“Intermodal has to be treated like passenger rail”

The position of intermodal and, by extension, combined transport is not negotiable for the industry. “Intermodal has to be treated like passenger rail” was one of the key takeaways of the UIRR-organised online European Intermodal Summit.

Discussions during the event focused on key policy elements like the Capacity Management Regulation and the Combined Transport Directive. Pierpaolo Settembri, Deputy Head of Cabinet of Transport Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas stressed in his opening words that the “modal shift is not going as the Commission wishes, being stagnant in certain areas of Europe while decreasing in others.”

Grabbing this opportunity, Ralf-Charley Schultze, UIRR Director General, underlined that the Commission must reaffirm that the Greening Freight Transport Package will be implemented without o…