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A letter from the European rail sector on concrete measures to face the COVID‐19 pandemic and its economic consequences Dear Vice President Vestager, Dear...

Last week the European Commission unveiled two proposals – both of which promise to advance the cause of Combined Transport: The proposal for a European Climate...

In view of the COVID-19 infections reported over the weekend from Northern Italy1 – mainly the regions of Lombardy and Veneto – and the resulting swift actions...

COVID-19 | Transport keeps us going On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 a pandemic and governments worldwide have taken...

Press Release Freight Associations call for Further Action to Secure Rail Freight Supply Chains and Mobility of Goods 19 March 2020 The above signed...

Brussels, February 11th, 2020 The Communication on the European Green Deal sets very ambitious objectives for the EU and sends a strong message to the rest of...

Yesterday, on 29 January, the European Commission announced its work programme for 20201 and, within it, the withdrawal of the amendment proposal of the...

UIRR calls on the TRAN Committee of the European Parliament not to accept the trialogue deal concerning Regulation 1072/2009. A second reading of the proposal...

The Electronic exchange of Estimated Time of Arrival Project, co-funded by the Connecting Europe Facility of the European Union1 is the result of an agreement...

Digitalisation is a high-profile buzzword. In the world of freight transport, it is especially critical to the intermodal sector. Combined Transport uses a...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Purpose of the document This executive paper is a short version of the salient arguments expressed in the ‘UIRR Roadmap for an effective...

Combined Transport’s EU transport policy expectations (download PDF below) UIRR and its members welcomed the newly constituted European Parliament Transport and...

From Road to Rail: how to boost Intermodal Transport in EuropeUIRR is the industry association of European Combined Transport Operators and Intermodal Terminal...

The intermodal performance statistics collected by UIRR, from 39 members across 18 European countries, reflect a decisive performance in terms of number of...

The European Parliament plenary overwhelmingly votes for the Combined Transport Directive The European Parliament voted 497 in favour 78 against to reconfirm...

Rail was found to be among “the most efficient and lowest emitting modes of transport”. With a strong reliance on electricity, it is also the most energy...

The Transport Council reached a decision1 on 3 December last year that was needed to begin the trialogue negotiations on the amendment of the Combined Transport...

1000 ILU-Code users: a European intermodal success story For more than 7 years now the ILU-Code has been used to identify intermodal loading units throughout...

The Council negotiating position (general approach) regarding the amendment of the Combined Transport Directive, adopted on Monday 3 December, would put in...

Outlook on the 'Sector Statement' 06 December 2018 Download the full statement below: