Isic-Promotion of Intermodal Transport

Integrated Services in the

Intermodal Chain (ISIC)

Final report Task F:

Promotion of intermodal transport

Client: European Commission, DG TREN

Contract Number: TREN/04/MD/S07.38573

Author(s):

Ralf Fiedler, Detlev Fischer, Inger Gustafsson (BMT Transport Solutions GmbH)

Christian Reynaud (Nestear)

Giuseppe Siciliano, Carlo Vaghi, Alberto Milotti (Gruppo CLAS)

Walter Vassallo, Michael Lloyd (AMRIE)

Peter Wolters, Klaus Ebeling (EIA)

Hamburg, 21 November 2005

Co-ordinator ISIC:

ECORYS TRANSPORT

Paul van de Lande

P.O. Box 4175

3006 AD Rotterdam

Watermanweg 44

3067 GG Rotterdam

The Netherlands

T +31 10 453 88 00

F +31 10 452 36 80

E transport@ecorys.com

W www.ecorys.com

INTRODUCTION TO THE ISIC PROJECT

To support the organising of intermodal freight transport, the European Commission

defined a number of actions to:

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foster the emergence of actors (“freight integrators”) that offer integrated services;

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improve the inter-operability of equipment and infrastructures;

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improve the knowledge and experience in the management of intermodal transport

chains.

The overall aim of these actions, which have been described in the “Freight Integrator

Action Plan”, is to improve the quality, efficiency and transparency of intermodal transport

chains. The directorate General of Energy and Transport (DG TREN) of the European

Commission has launched an Invitation to Tender for a study on the implementation of these

actions. This project, that is named Integrated Services in the Intermodal Chain (ISIC),

provides all necessary information for the Commission to successfully prepare and

implement these actions. The project presents a roadmap for implementation of the actions,

and policy recommendations are given with respect to the effectiveness and impacts of the

actions.

The actions included in the project have been clustered within a number of specific tasks:

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Task A: Management and co-ordination;

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Task B: Improving...