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5. A neutral, industry perspective
across all transport modes
on the EU Transport policy 2050
White Paper on Transport published 28th March 2011
Implications of the European Commission’s
Freight Transportation Priorities for 2050
OTM User Conference Europe, 29th January 2013
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6. 2012 F&L Think Tank Members
ROAD RAIL
Andreas GEORG, Mars Armand TOUBOL, NEWOPERA Aisbl
Commercial Director Global Vice Chairman
International Freight Philippe ROBERT, GEFCO
Martin KVYCH, LKW-WALTER Director Operations
Director
INTERMODAL INLAND WATERWAYS/SHORT SEA
Rainer MERTEL, Kombiverkehr Jürgen HASLER, Imperial Logistics
Director International
Dieter ROGGE, BASF Director Corporate Development
Senior Manager Global Procurement Norbert ZWICKER, Stora Enso
and Logistics Manager Procurement Sea Services
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7. White Paper:
Vision =10 goals
Strategy = 40 measures
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8. Ten Goals for a Competitive and Resource-Efficient Transport
system – Benchmarks for Achieving the 60 % GHG Emission
Reduction Target”
Developing and deploying new and sustainable fuels and propulsion systems
1. Halve the use of ‘conventionally fuelled’ cars in urban transport by 2030; phase them out in
cities by 2050; achieve essentially CO2-free city logistics in major urban centres by 2030;
2. Low-carbon sustainable fuels in aviation to reach 40 % by 2050; also by 2050 reduce EU CO2
emissions from maritime bunker fuels by 40 % (if feasible 50 %);
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9. Ten Goals for a Competitive and Resource-Efficient Transport
system – Benchmarks for Achieving the 60 % GHG Emission
Reduction Target”
Optimise performance of multimodal logistic chains, including making greater use of more
energy-efficient modes
3. 30% of road freight >300 km should shift to other modes such as rail or waterborne
transport by 2030 and more than 50% by 2050, facilitated by efficient and green freight
corridors. To meet this goal will also require appropriate infrastructure to be developed.
4. By 2050, complete a European high-speed rail network. Triple the length of the existing
high-speed rail network by 2030 and maintain a dense railway network in all Member
States. By 2050 the majority of medium-distance passenger transport should go by rail.
5. A fully functional and EU-wide multimodal TEN-T ‘core network’ by 2030, with a high-quality
and capacity network by 2050 and a corresponding set of information services.
6. By 2050, connect all core network airports to the rail network, preferably high-speed; ensure
that all core seaports are sufficiently connected to the rail freight and, where possible,
inland waterway system.
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10. Increasing the efficiency of transport and of infrastructure use with information systems and
market-based incentives
7. Deployment of the modernised air traffic management infrastructure (SESAR) (12) in
Europe by 2020 and completion of the European common aviation area. Deployment of
equivalent land and waterborne transport management systems (ERTMS) (13), (ITS) (14),
(SSN and LRIT) (15), (RIS) (16). Deployment of the European global navigation satellite
system (Galileo).
8. By 2020, establish the framework for a European multimodal transport information,
management and payment system.
9. By 2050, move close to zero fatalities in road transport. In line with this goal, the EU aims at
halving road casualties by 2020. Make sure that the EU is a world leader in safety and
security of transport in all modes of transport.
10. Move towards full application of ‘user pays’ and ‘polluter pays’ principles and private sector
engagement to eliminate distortions, including harmful subsidies, generate revenues and
ensure financing for future transport investments.
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11. TT Reflection
The VISION is
perceived to be positive, ambitious and
enthusiastic
The STRATEGY needs to have
concrete, practical, tangible and achievable
measures
The KEY PROBLEM AREAS and challenges,
although addressed in previous documents,
remain the same and broadly unsolved
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12. TT Reflection on the White Paper
Remember - the
goal is to
ENHANCE
European
competitiveness
1. Industry NEEDS policy consistency and continuity to enable long term investment
2. Set achievable targets!
 Technology required to achieve the goals does not yet exist
 Future changes in society/different mindset of future consumers?
3. Building and financing of network-infrastructure ?
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13. TT Reflection on the White Paper
4. European law and European policy should prevail over member local policies
 Let market forces develop new technology and the most suitable and
sustainable solutions……
5. Forced modal shift does not work!
Interconnectivity between modes and within modes is vital
6. Blue belt initiative (short sea) is excellent
7. Climate initiatives are in line with the ideas that already existing in the industry
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14. Five Priorities for
Industry
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15. Priorities for TT in the White Paper
EUROPEAN WEB
LUCERNE PARLIAMENT BROADCAST LONDON
May 2012 June 2012 Oct 2012 8-9 Nov 2012
1. Dedicated Freight 
 
