1. © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2003 Combined Transport A viable solution

2. © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2003 IRU helped to start Combined Transport „Der IRU-Generalsekretär Pieter Groenendijk meinte, daß der künftige KV Schiene-Straße in Europa von drei Prinzipien gelenkt werden solle:  Der Straßentransportunternehmer ist der Hauptfrachtführer, der Maître, auf der ganzen Strecke einschließlich des Transports auf der Schiene.  In den Huckepackgesellschaften sollen Vertreter des Straßentransports eine überwiegende Stimme haben.  Jeder, der Straßentransport betreibt, muß freien Zugang zur Beförderung auf der Schiene haben. Dies wurde allgemein akzeptiert. Das vorgenannte zweite Prinzip wurde von.....“ Hans Wenger: UIRR 30 Years

3. © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2003 IRU Charter for Sustainable Development (1996) The IRU, its Member Associations and affiliated transport operators undertake to: promote, where competitive, the use of intermodal transport services

4. © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2003 The Intermodal Chain Sender Logistics Provider Collection Combined Operator Rail infrastructure Railway traction Terminal Terminal Positioning Consignee

5. © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2003 Main Contractor – Sub-Contractor Sub-Contractor Railway Company Equipment Transport Operator Contact with Client

6. © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2003 Maritime Containers

7. © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2003 Tank Containers

8. © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2003 UnaccompaniedUnaccompanied

9. Rolling Highway

10. © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2003 EU Goods Transport > 500km Road vs Combined Rail / Road Millions of tonnes / year Road Combined Rail/Road Source: Eurostat / IRU

11. © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2003 Combined Transport Incentives  44t total weight for collection / positioning road vehicles  CT road vehicles exempt from traffic bans  No vehicle taxes / tolls (Maut) for CT road vehicles  Marco Polo subsidy only for Combined Transport  Standardisation of CT semi-trailers  7.45m swap body cannot be the only standard  Compensation for rail delays, as for air transport  Increase capacity of CT terminals  Storage of dangerous goods units in CT terminals

12. © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2003 Numbers of Trucks using main Alpine Transit Routes (A, F, CH), 2001 Source: ARE / VK (Swiss Federal Office for Spatial Development), 2002 * Frejus traffic 2001 includes traffic diverted from Mt Blanc tunnel (closed 1999-2002)

13. © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2003 Road Transport as % of total Alpine Transit Goods Traffic (A, F, CH) 1994-2001 Source: ARE / VK (Swiss Federal Office for Spatial Development), 2002

14. © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2003 Alpine Transit Volumes, Rail & Road (A, F, CH), 2001 Source: ARE / VK (Swiss Federal Office for Spatial Development), 2002 AustriaFranceSwitzerland 2.7 16.3 13.6 32.2 17.2 6.7 0 10 20 30 40 50 23.0 19.9 Goods, millions of tonnes Rail Road Rail Road 45.8

15. © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2003 Alpine Traffic 2001 RoadRail Transit, mio t. Domestic & import/export, mio t. 13.6 16.3 2.7 18.4 4.3 6.8 A CH F 17.2 6.7 32.2 24.1 3.7 28.6 A CH F

16. © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2003 Alpine Goods Rail Traffic (Domestic, Import, Export & Transit) by Type (A, F, CH) 2001 Source: ARE / VK (Swiss Federal Office for Spatial Development), 2002 (Millions of tonnes/year) Wagon Load Unaccompanied Rolling Highway