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On 15 May the General Assembly of UIRR has drawn the balance of the business year of European Combined Transport and its industry association, UIRR. Three new...

On July 1, 2014 the transition period to mark all European loading units with an ILU-Code (or BIC-Code for containers) runs out. The new owner identification...

European transport associations in the road-rail, rail and inland waterway sector are increasingly worried about the upcoming vote in the European Parliament on...

The Association of the European Rail Industry (UNIFE), the International Union of Wagon Keepers (UIP), European Rail Freight Association (ERFA), the...

UIRR's Board of Directors unanimously appointed Mr Ralf-Charley Schultze as the organisation's new Director General. The seasoned senior multimodal logistics...

The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), the Association of the European Railway Industry (UNIFE), the European Rail Freight...

There is less than one year left before the date of 1 July 2014 when all craneable semi-trailers and swap-bodies will have to be marked with an ILU-Code in...

The Interessengemeinschaft der Bahnspediteure (IBS; Community of Interest of Railway Forwarding Agents) and UIRR have announced their mutual intention to...

The European Road-Rail Combined Transport sector is facing multiple challenges: (i) fierce price-competition for demand negatively affected by the economic...

The intention to enhance its outreach and representation in Brussels has led to the decision by UIRR’s extraordinary general assembly, which met in Frankfurt...

In preparation for its Combined Transport Roadmap 2050 paper, UIRR commissioned a study to examine the economic viability of different CT techniques in order to...

Road-rail Combined Transport closed a fruitful, yet difficult year in 2011. The 6% growth both in tonne-kilometres and in number of consignments should signal a...

The EU stands at a critical economic moment. The construction and consistent application of modern customs rules and systems is a crucial challenge facing EU...

In preparation of the review of Directive 95/53/EC (weights and dimensions), the Commission organised on the 2nd April a public hearing for the intermodal...

UIRR attended the 2nd IRU/EU Road Transport Conference – co-sponsored by road hauliers, the European Commission and the Danish EU Presidency – on 29 February...

UIRR keenly follows the discussions in Brussels that relate to the issue of unbundling with relation to the presently ongoing second reading of the Recast of...

Commission’s Energy Taxation Proposal Will Bring Fair Competition UIRR endorses the Commission proposal, which envisions several positive changes to the...

The European Council reached a landmark decision on 12 September 2011 by approving the compromise amendment of the ‘Eurovignette Directive’ . UIRR welcomes this...

UIRR was named Administrator of the ILU-Code in the EN13044-1 standard adopted by CEN in October 2010. The standard defined a uniform owner identification and...

2010: The Business Year of Road-Rail Combined Transport The General Assembly of UIRR, the International Union of Combined Road-Rail Transport Companies...