In recent years, along with global economic development, there has been a rapid increase in the transport of goods in domestic and international relations. New, efficient, and ecological transport solutions are being sought, especially in the area of intermodal (combined) transport. This is related, among other things, to the relocation of many companies’ operations to Asian countries, mainly China and India, in search of lower production costs.This trend generates an increased need for moving goods on a global scale and, consequently, the use of intermodal (combined) transport. In Poland, there are favorable conditions for the intensive development of intermodal (combined) transport. The country’s location at the intersection of major European transport corridors and the growing transit traffic have become a powerful challenge as well as an opportunity for Poland. Poland should utilize these conditions as best as possible, especially in the context of the development of European Union transport policy directions, which support the development of intermodal (combined) transport and are ready to help in building systemic solutions as well as financing technical projects. This opportunity should be utilized as best as possible, as well as other actions and possibilities resulting from the fact that one of the fundamental goals of the European Union’s transport policy is sustainable transport development. In this aspect, intermodal transport is particularly promoted in EU transport policy in the context of individual transport corridors, which often constitute axes of EU economic development.
One of them is certainly the 3rd Pan-European Corridor, which connects Germany, Poland, and Ukraine, and whose value and significance are difficult to overestimate today, even in the context of revitalization (…)
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Source: Logistyka Magazine 5/2011