Osservatorio nazionale sul trasporto merci e la logistica

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Osservatorio nazionale sul trasporto merci e la
logistica

•  European Transport Policy and Logistics
• Napoli
• 15 December 2004
• Motorways of the Sea and IntermodalityEuropean
  Commission
• Directorate General Transport and Energy

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• Directorate-General for Energy Transport
• Responsible for developing and implementing
  European policies in the energy and transport
  field
• Mission Statement
• to ensure that energy and transport policies are
  designed for the benefit of all sectors of the
  society, businesses, cities, rural areas and
  above all of citizens. The energy and transport
  sectors are pivotal to the European way of life
  and to the functioning of our economy as such
  their operation has to be responsible in
  economic, environmental, safety and social terms.
• Mechanisms
• Legislative proposals
• Programme management (including the financing of
  projects).

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European Policy Context

• Transport White Paper Transport at the service
  of European industry and citizens.
• Lisbon Agenda Make Europe the most competitive
  knowledge based economy.
• Sustainable development - de-coupling and demand
  management (e.g. route planning, load factors,
  consolidation)
• Enlargement Historic expansion on 1st May 2004
  more to come in next years

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European freight transport trends
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Trends in Growth
In the late 1990s especially freight volumes
increased faster than economic activity. Recently
passenger transport has shown signs of levelling
off.
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Freight Transport by mode
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Freight transport forecast

• Demand for mobility
• goods 38 by 2010 (EU15)
• passengers 24 by 2010 (EU15)
• If nothing is done, heavy goods traffic will
• increase 60
• by 2013 (EU25)
• Based on 1998 figures

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Freight transport problems - summary

• Productivity of road transport is declining
• Congestion
• Improved enforcement
• Improving social standards (training, driving
  times)
• higher costs
• loss of competitiveness
• Capacity will not increase in line with growth
• cost of new infrastructure,
• local objection
• new capacity is taken by huge growth in private
  transport
• Lack of suitable drivers etc.
• Environmental performance rising CO² emissions
• Dependence on fossil fuels future price
  instability

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Transport policy overview
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WHITE PAPER

• European Transport policy for 2010
• Time to decide
• COM (2001) 370 - 12 September 2001
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/energy_transport/en/lb_e
  n.html

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At the heart of our society

• Transport is the essential driver
• of industry
• of trade
• of our way of life
• and furthers European integration
• Economic importance of the sector
• accounts for expenditure of some 1000
• billion in the European Union
• generates over 10 of the Unions GDP
• employs more than 10 million people

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The main action priorities

• Shift the balance between transport modes
• Road improve social standards,
• Rail freight cabotage, safety standards,
• Integration of waterborne sea links,
• Intermodality Marco Polo, Freight Integration
  etc.
• Eliminate bottlenecks
• Revision of TENs guidelines
• Efficient charging
• Un-blocking the skies
• Gear Transport Policy to users
• Passenger rights
• Unsafe roads
• Galileo

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Freight transport solutions

• White paper policy of mode shift
• Make better use of alternative modes that have
  accessible spare capacity (especially on
  congested, long distance corridors)
• Rationale
• Common sense make better use of available
  resources
• Not an expensive solution
• Reduce the stress on the over used road network

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Motorways of the Sea - Principles

• Unique geography of EU presents significant
  challenges (mountains, peripheral regions,
  congestion at the centre) but also significant
  opportunities - widespread accessibility by sea.
• Objectives
• Reduce impact of road congestion on freight
  transport
• Improve access to peripheral and island regions
• Concept
• High quality, frequent door-to-door intermodal
  services, relying on maritime transport for the
  long haul.

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Motorways of the Sea

• Features
• State of the art information systems
• Simplified administrative procedures
• Hinterland connections with rail and inland
  waterway
• High quality service
• Frequent
• Reliable
• Fast

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Intermodal Loading Units

• Problems
• Many different types of intermodal loading units
  in use
• Swap bodies
• ISO containers
• Semi-trailers
• Complexity of handling in terminals
• No common maintenance or inspection procedures
• No common identification system
• Different handling and bearing surfaces
• ISO containers sub-optimal for use on European
  roads
• Swap bodies are not stackable and cannot resist
  horizontal forces in SSS

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Standardisation of Intermodal Loading Units

• Solution - One box for all modes
• Commission proposal for the standardisation and
  harmonisation of intermodal loading units.
• Saving 2 logistics costs through better
  equipment and better integration
• Reduction of transport costs can reach up to 10
  - depending on the commodities and the corridors
  concerned.

