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EEC analysis of combined transport • Combined road/rail transport within
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the Common Market is growing rapidly, with developments in the international field outstripping the progress being made in national markets, according to a new report from the European Commission.
In the commission's first analysis of combined transport since the market was created, the report shows that between 1980 and 1985, gross tonnages carried 'piggyback' on international EEC routes jumped from about 2.3 million to almost six million.
The report also reveals that the 157% growth in combined transport in international haulage over the five-year period has leapt ahead of the growth in tonnage carried in the market as a whole, which has gone up by just 18%.
An analysis of the various piggyback techniques also shows that in both national and international transport, swap body and drawbar traffic is growing faster than the traffic carried by semi-trailers.
Despite the progress in demountable traffic, there are still problems in this area, however. The report notes difficulties caused by the various types of swap bodies in use, many of which are not interchangeable.
Studies have been made by institutes in France and Germany and on the basis of their results the EEC has drafted a proposal to harmonise the specifications for demount bodies. The dossier has now been handed to the European Committee for Standardisation, which has been instructed to draw up detailed technical specifications for a European standard for demount bodywork.