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The role of governments in Terminal - Hinterland transport

This document discusses the role of governments in promoting efficient terminal-hinterland transport, highlighting management problems, operational shortcomings, and infrastructure bottlenecks. It suggests promoting co-modality, providing real business incentives, harmonization and standardization, and ensuring adequate infrastructure. It also mentions the benefits of the Modular Concept and the TIR convention.

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The role of governments in Terminal - Hinterland transport

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  1. The role of governments in Terminal - Hinterland transport UNECE Working Party on Transport Trends and Economics – Group of Experts MeetingGeneva, 23 January 2009 Jens Hügel Head Sustainable Development

  2. 2009 180 Members 74 Countries Belgium Denmark France Netherlands Norway Sweden UK Switzerland Evolution of IRU Membership Created1948 8 Founder States:

  3. IRU’s 3 “i”s for Sustainable Development 1. innovation – to develop ever more effective “at-source” technical measures & operating practices to reduce environmental impact. 2. incentives – to encourage faster introduction by transport operators of best available technology and practices. 3. infrastructure – without free-flowing traffic, the above measures are useless. Adequate investment in new infrastructure to remove bottlenecks and missing links, plus fullest use of existing infrastructure, are essential.

  4. Combined Transport - economically viable for road transport operators? Unnecessary waiting times at terminals make CT a costly venture!

  5. Typical terminal problems – an IRU fact sheet 1. Management problems 2. Operational shortcomings 3. Infrastructure bottlenecks What can governments do? Some highlights…

  6. Promote co-modality through innovative Modular Concept • Reduction of transport cost by 23% • Reduction in number of trips by 32% • Reduction of fuel consumption by 15% • Reduction of CO2 emission by 15% No Harmonisation = Less Combined Transport Harmonisation and standardisation of various combinations is needed to allow intra- and inter-modal exchangeability.

  7. Provide real business incentives • Exempt CT road vehicles from traffic bans (e.g. A, D, CZ) • No vehicle taxes / tolls for CT road vehicles (e.g. A, B, D, F, UK, CZ, SK) • Compensation for delays

  8. Provide real business incentives • Storage of dangerous goods units in CT terminals • Interoperable port access cards • Flexible opening times

  9. Provide real business incentives Since 1975 the TIR convention has been open to multimodal transport. The handling of containers or RO/RO vehicles under TIR procedures should be facilitated in CT terminals.

  10. Provide adequate infrastructure • Adequate Hinterland road connections • Safe and secure parking • Sufficient storage space for transported goods

  11. 5th Euro-Asia Conference: Almaty 11-12 June 2009!

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