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Standardisation of Intermodal Loading Units (ILU)

• Existing ILUs
• Can be used until the end of their working life
• Have to be submitted to periodic inspections
• First one within a five-year period
• Then every 30 months
• New ILUs
• Certain common features mandatory

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Standardisation of Intermodal Loading Units

• European Intermodal Loading Units (EILUs)
• Compatible with road, rail, SSS and IW
• Stackable (at least 4 units in sea conditions)
• Can be top lifted
• Optimised for euro pallets
• Use not mandatory

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EILU / 40 ISO container comparison

• EILU
• 40 ISO

33 europalettes
2.4 m
13.2 m
25 europalettes
2.33 m
12 m
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Freight Integrator Action Plan (1/2)

• Support for the organisers of international,
• intermodal freight transport.
• Introduced by the Commissions White Paper on
  Transport (2001)
• Principles
• Combine the strengths of each transport mode
• Best service (efficient, cost effective, green,
  etc.)
• Single transparent scheme
• Integrating societal, shippers and operator
  interests

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Freight Integrator Action (2/2)

• Currently under preparation
• Ideas being considered for the period 2005 - 2009
• Information exchange (planning, management,
  recording)
• Common transport documents
• Training and education
• Responsibility, accountability, recoverability
• Quality systems / standards
• Promotion
• Terminals

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MARCO POLO Programme - Overview

• Objective
• Shift increase in international road freight to
  alternative modes (12 billion tkm / year) for
  EU15
• Scope
• 2003 2006
• 102 m (approx. 20 m / year)
• All segments of the international freight market
• Focus on services (no RTD, no studies, no core
  infrastructure)
• Annual calls for proposals
• Successful 2003 proposals about to start

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Provisional Results first call

• Marco Polo Call - 2003
• 92 Proposals, 87 eligible for evaluation
• Total subsidy requested 184.5 million
• Budget available 15 million
• 19 Actions on ranked shortlist 13 best to be
  funded
• Total eligible costs of the 13 selected actions
  364.5 million
• Total shift predicted 13.6 billion tkm for the
  13 actions to be funded
• Environmental efficiency 15 external costs
  saved per of subsidy

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Logistics and transport policy

• Supply chain management determines the form of
  transport demand e.g.
• Sourcing decisions
• Number of shipments
• Size of shipments
• Delivery time windows
• Packaging design
• These factors determine possible transport
  solutions.
• A good freight transport policy starts by
  understanding logistics.
• Logistics conference for shippers planned for
  2005

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Logistics problems

• Difficult to understand complex, conflicting and
  overlapping supply chain trends.
• There are excellent supply chain management
  practices in Europe - but the average standard is
  low and there are huge regional differences.
• Environmentally un-sustainable logistics is a
  problem for society at large.
• Competition rather than co-operation tradition
  starting to change

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Commission logistics activities

• Current
• Promoting communication and understanding
• Research activities
• SULOGTRA, PROTRANS, POLOCCO, etc.
• Promotion of city logistics best practice
• www.bestufs.net
• Future
• RTD Call - June 2004 Logistics Best Practice
• Freight Integrator Action Plan possible
  content
• Training
• Promotion
• etc.

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Possible Commission Activities

• Involve users in transport policy and make them
  aware of their importance and increasing
  responsibility
• Increase proportion of freight forwarders and
  shippers that utilise intermodal transport
• Platform for logistics best practice and logistic
  awareness in policy
• Comments welcome

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Leading European companies are setting logistics
/ transport targets

• Two examples

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IKEA

• Company Targets
• To reduce CO2 emissions by 15 per transported
  m3 for goods transport in Europe in 5 years
• To increase the share of inbound goods
  transported in Europe by rail from 20 to 40 in
  6 years
• To increase the share of IKEA stores served by
  well-functioning public transport to at least 75
  in 5 years
• To increase from 8.5 to 12 the use of public
  transport by IKEAs customers in 5 years
• From the Business Leaders initiative on Climate
  Change Report 3 May 2004

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Mc Donalds Europe

• Company Targets
• Expand data collection from logistics partners
  to provide improved environmental impact figures
• Start an assessment to quantify emissions from
  staff and customer travel
• HFC reporting-Expand HFC reporting to include
  emissions from McDonalds distributions centres
• From the Business Leaders initiative on
  Climate Change Report 3 May 2004

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FP6 3rd Call - Logistics Best Practice

