Press releases

Yesterday CLECAT launched its Supply-Chain Security Compliance Handbook. The aim of this handbook is to provide freight forwarding companies with a practical guide, to show them which security initiatives they have to be aware of, which of them are mandatory, if they want to legally conduct their business, and to show where they can get further information on how to comply with security rules. CLECAT's Supply-Chain Security Compliance Handbook

CLECAT issues a press release on the publication of its Best Practice Guide (V.1.0) CLECAT Publishes Release 1.0 of Logistics Best Practice Guide The CLECAT Best Practice Guide is now available for download here: CLECAT BEST PRACTICE GUIDE

CLECAT issues a press release on the Communication of the Commission on "A sustainable future for transport: Toward an integrated, technology-led and user friendly system" CLECAT Press Release

CLECAT has today given a presentation during a workshop on the European Modular System (EMS), organized by the European Commission (DG TREN). You can find the presentation, as well as the Joint industry position paper on the EMS, below for your information. CLECAT Presentation on the EMS Joint Industry position paper on the EMS              For further information on the EMS, please see also http://www.modularsystem.eu/

  At the recent 2009 International Transport Forum held in Leipzig, Germany, the winner of the prize for “Innovation in Transport and Logistics along the Global Supply Chain” was awarded. The prize was commissioned jointly by CLECAT, FIATA and the ITF. The aim of the project was to recognise innovative logistics initiatives to meet the challenge of supplying efficient and sustainable logistics solutions across the global supply chain, particularly in the current economic context.   The winner of the award was Baxter International Inc. The Belgian-based European distribution centre for Baxter International, a global healthcare company, launched an innovative initiative called Transportation of healthcare products by inland navigation in 2007. This initiative was designed to improve speed and reliability, lower transport costs and emissions, and improve overall efficiency of the Baxter distribution centre’s supply chain in the Benelux region.   Through this initiative, Baxter shifted all of its incoming containers from the deep-sea ports of Antwerp-Rotterdam and Zeebrugge away from trucks and onto inland navigation barges. With this container traffic now entirely on the inland waterways, Baxter has decreased its transport costs by 23 percent, while maintaining efficiency through increased reliability – a clear preference for consistently on-time deliveries over speed – virtually no congestion costs, and huge reductions in CO2 emissions.     Website: www.baxter.be/en/about_baxter/sub/distribution.html www.baxter.com              Photo Marco Urban, OECD/ITF The award was presented by (Back row left to right)   Mr Binali Yildirim (President of the ITF, Minister of Transport, Turkey)   Mr Wolfgang Tiefensee (Minister of Transport, Germany)   Mr Etienne Schouppe (Secretary of State for Transport, Belgium)   Mr Jean-Claude Delen (Senior Vice-President of FIATA)   Mr Jack Short (Secretary General of ITF)   Mr Heiner Rogge (Secretary General of CLECAT)   Mr Ray La Hood (Secretary of Transportation, USA)   Mr Ron Widdows (CEO, Neptune Orient Lines)     And the award was accepted by Mr Menedeme and Mr Scollaerts on behalf of Baxter International Inc.     The jury also awarded a special mention to APL Logistics, a unit of Neptune Orient Lines Ltd, for the achievements obtained in their innovative service from the Far East to North America. The service was designed to create an ocean-based alternative to air freight for shippers from Asia to North America of less-than-container-load (or LCL) cargo. It offers a faster LCL service with day-definite delivery guarantee not offered before to shippers in this geographic zone.  

CLECAT, together with the ESC,CER, ERFA, F&L, IBS, New Opera and UIP, issues a joint press release, urging the Transport Council to increase their efforts on liberalizing the rail freight sector. CLECAT Joint Press Release

CLECAT and the European Shippers' Council (ESC) issue a joint press release on the European rail freight network Plenary vote at the European Parliament CLECAT-ESC joint press release

CLECAT, ECSA, ESPO, and ESC issue a joint press release on the joining of ECSA and ESPO to the joint industry position paper on a European rail network for competitive freight CLECAT, ECSA, ESPO & ESC joint press release

CLECAT and ESC issue a joint press release on the results of the European Parliament's plenary vote on Eurovignette III CLECAT and ESC press release

Press release announcing the Joint CLECAT-FIATA-ITF prize to be awardered at the ITF Conference in May Press release for CLECAT-FIATA-ETF Prize