Transcript Realistic prospects for Intermodal transportation in Europe’

"Intermodality – The last European Challenge before
expensive congestion“
Peter Wolters, Deputy Secretary General
European Intermodal Association, Brussels
March 18, Palerme
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Overview presentation :
 Challenges EU transport policy
 Actions of the legislator the EU Commission?
 Study Infrastructure Capacity Reserves Combined
Transport 2015
 SSS sector & initiatives coming from the EU
Commission
 Environment & intermodal
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International freight traffic will continue to grow in
significance in the years ahead.
%
80
National Freight Traffic
+66%
International Freight Traffic
60
40
+33%
+32%
+22%
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0
Cautious
Scenario
2010
Sources: DB Cargo, VLS, BVU, Forecast 1998
Optimistic
Scenario
2010
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Challenges EU transport policy

Harmonization between EU countries from
regulatory, organizational and technical point of
view, is far from perfect and is a source of
competitive distortion

Basis on which infrastructure costs are taken into
consideration is very unsatisfactory

Congestion and bottlenecks

Enlargement to East Europe

Environment
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Transport White Paper
Chapters:
I.
Shifting the balance between modes
of transport
II.
Eliminating Bottlenecks
III. Placing users of transport at the
heart of transport policy
IV. Managing the globalisation of
transport.
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Study on Infrastructure Capacity Reserves for
Combined Transport by 2015 Concentration of International CT expected in 2015
CT Trains per day
1
5
10
25
50
75
100
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•Source: UIC
Rate of employment of the Railway Infrastructure in
2015 after consideration of planned enlargement
investments
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Source: UIC
Enlargement investments & industry re-locations
* Spatial concentration of production. Source: Harrison & van Hoek
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SSS various different EU initiatives
 Proposal to regulate market access to port services
 New Commission-hosted Internet site:
http://forum.europa.eu.int/Public/irc/tren/Home/main
 Motorways of the Sea
 IMO-FAL forms
 Customs Guide
 Port Hinterland Connections
 European Intermodal Loading Units
 and of course… Marco Polo!
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Environment:
‘Green’
issues became business goal
 (External) Cost EU freight traffic: € 530 Bln.
 Caused by: Road (91.5%), Air (6.1%), Rail
(1.9%), Waterway (0.5%).
 Bottlenecks: congestion, delays, pollution...
 EU. Commission Policy: soon, internalisation
of external costs.
Bill to be paid by: the causer(s)
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Membership EIA
 Sharing intermodal commitment
 Lobby & representation members at EU. level,
proposing intermodal measures for members
 Round Tables with authorities and market players
addressing your problems
 Working visits to learn about benefits Intermodality
 Sharing intermodal information for decision making
Products:
 Intermodal Masterclass for seniors (start 14 December)
 Intermodal Handbook (publish your best practice!)
 Annual Intermodal Award ceremony – also for Italian
companies (Jury: EU COM, EU PARL and various
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professional associations)
www.intermodaltransport.org
www.eia-ngo.com
[email protected]
Thank you for your attention!
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