Logistics

Marco Polo

Overview

Motorways of the Sea

Community Support Programmes
MARCO POLO

Research, Demonstration and Networking Activities

Legislation 

State Aid 

Passenger intermodality

Rail Air Intermodality Facilitation Forum (RAIFF)

Intermodal Transport Security

SECURITY in TRANSPORT & ENERGY

Highlights

Overview

|Introduction 
|White Paper Orientations
|Policy Initiatives and Programmes

Introduction

Supporting intermodal transport is a major part of the Commissions White Paper: European Transport Policy for 2010 : Time to decide. It contributes to the objective of shifting the balance between modes.

The aim of the Commissions policy on Intermodal Freight Transport is to support the efficient « door to door » movement of goods, using two or more modes of transport, in an integrated transport chain. Each mode of transport has its own advantages e.g. potential capacity, high levels of safety, flexibility, low energy consumption, low environmental impact; intermodal transport allows each mode to play its role in building transport chains which overall are more efficient, cost effective and sustainable.