International Union of Wagon Keepers (UIP)’s Post

The ETB’s response on the draft Regulation (EU) 2019/1242 with regards to strengthening CO2 standards for new trailers ⚖   Exploring the EU's regulation and its impact for fleet operators, we raise key concerns about its practicality in our latest paper. While supporting efforts to facilitate low-carbon freight transportation, the European Commission proposed targets far exceed what industry analysis indicates is technically achievable with current and near-future solutions.   🔗 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dsjc_aGr   Join us in this critical dialogue for sustainable progress!   #FleetManagement #Sustainability #Transportation 

❌ In its current form, the proposed EU directive on "Weights & Dimensions" will lead to a significant shift from rail to road. If we take the goals of the European Green Deal seriously, there is no way around sustainable rail transport. 🚆🌲 ✔️ What we need more than ever is fair competition that takes into account the external costs of CO2 emissions, road safety and the huge need to modernise road infrastructure. We explicitly support higher weights for electric trucks, but this must not be used as a cover to increase the weight of traditional internal combustion engines. 🙌 It's great to see that yesterday's #RFF press conference generated so much media coverage. If you want to read up and listen in, here are relevant links: Ö1: 📻 https://ow.ly/81JG50QMm60 Die Presse: 📰 https://ow.ly/G3lv50QMm5Y Rail Freight Forward: 🌍 https://ow.ly/ZseB50QMm5Z This is #Railcore ÖBB Rail Cargo Group / Rail Freight Forward © Marek Knopp

❌ In its current form, the proposed EU directive on "Weights & Dimensions" will lead to a significant shift from rail to road. If we take the goals of the European Green Deal seriously, there is no way around sustainable rail transport. 🚆🌲 ✔️ What we need more than ever is fair competition that takes into account the external costs of CO2 emissions, road safety and the huge need to modernise road infrastructure. We explicitly support higher weights for electric trucks, but this must not be used as a cover to increase the weight of traditional internal combustion engines. 🙌 It's great to see that yesterday's #RFF press conference generated so much media coverage. If you want to read up and listen in, here are relevant links: Ö1: 📻 https://ow.ly/81JG50QMm60 Die Presse: 📰 https://ow.ly/G3lv50QMm5Y Rail Freight Forward: 🌍 https://ow.ly/ZseB50QMm5Z This is #Railcore ÖBB Rail Cargo Group Rail Freight Forward © Marek Knopp

59% of Europeans believe that mega trucks will lead to an increase in energy consumption, according to a representative survey conducted by the French market research institute Harris Interactive. 🔋⚡ ➡️ If the EU Weights & Dimensions Directive is adopted in its current form, rail freight will become even less attractive than road freight. What we need more than ever is fair competition that takes into account the external costs of CO2 emissions, road safety and the huge need to modernise road infrastructure. 🏁 The EU Council of Transport Ministers is due to take a final decision in mid-June. Please share this video, we need to change course now. Get all the details at: 👉 https://ow.ly/ixIM50RGSXx #RailFreightForward #RFF   ÖBB Rail Cargo Group

The #GreeningFreightTransportPackage was devised to minimise the adverse impact of combustion engine powered trucks 🚛 powered by #fossilfuels. ---#energyefficiency #airpollutioncontrol #oildependency #climatechangeaction ALL REQUIRE that Europe curbs the circulation of these vehicles

Combined Transport needs to outperform if we are to meet the energy efficiency, fossil fuel decoupling, decarbonisation and clean air objectives of the European Union. Combined Transport and its zero-carbon door-to-door version, needs to grow by an average of 5% per year until 2050 in order to achieve the doubling of rail freight market share. The needs: • €16,5 billion of annual investment into the rail infrastructure to establish the harmonised TEN-T parameters including a 4-metre loading gauge, as well as 22,5t axle load and 740m train length. • €1,5 billion of annual investments into intermodal assets like terminals, loading units, intermodal wagons, skeleton trailers and digitalisation. • The creation of a supportive regulatory environment that grants adequate quality and quantity of train paths to intermodal freight trains. European Parliament European Commission Council of the European Union José Ramón Bauzá Dominique Riquet Izaskun Bilbao Barandica Istvan Ujhelyi Sara Cerdas Bogusław Liberadzki Nora Mebarek Kathleen Van Brempt Thomas Rudner Karima Delli Ciarán Cuffe Jakop Dalunde Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg Tilly Metz Marian-Jean Marinescu Barbara T. Jan-Christoph Oetjen Markus Ferber, MdEP ELENA KOUNTOURA Andor Deli Filip-Alexandru Negreanu-Arboreanu Flavio Facioni Robert Schichl Attila Benedek European People's Party Renew Europe Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament The Left in the European Parliament Marina Sola García Elsi Katainen Andrey Novakov #zerocarbon #doortodoor #combinedtransport #ZCCT #renewable #energy #freighttransportation #energyefficiency #decarbonisation

Yet another political setback for rail freight! 😞 We regret yesterday’s decision by the European Parliament to open the door to the cross-border traffic of longer and heavier trucks throughout the EU.   Why, you ask? As already pointed out in a joint study 👉https://lnkd.in/gxg2FkSF, the introduction of 44 t trucks and EMS combinations will lead to: 🚨 a #reverse #modalshift from rail to road due to less competitiveness because - road transport will be able to reduce its costs by up to 25 % - intermodal transport operations will become more complex 🚨 higher #externalities at the expense of the planet and society (energy demand, CO2 emissions, pollution, accidents, road degradation, etc.)  It is not difficult to see how these developments go in the exact opposite direction of the declared objectives of the #GreenDeal, while undermining the necessary complementarity and cooperation between modes of transport!   A weak consolation 👀 UIP acknowledges the few safeguards introduced by the Parliament, notably the obligation on EU Member States to condition the introduction of European modular systems to prior assessments of their impact on the environment, traffic volumes, modal cooperation, and modal splits.   One last strand of hope ☝ The legislative process is not over yet. The ball is now in the court of the EU Member States.   We hope that the ‘giga liners’ will not see the light of the day on EU roads but we stand ready to come forward with proposals that guarantee the full technical and operational compatibility of all loading units used in road transport with the railway system.   #StayTuned #NoToGigaliners #FutureOfRailFreight

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📰 [Press Release] On the 7th of November, the European Commission proposed an ambitious amendment that will strengthen the role of inland waterways and rail in combined transport. ⛴ As a result; emissions, congestion and other harmful externalities of transport can be reduced. Ports call on the co-legislators to ensure that the ambition of the proposal is maintained and that combined transport is brought into the 21st century. ▶ read more https://lnkd.in/ecnDH39s #inlandwaterways #ports #combinedtransport