STANDARD EU INSURANCE CONTRACT
A panel of experts - 13 of whom come from the EU member states - was nominated to establish the principles of European legislation for the insurance contract law (PEICL). The panel includes no Romanian expert, so the event in Bucharest was rather intended to render the European experts familiar...
AIRLINES TO ENTER CARBON TRADING SCHEME
Therefore, all flights landing or taking off from EU airports will have to buy CO2 allowances under the bloc’s cap-and-trade system under the new directive. Trading officially begins in 2012. The directive aims to cap greenhouse gas emissions from the aviation sector to 3% below the 2004-2006 levels in 2012,...
INVESTMENT IN TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, ONE OF THE BEST ANTI-CRISIS MEASURES (II)
Professor Pencea thinks that pumping money in the economies is less efficient without a well-thought priorities list. He continues by stating that Romania badly needs more investments in transport infrastructure. This would not only help keeping jobs in the construction industry, which was badly hit by the credit crunch, but...
CLEAN FUEL FOR CLEAN SHIPS
The EU expects its Member States to ensure that gas oils and other liquid fuels used in inland waterway vessels and recreational craft will not exceed maximum permissible sulphur content of 10 mg/kg. Clean fuel will enable a smooth switch to new-generation and energy-efficient engines, which will save even more...
Albin Budinsky, CEO DB Schenker Romtrans: WE WILL FOCUS ONDOMESTIC GROUPAGE SERVICES
RBT: Which are the top priorities of DB Schenker Romtrans? Albin Budinsky: Taking over Romtrans helped Schenker to become the Romanian market leader in freight forwarding quicker than it would have been if we had developed a network by ourselves. The first goal is to unite Schenker’s Romanian branch and...
MEPS ARE IN FAVOUR OF CHARGEABLE EXTERNAL COSTS
The main political groups reached a consensus on what to tax and what not to tax: the ”chargeable external costs“ will include air and noise pollution and congestion, except for greenhouse gas emissions. The Eurovignette calculation method means that the overall extra cost for road users would only rise by...
RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE REMAINS A CINDERELLA OF TRANSPORTS
The Parliament sanctioned this way a five to one score for roads vs. railways: as stated by AIF, the allocation for the development and modernisation of the road infrastructure is five times higher (6 billion Lei) than the budget allocation for the railway sector (1,2 billion Lei). The Railway Industry...
Impuls pentru prioritizarea transportului feroviar de marfa
Potrivit Executivului UE, este nevoie de o noua abordare a gestionarii infrastructurii feroviare, intrucat transportul de marfa nu se poate dezvolta daca operatorilor nu le sunt oferite anumite conditii. Pornind de la acest principiu, proiectul noii reglementari are trei obiective majore: consolidarea cooperarii intre companiile nationale care administreaza infrastructura feroviara,...
CLECAT invita operatorii feroviari la parteneriate
Acest mesaj a fost transmis operatorilor feroviari de catre European Association of Logistics Providers, Freight Forwarders & Customs Agents (CLECAT). „In prezent, calea ferata este utilizata pentru mai putin de 10% din totalul serviciilor membrilor CLECAT, dar exista intentia de a creste acest procent. Credem ca nu exista o competitie...
Viitorul biocombustibililor pentru aviatie se cultiva in apa
O alternativa ideala Boeingul implicat in experimentul din SUA a decolat de pe aeroportul Bush Intercontinental din Houston si a survolat Golful Mexic la o altitudine de 11.600 de metri. Pilotii au efectuat cu succes o serie de manevre de urgenta, inclusiv oprirea si repornirea unui motor in zbor. „Aeronava...
