUROGATE, I lead and develop an 11-person team in the IT Department’s Software Development division, focusing on scalability, performance, and employee development. I actively shape the company’s future by strategically combining modern technologies, efficient processes, and high-performing teams. This is how we drive innovation and ensure sustainable competitiveness.

Remmelt Thijs

Remmelt Thijs
Remmelt Thijs is senior project manager in the head office of TBA and provides specialized container terminal planning consultancy using extensive expertise supporting by dynamic simulation. Remmelt Thijs (MSc at Delft University of Technology) has been the principle consultant for multiple terminal design and optimization studies for different terminals worldwide comprising of all major terminal handling systems and both for small and large port operations.
Remmelt has specifically worked on multiple planning projects consisting of semi-automated equipment and rail operations in the European and North American regions. In these projects detailed simulation was used to assist the planning and layout work. Remmelt has set-up the TBA office in the United States and in the role of manager North America was involved in multiple planning project in the North American region.
Remmelt also has worked on a wide range of terminals using bulk terminals, and container terminals regarding conventional equipment types with focus on terminal planning or terminal optimization. Here simulation was also typically used to quantify planning or optimization decisions. These terminals have primarily been located in Europe, Middle East, Africa and North America.

Rafael Velasquez

Rafael Velasquez
Rafael Velásquez is Director Optimization and Integration at INFORM’s Terminal & Distribution Center Logistics Division. He has worked in optimization projects over the last 20 years within the Research and IT sector. Since joining INFORM in 2008 his focus has been on advancing optimization solutions in the container terminal industry in which time he has headed multiple notable international projects with customers such as GCT, DP World, and TraPac. He is a frequent specialist speaker at industrial and academic conferences promoting the real-world opportunities that Operations Research and AI open. Rafael holds a PhD in Mathematical Optimization from the Technical University of Kaiserslautern.