Corridors and Terminals
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2. TEN-FT
3. Financing, Taxation,
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Earmarking Revenue for  
the Environment
 
4. Harmonisation  
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5. Sustainability   16

16. Dedicated Freight Corridors/Terminals
1. Use existing infrastructure more efficiently! Reliability is key
2. Corridors/Infrastructure for ALL modes needed!
3. Dedicated freight lines prioritizing freight - essential for competitiveness.
4. Passenger/Freight Trade-off: enhance freight priority in mixed traffics to meet
future requirements related to volume, capacity, speed and reliability.
5. Terminals Hinterland Terminals – Multimodal Terminals Terminal - Services Feeder
Concepts: --> expand best practices such as Duisburg Terminal
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17. TEN T Network Status May 2010
(ALL modes)

18. Time for a TEN-FT
Existing TEN-T (Trans-European Network – Transport)

19. Time for a TEN-FT
What is TEN-T about?
 EU Commission contributes money to transport infrastructure
investment of EU Member States
 Key purposes:
 Develop an efficient infrastructure for freight and passenger
transport on defined European corridors
 Integration of EU Member States into a common network

20. Time for a TEN-FT
Will the future TEN-T programme serve freight transport properly?
 EU co-financing rate too low:
 Today: 10-20%
 Planned: 10-40%
 No incentive for EU Member States to realize transport infrastructure
investments, which are not anyway on the national agenda:
 Therefore budget mainly used for infrastructure for passenger transport
(high-speed rail etc.)
 EU Budget too small for a too large network: according to EU Commission
€ 500bn are required to realize “core network” by 2030;
Commission may contribute € 31bn (6%)!

21. Time for a TEN-FT
What Freight Transport (Road, Rail, Barge, Intermodal) really needs is a
TEN-FT (TEN – Freight Transport)!
 Programme entirely dedicated to eliminate or alleviate bottlenecks in
transport infrastructure, which particularly hamper international freight
transport (increased cost; reduced reliability)
 Simple criteria for selecting projects, for example:
 Relevance for existing international freight (not based on “visionary” forecasts)
 To be implemented on short-term time horizon
 Simplified benefit-cost assessment, e.g. how much additional capacity do we get
with € 1m investment?
 No “watering-down” of priorities by country quotas
 EU co-financing rate of min. 75% to convey an incentive for Member States
 Estimated annual budget: € 5bn

