Topic: Combined Transport Directive

FILE: GREENING FREIGHT PACKAGE The Combined Transport Directive might survive after all

The European Parliament rejected the “withdrawal of the Combined Transport Directive revision proposal”, UIRR said. “It is a positive development but we are not out…
now or never Last chance to save the Combined Transport Directive

Tomorrow, Tuesday 27 January the Transport Committee of the European Parliament will make its final decision on the fate of the Combined Transport Directive (CTD).…
FILE: GREENING FREIGHT PACKAGE CLECAT calls out Commission over Combined Transport Directive withdrawal intentions

CLECAT, the European Association for Forwarding, Transport, Logistics and Customs Services, has called out the European Commission (EC) over its recent intention to withdraw the…
FILE: GREENING FREIGHT PACKAGE European Commission intends to drop amendments to Combined Transport Directive

The European Commission (EC) said it intends to withdraw amendments to the Combined Transport Directive, one of the pillars of the Greening Freight Package. “We…
FILE: GREENING FREIGHT PACKAGE ‘Fusion of Combined Transport and Weights and Dimensions Directive remains unlikely’

Many representatives of the rail freight industry have been calling on European institutions to consider the Combined Transport Directive (CTD) and the Weights and Dimensions…
File: Greening Freight Package “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…
Policy appeal UIRR puts policy vision on the table for Combined Transport

The new year is off to a blasting start, at least if you’re wondering about what rail freight parties want to achieve in the near…
file: greening freight package European associations ask for more concreteness over Greening Freight Package

The Greening Freight Package remains a significant initiative for the European Union. One of its pillars, the Combined Transport Directive, is however once again in…
file: greening freight package EU Member States are not satisfied with the Greening Freight Package

A few EU Member States showed some dissatisfaction with the recent developments regarding the Greening Freight Package. Germany, France, Austria and the Netherlands were not…
Interview ERFA: “EU’s Greening Freight Package lacks a coherent strategy”

The EU’s Greening Freight Package is the bloc’s flagship policy package for decarbonisation in the transport sector. It looks to decrease emissions in European transport…
file: greening freight package New combined transport definition is still too vague, says TRAN Committee

The European Parliament Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) published a Working Document compiling a bundle of recommendations to improve the Combined Transport Directive, part…
‘EU’s combined transport definition should be more practical,’ says UIRR

In view of the Combined Transport Directive (CTD) amendment, the EU Commission proposed an alternative definition of combined transport services. In the legislators’ view, combined…