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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...