Diapositiva 1

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Kent Bentzen VICE PRESIDENT OF EUROPLATFORMS
EEIG THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF LOGISTICS
CENTRES
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Europlatforms is the European Association of
Logistics Centres.

• More than 60 Transport and Logistics Centres
• 10 Countries
• Italy-Spain-Germany-Denmark-Portugal-Luxembourg-Po
  land
• Greece-France-Austria
• More 1.800 Transport Companies

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Verona
Bremen
Bologna
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History
Europlatforms GEIE was established in 1991 by the
Italian, French, Danish and Spanish Transport
Associations. It has been involving many other
Countries over the last years
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Objectives

• Promoting the Intermodality development
  RAIL/ROAD/SEA
• Promoting cooperation between existing platforms
  in EUROPE, and similar Groupings
• Promoting cooperation with the European
  Commission
• Taking part in European projects/research/
• LC development in order to increase the quality
  of the transport system

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The Europlatforms Actions

• Introducing the Intermodal Terminals and
  Logistics Centres inside the TEN-T
• Stressing the importance of
• 1. the development of the INTERMODALITY
• 2. the QUALITY of Transport System
• Giving technical support to the European
  Commission

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Rail-Road flows /Total flows
Not integrated

Integrated
Not integrated
Integrated
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Inside a FV
Average productivity
Outside a FV
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The WHITE PAPERs Forecast

• Transport demand 2,8
• (in 2010 approx.. 50 compared with 2000)
• Rail freight transport 0,8 /year

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The future
A strong European Policy to avoid the

• Increase of congestion
• Increase of environmental problems
• Increase of the total transport costs
• Increase of the industrial products total costs
• Increase of the de-industrialization
• Decrease of the industrial sector competitiveness

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Solution
Rail/Road/Sea Transport Logistics Centre A
new node inside the SUPPLY CHAIN
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The Logistics Centres are the only transport
realities that could offer the required
infrastructures to develop
RAIL/ROAD TRANSPORT SYNERGIC ACTIONS WITH THE
PORTS
That means INTERMODALITY
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Conclusions

• The integrated model of a Logistics Centre is
  preferable to the non-integrated one.
• The concentration of transport and logistic
  activities in larger infrastructures is more
  economic and efficient than several smaller
  intermodal terminals scattered over the
  territory.
• Co-ordinated planning and funding is necessary to
  develop Logistics Centres and intermodality.