Position of the European Sea Ports Organisation on the Commission's proposal for the Combined Transport Directive (2023/0396 (COD))
06 November 2024
The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) welcomes the Commission’s aim to revise and update the Combined Transport Directive 92/106/EEC and to develop a support framework that effectively and efficiently promotes multimodal transport in Europe. With the proposed Directive, the Commission intends to refocus the existing support framework in such a way to increase the competitiveness of intermodal transport, to stimulate the modal shift, to reduce the external costs of transport and to act upon the lessons learnt from the previous revision attempts. ESPO very much supports and shares these objectives. ESPO yet sees considerable room for improvement in the proposed measures if these objectives are to be reached.