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The Promit project has raised synergies in the European intermodal community and contributed to policy initiatives at the national and European level that support the shift of transport from road to intermodal transport modes.
The main goal was to examine all kinds of organisational and business models within intermodal transport chains. To help contribute to the best practice handbook and the report on benchmarking, some of the key productions of Promit, a first intensive material collection on best practice cases, has been implemented.
Throughout this work, it has become clear that it is often more easier to describe the operational and technical aspects of an intermodal transport solution, than to collect information about how it was organised in detail, and which business model was used to make the service successful.
In addition to compiling an inventory of projects and operational solutions, the key activities have been to perform an in-depth study of the Stora Enso North European Transport Supply System (NETSS). Although Storo Enso uses a special load unit, the SECU, NETSS as a transport solution which is generic in the sense that it can carry all cargo types being transported on road, and loading and unloading performance is the state of the art.
ICT is a dominant element in defining most aspects of transport. Included is a description of 11 projects demonstrating best practices in ICT applications in intermodal transport, including: the differing level of IT penetration; low compatibility of existing systems; differing standards; lack of interoperability and integration. The developed systems provided solutions that cover a wide array of services (tracking, tracing of cargo; fleet management; electronic administration procedures; advanced navigation and communication; and intermodal door-to-door management.
Intermodal Transport does not always meet the market demand related to leading times, reliability, frequency, flexibility, added value services and price. The quality requirements of shippers have increased over the years. Road Transport has many advantages with regard to quality and price. Among other problems, operational and service related barriers can be the reason for not choosing intermodal transport.
The documents and data collection about intermodal transport and an inventory of the various kinds of incentives at the national level has been organised. The information collected creates a broad basis for analysis of the differences between countries of the various European regions, determining similar or opposing strategies and discovering good common practices or extraordinary examples to sub-divide the specialised examples further.
Promit cluster 5 collected extensive data on national transport policies supporting intermodality through infrastructure, R&D, services, environment, taxation, legislation and transport policy. This analysis shows the many strategies available to support sustainable transport.
- Most support actions dealing with intermodal transport are directed to rail investments and connections, access to the railway system, intermodal terminals, handling equipment, inland waterway connections, and IT systems (mostly waterborne).
- Many national intermodal and combined transport R&D projects, pilots, consulting and feasibility studies have been supported.
- Services include setting up of rolling-motorway services and intermodal and combined transport services. SMEs have also been taken into consideration. The aim, more or less, has been to shift freight from road to rail and waterways.
- Environmental interests concern replacement and retrofitting of diesel engines in inland navigation, CO2 reduction and tax-relief programmes that give a direct fiscal advantage to companies that invest in environmentally friendly equipment and renewable energy.
- Typical taxation measures are rail track price reduction, tax exemption in pre- and on- carriage, and refunds for vehicles or boxes being used in combined transport.
- Typical legislative measures are exemptions from weekend driving restrictions for pre- and end- haul carriers and exemptions from maximum weight.
- Transport policy support deals with many types of actions such as scanning modal shift potential, national or regional transport plans, national plans for logistics centres and freight villages, programmes for developmental support for combined transport, development schemes for combined traffic, logistics competence centres, and integration of rail into European transport corridors.
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