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Shippers call for clarity on 45-foot boxes

The European Shippers' Council (ESC), the European association of freight forwarders and logistics service providers (Clecat) and the European Intermodal Association (EIA) have urged the EU to amend its regulation on the intermodal transport of 45-foot containers. The associations are unhappy at the additional condition proposed by the Commission, in a proposed directive on cross-border transport, to limit the use of these containers to road legs of under 300km or as ... [+]