International Heavy Haul Association (IHHA) Conference
- The 10th International Heavy Haul Association (IHHA) Conference will be hosted by the Indian Railways in New Delhi.
- The conference is held once in every 4 years. The last conference was organized in Shanghai China in 2009.
- The central theme of the conference is “Building Transport Capacity through Heavy Haul Operation”
- Heavy haul rail operation has evolved over the years as a technology to
transport bulk commodities in large volumes and reduce the unit cost of
transportation
- IHHA is a global non-government; scientific and technological
association of Heavy Haul Railways incorporated in USA and is dedicated
to the pursuit of excellence in Heavy Haul operation, Engineering,
maintenance and technology.
- India, USA, Canada, Brazil, Russia, China Sweden, South Africa, and Australia : Members
- Indian Railways have launched a huge programme of building Heavy Haul
Lines having potential axle load of 32.5 tonnes under the programme name
Dedicated Freight Corridors.
- The axle load of a wheeled vehicle is the total weight felt by
the roadway for all wheels connected to a given axle. It can also be
seen as the fraction of total vehicle weight resting on a given axle.
