UNECE - Transport Division - Intermodal Transport and Logistics (WP.24)

INTERMODAL TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS

About the UNECE Working Party on Intermodal Transport and Logistics (WP.24)

Since 1951, the Working Party and its predecessors provide a forum at the pan-European level for an exchange of technical, legal and policy information and best practices in combined and intermodal transport, for the preparation of policy advice and for the negotiation and administration of multilateral legal instruments. The objective is to promote combined and intermodal transport in the 56 UNECE member countries and to ensure “the maximum utilization of equipment, infrastructure and terminals used for such transport”. The Working Party brings together eminent experts from UNECE Governments, the European Commission, non-governmental organizations (UIRR, UIC, OTIF, CIT, IRU, GETC, BIC, IRF, CLECAT, ISO, etc.) as well as concerned industries and academia. Its structure and working procedure is able to quickly address newly emerging issues. The Working Party that meets twice a year in Geneva has assisted industries and transport policy makers in areas such as:

Pan-European networks and service standards for combined transport (AGTC)
Efficient intermodal loading units
Interregional Euro-Asian land transport links
Safety in intermodal transport operations
Liability provisions for intermodal transport
Combined/intermodal transport terms and terminology
Service quality of railways in intermodal transport
Intermodal transport as part of modern transport chains and logistics

Looking back and peering forward (English, French, Russian)

Trends in intermodal transport

3 April 2009
Dramatic decline in intermodal traffic in the second half of 2008

17 March 2009
113 companies provide intermodal road-rail transport services in Europe

More trends...

Forthcoming meetings

12 - 13 October 2009 - 52nd session of the Working Party on Intermodal Transport and Logistics (WP.24)

Latest news

3 June 2009
Serbia ratified Protocol on Combined Transport on Inland Waterways to the AGTC Agreement

24 April 2009
The UNECE Transport Division brochure 'Main Transport Indicators in the UNECE Region 2007' is now available

Last added documents

6 May 2009
ECE/TRANS/WP.24/123 - Report of the 51st session - (Geneva, 19 - 20 March 2009) (English)

30 March 2009
51st session pesentation - Additional presentation from the 51st session of the Working Party on Intermodal Transport and Logistics (WP.24) (19 -20 March 2009) (English)

23 March 2009
51st session pesentations - Presentations from the 51st session of the Working Party on Intermodal Transport and Logistics (WP.24) (19 -20 March 2009) (English)

6 March 2009
ECE/TRANS/WP.24/2009/2, -/WP.24/2009/3 - (French and Russian versions)

27 February 2009
ECE/TRANS/WP.24/2009/1 - (French and Russian versions)

30 January 2009
ECE/TRANS/WP.24/122 - (French and Russian versions)

8 January 2009
ECE/TRANS/WP.24/2009/3 - (Secretariat) Reconciliation and harmonization of civil liability regimes in intermodal transport Excerpts of considerations by the Working Party (English)
ECE/TRANS/WP.24/2009/2 - (Secretariat) European Agreement on Important International Combined Transport Lines and related installations (AGTC) - New Amendment Proposals (minimum infrastructure and performance standards) (English)
ECE/TRANS/WP.24/2009/1 - (Secretariat) European Agreement on Important International Combined Transport Lines and related installations (AGTC) - New Amendment Proposals (updating and extension of the AGTC network) (English)

7 January 2009
ECE/TRANS/WP.24/122 - Provisional Agenda for the 51st session (19 - 20 March 2009) (English)

5 January 2009
ECE/TRANS/WP.24/121 - (French and Russian versions)