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In July 2021, the European Commission presented its 'fit for 55' package of legislative proposals seeking to ensure that the EU achieves the targets set in the European Green Deal, the Climate Law and the Paris Agreement. The package included the FuelEU Maritime proposal, which aimed to stimulate demand for clean fuels and help cut carbon emissions in the maritime sector. The provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations is expected to be put to the vote during the European ...

Council Directive 92/106/EEC lays down rules applicable to combined transport of goods. Various resources show that there are currently several challenges linked with the implementation of the directive. These include, for instance, a broad and ambiguous definition of combined transport, outdated provisions of the directive, the need to align these provisions with the new economic reality and a need for a unified combined transport document. These challenges influence harmonisation of combined freight ...

Inland waterways in the EU

Briefing 28-01-2014

The EU has one of the longest networks of inland waterways in the world, which play a siginificant role in the transport of freight between major seaports and hinterland areas. The sector nonetheless faces many specific structural difficulties (infrastructure insufficiently interconnected and integrated with other transport modes, overcapacity, skills shortages, etc.) which prevent it from tapping its full potential, i.e. increasing its modal share. Further EU-level initiatives to boost this transport ...