• Objectives
• Identify, disseminate and promote logistics best
  practices that contribute to European transport
  policy objectives
• Scope and expected results
• Identify best practices that contribute to modal
  shift, increase intermodal transport in logistic
  chains, reduce environmental impact and improve
  transport demand management
• Promote the uptake of best practices
• Define key performance indicators and develop
  quality labels
• Assess logistic trends and their impact on
  transport demand
• Foster cross-fertilization between different
  industrial sectors
• Preferred instrument Co-ordination Action

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The need for Freight Transport Management Systems
(FTMS)

• Need to improve the quality of alternative modes
• efficiency
• reliability
• responsiveness
• Alternatives to road transport require more
• organisation
• planning
• monitoring
• communication.
• More effort to have common approach (EU25)
• Not a new story!!

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FTMS challenges

• Managing information flow - even more difficult
  in international and intermodal chains.
• Different standards
• Different investments
• Different languages
• Different modal cultures / traditions
• Integration a major challenge
• of transport with other logistic tasks (often
  private data)
• between modes (often  competitors )
• with modal traffic management (often public
  data)
• Focus on the process of moving goods through
  supply chains not just the mode / vehicle (i.e
  greater customer focus)

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Research and Technological Demonstration (RTD)
Projects

• Part of EU Research policy
• International competitiveness
• European Research Area
• Transport only a small part of large programme
• Transport project are part of multi-annual
  Framework Programmes e.g. FP5
• Proposals from international consortia
  following targeted Calls
• Selection following independent evaluation
• EU co-financing (50 for RTD, 100 for networks)

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Recent Intermodal and Logistics research
activities (1/2)

• Support to technological development
• Booking information systems (CESAR)
• Border Crossing problems (INTERFACE)
• Intermodal in the CEECs (INTERMODA)
• Information and communication systems (BOPCom,
  Intermodal Portal)
• Third Party Logistics Provider (PROTRANS)
• Supply chain management (SULOGTRA)

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Recent Intermodal and Logistics research
activities (2/2)

• Support to technological development
• Logistic Concepts (Also Danube)
• Transport chain management (D2D)
• Semi-Trailers (SAIL)
• Safe Intermodal Transport Across the Globe
  (SIMTAG)
• Horizontal Transhipment Equipment (IN.HO.TRA)
• Terminals and Transfer Points (ITIP, EUTP, IPSI)
• ..and many more

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Research activities

• Relevance for you
• Participate
• To improve your competitiveness
• Find out more from National Contact Points
  http//www.cordis.lu/fp6/ncp.htm
• Practical value of RTD results
• Use the results
• Available free on-line.
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/transport/extra/web/ind
  ex.cfm

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New activities FP6 - First call

• Projects from the First Call 2003 - (started in
  2004)
• City Logistics best practice
• BESTUFS II Best Urban Freight Solutions
• www.bestufs.net
• Coordinator - PTV AG, DE
• 2004 2008
• Best practice examples and guides
• Conferences and workshops
• Dissemination
• Web based database

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New activities FP6 - Third call

• Call for proposals
• FP6-2004-TREN-3,
• Official Journal C 169 29th June 2004
• Closing date
• 8th December 2004 projects will start in 2005
• Tasks
• 1 - Intermodal Freight Transport, Terminals and
  Technologies (Co-ordination action)
• 2 - Intermodal Freight Transport Management
  System (Integrated Project)
• 3 - Logistics Best Practice (Co-ordination
  action)

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More information

• Directorate General for Energy and Transport
  http//europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/energy_transport/ind
  ex_en.html
• MARCO POLO Programme
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/transport/marcopolo/ind
  ex_en.htm
• White Paper European Transport Policy for 2010
  time to decidehttp//europa.eu.int/comm/energy_tr
  ansport/en/lb_en.html
• Motorways of the Sea
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/transport/intermodality
  /motorways_sea/index_en.htm

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More information

• Intermodal Loading Units
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/transport/intermodality
  /legislation/standardisation_en.htm
• The Sixth Framework Programme
• http//www.cordis.lu/rtd2002
• GALILEO Programme
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/energy_transport/ga
  lileo/index_en.htm
• Calls for proposals
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/energy_transport/ho
  me/calls/proposal_en.htm

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• José Fernandez Garcia
• European Commission
• Directorate General for Energy and Transport
  http//europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/energy_transport/i
  ndex_en.html
• Telephone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• e-mail jose.fernandez-garcia_at_cec.eu.int
• mailing address DG Energy and Transport
• B-1049 Brussels
• visiting address rue De Mot 28, B-1040,
  Brussels

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Thank you for your attention