22. Sustainability
1. A global approach is needed!
CO2 is a global issue and not
restricted to Europe! European
policy which puts too much
emphasis on just one pillar
(GHG) will negatively impact the
economic and thus social
dimension
2. “Useful Unit Measurement” to
measure all modes equally and
realistically
4. Sustainability of alternative
3. Wary of targets where viable solutions fuels is questionable - source of
do not yet exist…… energy to be taken into
consideration. Electric vehicles
running on current produced in
coal-power stations are NOT an
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23. Financing, Taxation, Earmarking
Ten Goals for a Competitive and Resource-Efficient Transport System:
Benchmarks for Achieving the 60% GHG Emission Reduction Target
Goal 10. “Move towards full application of ‘user pays’ and ‘polluter pays’ principles and
private sector engagement to eliminate distortions, including harmful subsidies,
generate revenues and ensure financing for future transport investments”
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24. Harmonisation
More harmonisation
4. Fuel taxes, road taxation and toll-
between member systems
states 5. Social rules
These are points which should not be 6. Load safety and security rules and
avoided: controls
1. Axle distance, load, dimensions, 7. Administration and Document
weight requirements
• Axle distance trio aggregate needs to be 1310
MM and 9 axle weight (intermodal)
• Rear axle – we have 11.5to and 12.5to in EU –
8. Information
in case of reefer we need 12.5to
9. Transfer quickly to national
2. Aerodynamic devices should not be legislation and check that it is
calculated into combination length applied in the same manner
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25. Harmonisation
 The registration harmonization is still too different and protectionism is the
result in some member states
 Road controls inside EU chaotic - too many institutions “cooking their own soup”
– what is okay for one side is not okay for the other and hauliers have to pay
again
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26. What Can
We Do Now?
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27. What can we do NOW?
SHORT SEA & INLAND WATERWAYS
 Short Sea & Inland Waterways Shipping are the most efficient modes of transport:
80% less CO2 emissions than trucks and 30% less than railways per tkm
 Deepening of the Rivers Elbe and Danube (connection to black sea) to encourage
more inland waterways transportation between Eastern and Western Europe
 Investment in infrastructure (ship lockings) to facilitate access for 110/135 meter
vessels
 Encouraging intermodal transport by barge (MIScobiva – Management Information
System for Container Barges)
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28. What can we do NOW?
ROAD
 Use existing infrastructure more efficiently
 Minor modifications of existing infrastructure
 Impact Assessment – priority to small efficient investments
 Reliability and service are critical
 “In general" make traffic fluid and give priority to freight
 Use modes where they are best suited
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29. What can we do NOW?
INTERMODAL
RAIL
 Define “relevant” key European freight
 Better priority for freight in each corridors for all modes
period of the day to ensure reliability:  Allocate approx. €1bn (better: €2bn) of
this is fundamental annual TEN budget (Connecting Europe
 Urgency in standardizing safety criteria Facility) for small, effective infra-structure
and operational constraints across measures which help remove bottlenecks
Europe to facilitate the networks at international links on European freight
integration corridor network
 New small infrastructure investments  Harmonize rules for road leg of
with a large impact on traffic intermodal transport (e.g. 44 tonnes) in
efficiency EU: revision of Regulation 92/106/EG 30

30. What can ICTs do now ?
The WP specifically mentions ICTs as necessary and preferable tools for its goals.
Accordingly EU-projects, such as SmartGreen, aim at promoting smarter use of
ICTs in the development of green freight corridors in order to :
• improve efficiency of resources
• simplify the management of the supply chain
Preferential promotion of “Intelligent Transport Systems” is based on the cognition
that “with traditional measures [such as expansion of infrastructure] it will
not be possible to satisfy the growth of European economy and its mobility
requirements in an environmental way”.
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31. ICTs mentioned in the White Paper
 Traffic management &information systems for improved use of infrastructure and
vehicles
 Air traffic management system of the future (SESAR)
 European rail traffic management system (ERTMS) / rail information systems
 Maritime surveillance systems(SafeSeaNet, Vessel Traffic Services)
 River information services (RIS)
 On-board navigation & traffic monitoring
 Real-time information systems to track and trace freight and to manage freight
flows (e-Freight)
 Single-window, one-stop administrative shop
 Single transport document in electronic form (e-waybill)
 Appropriate framework for T&T technologies (such as RFID)
 Interoperable and multimodal passengers information, booking and payment
systems (smart ticketing)
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32. ICTs mentioned in the White Paper
 Greener transport :
 Carbon calculators to allow better choices and easier marketing of cleaner
transport solutions
 ITS applications in support of eco-driving
 Recharging and refuelling ITS for electro-mobility in urban areas
 Improve trucks efficiency (besides cleaner fuel and engines) through use of
ITS (eg routing planners, T&T, …)
 Smoother multimodal transports
 Simplify and improve reliability of transfers
 By 2020, establish the framework for a European multimodal transport
information, management and payment system
 By 2050, a fully functional EU-wide TEN-T core network with high-quality ,
high-capacity network and information services
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33. ICTs principles
 Innovation and deployment need to be supported by regulatory framework
conditions: protection of privacy and personal data will have to develop .
 Standardization and interoperability requirements - avoid technological
fragmentation, enable European businesses to fully benefit from the entire
European transport market, create worldwide market opportunities.
 ICT tools should be widely deployed to simplify administrative procedures
 New mobility concepts cannot be imposed. Information on all modes of
transport, both for travel and freight, on possibilities for their combined use and
on their environmental impact, will need to be widely available.
 Smart intermodal ticketing, with common EU standards that respect EU
competition rules is vital. This relates to passenger transport, freight, better
electronic route planning across modes, an adapted legal environment
(intermodal freight documentation, insurance, liability), real-time delivery
information also for smaller consignments.
 ICT has also the potential for satisfying certain accessibility needs without
additional mobility.
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34. Questions & answers
Open discussion
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