1. 1 "Intermodality – The last European Challenge before expensive congestion“ Peter Wolters, Deputy Secretary General European Intermodal Association, Brussels March 18, Palerme

2. 2  Challenges EU transport policy  Actions of the legislator the EU Commission?  Study Infrastructure Capacity Reserves Combined Transport 2015  SSS sector & initiatives coming from the EU Commission  Environment & intermodal Overview presentation :

3. 3 International freight traffic will continue to grow in significance in the years ahead. 0 20 40 60 80 % National Freight Traffic International Freight Traffic Cautious Scenario 2010 Optimistic Scenario 2010 +22% +33% +32% +66% Sources: DB Cargo, VLS, BVU, Forecast 1998

4. 4 Challenges EU transport policy  Harmonization between EU countries from regulatory, organizational and technical point of view, is far from perfect and is a source of competitive distortion  Basis on which infrastructure costs are taken into consideration is very unsatisfactory  Congestion and bottlenecks  Enlargement to East Europe  Environment

5. 5 Transport White Paper Chapters: I.Shifting the balance between modes of transport II.Eliminating Bottlenecks III.Placing users of transport at the heart of transport policy IV.Managing the globalisation of transport.

6. 6 Study on Infrastructure Capacity Reserves for Combined Transport by 2015 - Concentration of International CT expected in 2015 Source: UIC

7. 7 Rate of employment of the Railway Infrastructure in 2015 after consideration of planned enlargement investments Source: UIC

8. 8 * Spatial concentration of production. Source: Harrison & van Hoek Enlargement investments & industry re-locations

9. 9 SSS various different EU initiatives  Proposal to regulate market access to port services  New Commission-hosted Internet site: http://forum.europa.eu.int/Public/irc/tren/Home/main  Motorways of the Sea  IMO-FAL forms  Customs Guide  Port Hinterland Connections  European Intermodal Loading Units  and of course… Marco Polo!

10. 10 Environment: ‘ Green’ issues became business goal  (External) Cost EU freight traffic: € 530 Bln.  Caused by: Road (91.5%), Air (6.1%), Rail (1.9%), Waterway (0.5%).  Bottlenecks: congestion, delays, pollution...  EU. Commission Policy: soon, internalisation of external costs. Bill to be paid by: the causer(s)

11. 11 Membership EIA  Sharing intermodal commitment  Lobby & representation members at EU. level, proposing intermodal measures for members  Round Tables with authorities and market players addressing your problems  Working visits to learn about benefits Intermodality  Sharing intermodal information for decision making Products: Intermodal Masterclass for seniors (start 14 December) Intermodal Handbook (publish your best practice!) Annual Intermodal Award ceremony – also for Italian companies (Jury: EU COM, EU PARL and various professional associations)

12. 12 www.intermodaltransport.org www.eia-ngo.com peter.wolters@eia-ngo.com Thank you for your attention!