On September 30, Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) announced that it will launch a nationwide campaign in collaboration with the All Japan Freight Transport Association and the Japan Rail Freight Association to improve the quality of rail container transport.
<Scenes from the 2024 National Cargo Handling Competition>
This campaign, which aims to ensure the safe use of rail container transport as a fully integrated transportation service, has been implemented since 2011 by all parties involved in rail container transport, and this is its 15th iteration.
Furthermore, thanks to these efforts, the number of accidents such as cargo damage during transport has decreased to one-third of what it was at the start of the campaign.
<"Miniature banners" are merchandise distributed as part of the campaign.>
The theme for this year's initiative is "Load securely and transport gently." This includes initiatives related to "loading," such as distributing leaflets to prevent uneven loading and conducting surveys on the actual conditions of privately owned containers, as well as initiatives related to "transportation," such as holding a JR container maintenance study group meeting and repairing road surfaces within station premises.
In addition, miniature banners will be distributed as merchandise to freight forwarders and cargo handling companies.
■ Campaign period
April 2025 ~ October 10, 1
