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Transport White Paper:
Where do we stand?
EESC, 06 March 2015
Kathrin Obst, EFIP Director
European Federation of Inland Ports
• Was created in 1994
• Represents around 200 inland ports in 17 countries of the European
Union, Switzerland and Ukraine
• The unique voice of inland ports in Europe
• An important information network for and about inland ports
• A “promoter” of inland ports
EFIP’s triple role:
• The unique voice of inland ports in Europe
• An important information network for and about inland ports
• A “promoter” of inland ports
Source: Port of Strasbourg
Different Roles of Ports
• Multimodal hub on the European Transport Corridors:
– Interface between the maritime and land modes of transport (rail
road and IWT).
– Extended gates of the major seaports.
• Interface between long distance transport and local logistics – allows for
cargo bundling:
– Sustainable city logistics and use of small waterways
• Platform for the regional economy: Market place where companies can
conveniently choose the most suitable mode of transport according to
their needs; often combined with logistics services.
Transport White Paper
The Transport White Paper
-60% Greenhouse Gas
Emissions by 2050
Avoid unnecessary
transport
Encourage use of
sustainable modes
Make individual modes
more efficient and green
The 2011 Transport White Paper
-60% Greenhouse Gas
Emissions by 2050
Avoid unnecessary
transport
Encourage use of
sustainable modes
• “Curbing mobility is
not an option.”
• TEN-T and CEF (But
2.7bn budget cut
through EFSI!)
Planned:
• E-freight
• Price incentives
(internalisation of
external costs/road
charging)
Make individual modes
more efficient and green
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Naiades II (IWT)
Railway package
Ports package
Weights and dimensions
of road vehicles
NRMM
etc.
What more could we do?
Avoid unnecessary transport
Encourage use of sustainable modes
Strategic land use
• Avoid/minimise last-mile road transport by strategically situating companies in
ports/on the water and by forming thematic clusters of companies
Example Wood Cluster Aschaffenburg:
What more could we do?
Avoid unnecessary transport
Encourage use of sustainable modes
Facilitate Cargo bundling:
• Foster cooperation to bundle volumes and increase connections and
frequencies:
• Between inland ports: Upper Rhine Ports
• With sea ports: HaRoPa, Ghent-Terneuzen
• Between terminals: GALA network in Belgium
• Etc.
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Use of joint planning tools (e.g. container cloud) => E-freight
What more could we do?
Avoid unnecessary transport
Encourage use of sustainable modes
Reduce transhipment costs
Financial support for transhipment facilities
and infrastructure to bring down cost of
combined transport for end users (TENT/CEF)
Set price incentives
Internalisation of external costs of transport (polluter pays) can help users find
transport alternatives that are best for the environment and the economy. But:
• Distinguish clearly from infrastructure costs (user pays)
• Very complex in ports, as many industries located in the port area are
already subject to their own sector specific rules and charges (avoid double
taxation)
White Paper Goals
1) CO2-free city logistics by 2030:
Think beyond electric cars!
Waste removal:
Around 2.3 bn tons of waste generated in
the EU every year
60% of this amount is transported by
trucks
Lille: 216.000 containers/year by barge
(20.000 trucks)
1) CO2-free city logistics by 2030:
Think beyond electric cars!
Paris Freight Distribution:
Delivery to Franprix
supermarkets by barge
Urban last mile by truck
26 containers or 450
pallets/day
Modal shift of 450.000 tkm
CO2 savings of 37%
3) Shift 30% of road freight transport
above 300km to rail and IWW by 2030:
Think of shorter distances, too!
75% of road freight is on distances below 150km (Eurostat) and thus not
covered by this goal.
Seaport Hinterland traffic:
More than 800 000 t/year
are transported by IWW
between the ports of
Antwerp and Brussels.
More is possible!
5) TEN-T and CEF:
Don’t ruin success by cutting funds now!
• Focus on multimodality
• Focus on sustainability
• Has potential to substantially
improve performance of individual
modes by removing bottlenecks
• But also connections between
modes that enable more sustainable
transport chains
• EFSI proposal cuts CEF transport
budget by EUR 2.7bn (-18% for nonCohesion countries)
5) Juncker Plan/EFSI Proposal
• Proposes to cut CEF transport
budget by EUR 2.7bn (-18% for nonCohesion countries)
• So far no ring-fencing for transport
• No focus on TEN-T
• Investments will follow a different
logic (purely revenue driven) – this
shifts the priorities away from those
defined in TEN-T.
• Cutting the grants budget will
reduce the possibility of using
blending of grants and financial
instruments to make projects
attractive to investors.
Initiative 5)
A framework for Inland
Waterway transport
Naiades II
Key issues:
• Not all inland waterway corridors are fully navigable (Danube, Elbe)
Danube Fairway Rehabilitation and Maintenance Plan:
Endorsed by all Member States but one in December 2014
Action must now follow!
• Harmonisation of navigation rules across river basins:
Cooperation between CCNR and EC foreseen as part of Naiades II
Work in Council ongoing
Harmonisation also with third countries will be necessary to avoid
unfair competition.
• In view of the difficult financial situation of the sector, proposals for
stricter emission standards for vessel engines need to be accompanied
by financial support for funding of retro-fitting.
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