UIRR, International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport
Budget
€200 — €0
EP Access
5
accredited persons
Staff
6
2 FTE
EU Grants
€543,150
Mission & Goals
The International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport (UIRR) represents European road-rail Combined Transport Operators, as well as Transhipment Terminal Managers, who organise this ecologically and economically sustainable system of freight transport. ---intermodal transport is the shipping of freight through the collaboration of two or more modes of transport in a single transport assignment when the cargo is carried in an intermodal loading unit [container, swap body or (craneable) semi-trailer] throughout the entire transport operation. Intermodal loading units enable quick, easy and cheap transhipment between the various modes of transport. UIRR was founded in 1970 by 7 Combined Transport (CT) Operators with a mission to assist the organisation of border-crossing road-rail traffic within Europe. The membership of UIRR exceeds 50 companies, who operate a network which spans the entire continent, and provides connections beyond Europe to destinations as far as China.
EU Legislative Interests
- Revision of Directive 92/106 concerning Combined Transport - Military Mobility Package (omnibus) - Revision of the Directive on Weights and Dimensions - the revision of the Land Transport Block Exemption Regulation (T-BER) and the State Aid Guidelines for railways - the Quality Jobs Initiative - the Port and Maritime Strategy - the implementation of the Electronic Freight Transport Information (eFTI) Regulation, of the TEN-T Guidelines Regulation, the REPowerEU Regulation - TSIs developed by the European Union Agency for Railways and collaboration under its Intermodal Task Force - Upgrading of intermodal-related standards by CEN/CENELEC - Fundamental interest in every EU legislative initiative which impacts the functioning of freight transport
Communication Activities
- Position papers and press releases: http://www.uirr.com/en/media-centre/press-releases-and-position-papers/2017.html - Newsletters: http://www.uirr.com/en/media-centre/newsletters/2017.html - UIRR Report and statistics: http://www.uirr.com/en/media-centre/annual-reports/annual-reports.html - UIRR General Assembly - UIRR CEOs' consultation with DG MOVE, DG CLIMA, DG ENERGY and DG INDUSTRY
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
UIRR is formally not a member of any legal organisation or body. There is regular collaboration between UIRR and peer organisations (in alphabetical order) such as Allianz Pro Schiene Association of the European Rail Industry (UNIFE) Combinet (Austria) Community of European Railways and Infrastructure Companies (CER) European Association for Forwarding, Transport, Logistic and Customs Services (CLECAT) European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) European Barge Union (EBU) European Shipowners Association (ECSA) European Federation of Inland ports (EFIP) European Rail Infrastructure Managers (EIM) European Logistics Platform (ELP) European Rail Freight Association (ERFA) European Rail Research Council (ERRAC) European Shippers Council (ESC) European Seaports Organisation (ESPO) Federation of European Private Port Operators and Terminals (Feport) GNTC (France) Groupement Fer (Switzerland) IBS (Germany) Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) International Road Union (IRU) International Transport Forum (ITF/OECD) International Union of Railways (UIC) Hungarian Logistics Clusters' Association (MLSZKSZ) Hungarian Railway Association (HUNGRAIL) LIMOWA (Finland) Promotion of the Axis of goods Ferroviaire Rhine-Rhone western Mediterranean (FERRMED) Rail Forum Europe (RFE) RailGood (The Netherlands) SGKV (Germany) Transport and Environment (T&E) UOTC (Spain) United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN ECE)
Organisation Members
http://www.uirr.com/en/our-members/members.html
Additional Information
UIRR participates in R&D projects funded from different EU programmes (i.e. H2020, CEF Transport), which aim at developing and/or implementing a particular solution for intermodal transport. These do not cover operating expenses of the association.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.