Twenty-one European associations of the transport form an alliance in order to carry own requests near the EU



Twenty-one European associations of the field of the transport, that they represent between the other harbour shipowners, shippers, operators, ship yards, companies of the logistics, workers of the transport and producers of equipments, have constituted the "Industry Alliance for Multimodal (IAM) Connectivity and Logistics for Growth", alliance through which these organizations they will express their positions and expectations about the political initiatives of the European Union that could improve European multimodale connectivity and the logistics.

The new alliance is yesterday introduced to Brussels in the course of the second conference anniversary of the stakeholders organized from the association of the European private harbour terminalisti Feport and is constituted, as well as from the same Feport, from AIVP (the Réseau Mondial DES Villes Portuaires), bic (Bureau International du Conteneur), CLECAT (European Association for Forwarding, Transport, Logistics and Customs Services), EBU (European Barge Association), ECASBA (European Community Association of Ship Brokers and Agents), ECGs (The Association of European Vehicle Logistics), ECSA (European Community Shipowners' Association), EFIP (European Federation of Inland Ports), EMPA (European Maritime Pilots' Association), ESPO (European Sea Ports Organisation), ESC (European Shippers Council), ETA (European Tugowners Association), EuDA (European Dredging Association), ICHCA International (the global cargo handling NGO), IRU (International Road Transport Union), PEMA (Port Equipment Manufacturers Association), Sea Europe (Ships and Maritime Equipment Association), UIP (International Union of Wagon Keepers), UIRR (International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport) and UNISTOCK (European association of professional portside storekeepers for agribulk commodities). Moreover the alliance is opened to other interested organisms that they pursue the same objective.

Operatingly the new alliance will offer contributed to the European politicians, to the coordinators of the Corridors IT TRY and to the European agencies on topics regarding which there will be the consent of the associates of the IAM. The priorities of the Industry Alliance for Multimodal will be characterized in the course of the assembly anniversary of the new alliance that will hold in the course of the next spring. Moreover the agenda of the IAM will be tied to the job programs anniversaries of the EU commission and will be drafted also on the base of the proposals advanced from the associates.