UIRR

We fully support the overall objectives pursued by the European Commission in its Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy (1) to make all transport modes more sustainable and (2) to make current sustainable alternatives such as railway widely available in intermodal end-to-end logistic supply chains with the aim to shorten the road operations as much as possible.

UIRR as the industry association of European Combined Transport welcomes the launch of the revision of the Combined Transport Directive. The extension of scope concerning the benefits granted in the Directive to any intermodal or multimodal transport operation that delivers a meaningful contribution in savings of harmful externalities of road-only transport is to be greeted.

The European intermodal freight transport community of UIRR can provide a vital contribution to 2 of the 3 identified objectives: - dual-use infrastructure: an economically and quickly implementable solution - transport capacity: the availability of railway rolling stock The framework to ensure that adequate (railway) infrastructure capacity is made available and the regulatory aspects of military/dangerous goods…

UIRR is the voice of the intermodal freight in Europe and represents the interests of the intermodal freight operators and the terminal managers in Europe. UIRR welcomes the initiative of the Commissions draft Implementing Regulation on TSI Telematics, which aims at intensifying and improving the digital data sharing among the telematics stakeholders based on standardised data messages and alternative access options…

Intermodal freight transport is an important provider of inland freight transport services. The combination of the various modes of land and waterborne transport brought together under the intermodal banner is based on the best qualities of each. Combined Transport, where the road legs are kept to a minimum, is the most resource efficient and environmentally sustainable form of intermodal freight transport.