The aim of the study, commissioned by the Combined Transport Group (GTC) of the International Union of Railways (UIC) and supported by the International Union...

When the EU Commission published its consultation paper in March 2002 and its first proposal COM (2003)155 for a Directive on intermodal loading units in April...

The attacks of 11 September 2001 in New York have triggered increased security measures throughout the world. The tragic events of 11 March 2004 in Madrid have...

The Combined Road-Rail Transport is subject to a number of technical prescriptions, in particular: For loading the transport units on the wagon, conformity...

The debate over the possible admission on the European road network of Mega-Trucks exceeding the length and weight standards currently in force is at its height...

The Climate Express is part Train to Copenhagen’ campaign aiming to support and encourage decision-makers to delivering a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, the...

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...