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The development of combined transport road-rail in Europe can be regarded as very impressive. In the decades that have been passed until today, only some minor...

The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) has adopted with a substantial majority the reworked standard EN13044 for the marking of intermodal loading...

The 2010 Report on Combined Transport in Europe has just been published by UIC and its Combined Transport Group. This periodic publication, researched and...

Most of the ITU (Intermodal Transport Units) in combined traffic, loaded on wagons or bogies, exceed the loading gauge of different european countries in their...

The introduction of containers and their worldwide standardisation based on ISO standards has resulted in increased efficiency of deep sea shipping which in...

Combined Transport is suitable for the transportation of most hazardous goods. Goods transported by road can usually be transported by rail. Specific technical...

The introduction of Longer and Heavier lorries (LHVs) up to 25.25m long across Europe would undermine the objectives of the European Commission’s 2011 Transport...

The European Commission with its White Paper on Transport as well as Switzerland count on a traffic transfer from road to rail. UIRR has published a study which...

The 2010 Report on Combined Transport in Europe has just been published by UIC and its Combined Transport Group. This periodic publication, researched and...

The partners involved in the DESTINY project (www.destiny-project.eu) issued a general informative leaflet on the transportation of dangerous goods in Road-Rail...

Analysis of state-induced costs increases in rail freight transport illustrated by selected relations. On behalf of Interessensgemeinschaft der Bahnspediteure...

An undesirable impact will result from the planned changes to the commercial conditions that are to apply on the Transalpine routes once extensive upgrades to...

The gauge is one of the essential criteria which must be taken into consideration when road vehicles or their loading units use rail in the framework of CT...

Study carried out by Oliver Wyman with the participation of UIRR and its member companies Hupac, Kombiverkehr, Rail Cargo Operator, Novatrans, Lineas Intermodal...