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May 19, 2011
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- ESPO EFIP and called for the creation of a single European rail network
- The two groups of European ports have submitted a joint position paper
 The ESPO European Sea Ports Association and the Association of European inland port EFIP have presented a joint position paper, which we publish in the " Forum of Shipping and Logistics ", which highlighted the key elements critical to the operation of the railway network European point of view of maritime and inland ports.
- Presenting the document, European Sea Ports Organisation and the European Federation of Inland Ports have stressed an urgent need to consider that ports the creation of a single European rail network, a rail network with no barriers to legal, technical and political - have said the two associations - is the best way to ensure efficient use of the capacity of rail transport.
- ESPO EFIP and have decided to clarify the view of the ports at a time when politics in the proposed revision of the first railway package is on top agenda of both Parliament and the EU Council. The two associations have confirmed their full support to this proposal and its development.
- ESPO EFIP and highlighted the main problems that - according to the ports - have hampered the functioning of European rail transport, including the focus on a national rail system, the lack of investment in rail infrastructure driven by demand, the preferential treatment incumbent railway companies, tariff regimes lack transparency, fair, poor reliability of freight trains do not pre-planned and inadequate infrastructure and equipment that serves the port areas. "To address these critical issues - said the Secretary General of ESPO, Patrick Verhoeven - we support the European Commission's proposal to simplify the existing EU regulatory framework for rail. A real European approach will avoid different interpretations by Member States and limit the risk of new barriers. "
- "The rail links to and from the port areas - said the director dell'EFIP, Isabelle Ryckbost - should be optimized with the aim of ensuring that all railway companies a non-discriminatory access to port areas. The improvement of these links is an important element in the completion of the TEN-T. "
- Waiting to achieve full interoperability of the trans-European EFIP ESPO and stressed the need to achieve a pragmatic recognition of the transactional rules of operation at the local level to improve rail links between bordering nations. Moreover, both groups see a need to avoid replacing national barriers with "barriers corridor: the corridor concept - they explained - should be seen as a step towards a genuine European railway policy and towards a genuine European railway network.
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