Pim van Leeuwen

Pim van Leeuwen
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Event Partners
Supporting Partner
CT4EU
CT4EU unlocks the potential that Combined Transport (CT) has to offer to the competitiveness of the European economy as well as for the well-being of its citizens. Furthermore, CT4EU aims to establish Combined Transport as a standard for door-to-door freight transport and thus as a solution to some of the most important economic, social and political challenges.
Headline Partner
Tideworks Technology
Tideworks Technology is a full-service provider of comprehensive terminal operating system solutions for growing marine and intermodal rail terminal operations worldwide. The company helps more than 120 facilities run their operations more efficiently and profitably. From optimised equipment utilisation to faster turn times, Tideworks works at every step of terminal operations to maximise productivity and customer service.
For more information about Tideworks Technology, a Carrix solution, click the link below.
Silver Partners
atai
The applied AI company known as ATAI is at the forefront of Digital Transformation in the Maritime, Logistics, and Supply Chain industries. Their pioneering efforts focus on optimising productivity and recognising opportunities for sustainability and cost efficiency through innovative business models. ATAI achieves this by streamlining current processes with comprehensive problem-solving applied AI solutions. Their capabilities are enhanced by AI algorithms, sensors such as cameras, location sensors, wireless mesh networks like LoRa and 5G, as well as lidar and radar technology. As a result, ATAI has successfully tackled numerous operational hurdles across various market sectors.
INFORM GmbH
INFORM specialises in AI and optimisation software to improve operational decision making. Based in Aachen, Germany, the company has been in the optimisation business for 50 years and serves a wide span of logistics industries including ports, maritime, and intermodal terminals. With a broad range of standalone and add-on software modules, INFORM’s unique blend of algorithmic based software expertise, rich industry experience, and big world thinking delivers huge value for their customers. For over 25 years INFORM’s industry proven optimisation algorithms have been delivering real world results at the world’s most complex ports and terminals improving everything from yard stacks, vehicle utilisation, crane productivity, through to rail processes.
Bronze Partners
Camco Technologies
Camco Technologies is recognised as a pioneer and market leader in container terminal automation. Their image recognition and location tracking solutions are capable of registering all movements that occur during the container hand-over processes at various locations such as the gate, yard, cranes, and rail operations. The data captured by their solutions allows for optimisation of terminal processes, while their software empowers terminals to achieve their digitalisation goals. The solutions provided by Camco Technologies play a significant role in enhancing operational efficiency, customer satisfaction, and profitability. All the necessary hardware and software for their solutions are developed at Camco Technologies’ headquarters in Belgium. Their solutions have already been successfully implemented in over 300 terminals worldwide. With a widespread network of subsidiaries and partnerships, Camco Technologies ensures that their clients are always within easy reach.
CONROO
CONROO’s mission is to drive logistics toward autonomy. The company is redefining how terminals, depots, and the trucking community collaborate by making third-party truck handling faster, safer, and smarter. By transforming truck drivers’ mobile devices into intelligent sensors, CONROO seamlessly connects terminals and depots with the trucking ecosystem. Today, CONROO works with more than 35 terminals and depots worldwide, including APMT, EUROGATE, duisport, MGT, Deutsche Bahn, and many others.
The CONROO platform supports terminal operations through three integrated modules: Pre-Connect, Gate-Connect (including Gate Pass), and Yard-Connect.
Pre-Connect is an AI-powered slot management solution that aligns third-party truck arrival times with terminal capacity by incorporating real-time ETAs and live slot availability, enabling precise planning.
Gate-Connect automates and secures gate processing by combining access checks, arrival verification, and digital counters into a single controlled flow. That covers all relevant processes including customs and dangerous goods. CONROO Gate Pass acts as an ISPS-compliant digital ID for truck drivers, replacing RFID cards and physical checks.
Inside the terminal, Yard-Connect supports structured yard operations by adapting to the specific layout and workflows of each site. Integrated into the CONROO mobile app and activated through local geofencing, it provides drivers with clear digital guidance while giving terminal teams real-time visibility of truck movement. This reduces uncoordinated driving, shortens dwell times, and improves safety and security.
DSP
DSP headquarters are in Switzerland and was founded in 1986. Now operating through 4 business units worldwide, DSP provides business consultancy and IT solutions taking advantage of its specialised and proven know-how in operations and informatics technologies applied to the shipping , port and terminal management and intermodal transportation.
DSP focuses it’s efforts on Terminal Operating System (TOS) Consulting, Digital Intelligence, System Integrator and on it’s TOS Training School offering solutions and products that are perfectly suited to any marine and inland terminal. With the final aim in Enhancing Logistics Efficiency, Sustainability and Performance, DSP has built up Business Intelligence Systems and a Digital Twin Platform enriched by AI technologies. Additionally, DSP has a solid network of partners and support each terminal in evaluating the best IT solutions to empower their unique business operations
Passify
Passify synchronises, simplifies, and secures truck handling processes for drivers, terminals, and logistics facilities, providing significant benefits across the supply chain. By digitising manual processes and reducing waiting times, passify boosts operational efficiency and ensures smoother workflows. The platform relies on digital authentication and verification, ensuring that only authorized access is granted and minimising the risk of human error. With an app that replaces traditional manual processes, the entire workflow becomes faster, safer, and more resilient to supply chain disruptions. This digital transformation not only increases productivity but also enhances security, creating a more efficient and well-managed environment for both drivers and facility operators. Through cross-transport-mode-collaboration (such as railway undertakings) passify synchronises trucking operations and arrivals with real-time transport updates.
