EU Commission unveils logistics proposals - by Ahmed ElAmin
A series of proposed measures unveiled yesterday by the European Commission could help make freight transportion cheaper and simpler for manufacturers. The proposal for a common transport policy marks a bid by the EU to cut down on pollution, oil consumption and road congestion, mainly by allowing bigger loads and providing designated rail lines between countries for freight. On average, logistics accounts for 12 per cent of the final costs of a finished product in the manufacturing sector. The Commission estimate includes costs such as transportation and warehousing.
The Commission has identified about 500 bottlenecks in the current system that it says create unnecessary obstacles to the efficient flow of goods - including a lack of parking spaces for trucks and red tape. The Commission wants to encourage paperless information flows, the use of radio frequency identification and satellite services as a means of simplifying logistics. The Commission also plans to create a single transport document for all forms of freight transport, to replace the many versions currently used, depending on the mode. Another proposal would lead to a single reporting interface for freight transport.
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