UIRR The industry association of EU Road-Rail CT 30/10/23

UIRR’S MISSION

We engage with European policymakers to build a more competitive, efficient, and sustainable transport system for Europe

UIRR’S VISION

To achieve competitive zero-carbon intermodal freight transport for Europe by capitalising on the benefits of combined road and rail freight.

THE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF EUROPEAN ROAD-RAIL COMBINED TRANSPORT

Topics pursued by UIRR

• Rail Freight: infrastructure capacity and quality per-formance
• Road Haulage: EU rules
• Combined Transport Assets: wagons, loading units, semi-trailers, load securing
• Dangerous Goods and Waste Transport: labelling, EU rules, best practice, DGWT Portal

Crisis management

• Punctuality performance of intermodal freight trains
• Technical rules following safety events or accidents
• Traction electricity prices irrational increases, opaque charging schemes and unpredictable developments
• Infrastructure capacity for intermodal freight trains inadequate quality and quantity of train paths offered to freight also when circumventing sections of line affected by works

Development projects

Collaboration in a wide range of externally-funded RDI projects aiming to advance combined transport, guarantee continued interoperability of infrastructure, mobile assets and digital systems, development of best practice and support services and implementing advanced digitalisation solutions.

Services

• ILU-Code: owner-key registration, ILU-Register, labelling, advanced standardisation
• EDIGES: the TAF TSI-compliant communication standard of intermodal actors, terminal and customer code portal
• Rail Facilities Portal: compliance and promotion tool for rail service facilities that support freight operations for the intermodal sector
• Tracking and Tracing:CESAR, the leading system

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