Passify is currently live at 6 locations, incl. 3 major container terminals in the port of Hamburg and a Romanian Hinterland Terminal and has already handled 400,000+ trucks since its First GoLive in 2024.
Visy Oy
Visy Oy (Visy) provides process automation ecosystems to manage the flow of traffic, cargo and personnel in ports, terminals, and logistics centers. Every asset that goes in or out of a facility, whether by road, rail, or quay, can be managed by Visy technology. Visy’s mission is to help its customers save time and money on each transaction, therefore improving operational KPIs.
With a history spanning three decades, Visy is a pioneer in Optical Character Recognition (OCR), deep learning, and AI-based vision technology for camera systems. Visy ecosystems manage and automate more than 6,000,000 events per day in over 30 countries to improve the quality of the supply chain.
Lanyard Partner
Envision
Envision are excited to showcase their latest advancements in surface and marine logistics technologies, designed to meet the evolving needs of seaports. Their solutions streamline workflows in container, general cargo, and mixed cargo operations—enhancing efficiency and real-time visibility across the port ecosystem.
From intelligent scheduling to real-time tracking, Envision’s tech is built to tackle the complexities of global marine logistics. They also highlight their expertise in IBM Maximo for Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), delivering successful implementations worldwide. With Maximo, Envison help clients extend asset lifecycles, reduce downtime, and stay compliant through predictive maintenance and digital inspections.
Envision’s smart port solutions provide real-time operational visibility and deep insights into asset management. As the industry faces the challenges of modernisation and decarbonisation, their digital and sustainable innovations are paving the way for smarter, more efficient, and greener port operations. Don’t miss the chance to connect with Envision and explore the future of logistics.
Key Industry Associations
Tickets & Registration
Secure your place a ICTC 2026. Delegate passes include access to all sessions, the exhibition, networking receptions and the event app.
Port & Terminal Pass
Full access for both days
FREE TO ATTEND
Registrations will be cancelled if the registrant is a not from a port/terminal
Solution Provider Pass
Full access tickets available for one day or two days
€459 - €849
50% SALE
Group & Corporate Rates
Contact us to enquire about discounts for teams and bulk bookings.
Academic Pass
Full access for both days
Applications must be made using an academic email address.
Networking & Event App
Kickstart your networking
Begin making valuable connections early at the ICTC 2026 Welcome Drinks on Monday 2nd March. It’s the perfect opportunity to meet industry peers, exchange ideas in an informal setting, and set a positive tone for the days ahead.
Coffee breaks & connections
Enjoy dedicated coffee breaks designed to inspire conversation and collaboration. These networking sessions provide the perfect opportunity to discuss key insights, follow up on presentations, and build new relationships in a relaxed, unhurried setting.
Lunches that bring people together
Enjoy hosted networking lunches built into the ICTC 2026 schedule, offering the ideal setting to connect with port and terminal industry professionals. Share insights, exchange ideas, and strengthen valuable relationships with peers and partners over a relaxed, social meal.
Evening networking in the making
Plans are underway for an ICTC 2026 networking mixer to close out the first day of the conference. Attendees can look forward to an additional opportunity to continue conversations, connect with industry peers, and build relationships in a relaxed, social atmosphere.
Your Event Companion: The PTI Events App
All registered delegates gain exclusive access to the PTI Events Networking App, powered by Swapcard — your digital hub for the ICTC 2026 experience. Book 1-to-1 meetings, receive real-time agenda updates, take part in live polls and Q&A sessions, and access speaker presentations and materials after the event. Stay connected and make the most of every opportunity — before, during, and after the conference.
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Venue — Clayton Hotel Düsseldorf
Clayton Hotel Düsseldorf is located at the heart of Little Tokyo, Germany’s largest Japanese district. The venue is also a short stroll from Königsallee and Kö-Bogen, the Old Town and the Rhine promenade. Offering the perfect environment for discussing intermodal terminal innovation, with modern facilities that provide the perfect setting for industry leaders to connect, collaborate, and accelerate industry progress.
Charity Partners
Port Technology International has launched a new initiative to support Cancer Research UK and Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care in honour of our colleague and friend, Chris Murphy, who sadly passed away in September 2025. Throughout 2026, we will be running fundraising activities across our events and digital media channels, helping to raise awareness and contribute to the vital work of both organisations. This project reflects our commitment to honouring Chris’ memory and supporting causes that make a meaningful difference.
We’re the world’s leading cancer charity, dedicated to saving and improving lives with our research, influence and information. Over the past 50 years, our pioneering work has helped double cancer survival in the UK. And today it’s continuing to save lives, here and around the world.
Our vision is a world where everybody lives longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer. And step by step, day by day, our researchers are making this vision a reality thanks to our dedicated community of supporters, partners, donors, fundraisers, volunteers and staff.
Together we are beating cancer.
For over 40 years, Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care has provided vital care and support to patients and families across West Surrey and North East Hampshire.
Our Mission: We will care compassionately for adults approaching the end of life, and their families and carers, and we will empower our local community, building skills in caring for people at the end of their lives. Because every day is precious.
As an independent charity, Phyllis Tuckwell must raise over £25,000 every day to continue offering comfort, dignity, and specialist care to those facing terminal illness.
Every donation, big or small, helps make a lasting difference to those who need it most.
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