Logistics
The Fecc Logistics Committee monitors the developments in EU and international legislation concerning the safe transport and handling of chemicals as well as related security issues.
The Committee works directly with relevant industry groups dealing with similar issues, such as Cefic, IRU (International Road Transport Union), and ECTA (European Chemical Transport Association), as well as through INDA (Alliance of European Industry Sectors Involved in the safe transport of dangerous goods).
Some of the issues being handled/examined by the Logistics Committee are: The ADR-/ RID-/ IMDG-Restructuring and harmonization, and other aspects of the carriage of dangerous goods, security issues in the transport of dangerous goods, digitalization of the supply chain, and accident statistics.
Site (Un)loading Information Document (SULID) – 2019
A uniform site (un)loading document (SULID) has been developed by a joint Cefic-ECTA-FETSA-Fecc Working Group in order to facilitate the exchange of technical and safety data between (un)loading sites and carriers/drivers in a more structured and harmonised way.
A separate SULID has been developed for three different types of (un)loading sites depending on the nature of the products to be handled:
Guidance on how to use the Site (Un)loading Information Document SULID
Fecc encourages all (un)loading sites to use these documents.
More information can be found at: www.cefic.org
COVID-19: Implications for Transport & Logistics
- Upgrading the transport Green Lanes to keep the economy going during the COVID-19 pandemic resurgence (October 2020)
- ESC-CLECAT Recommendations to Support Health and Safety in Road Freight Transport in the Wake of COVID-19AT LOADING AND UNLOADING SITES
- Update COVID-19 measures on transport & logistics in Europe (ESC)
- Supply Chains COVID-19: Supply Chains in the Time of Corona, by Sophie Punte, Executive Director, Smart Freight Centre
- IRU Covid-19 Information Hub
- COVID-19 Supplychain Dive- Disruption
- COVID-19 Supplychain visibility (April 2020)
- COVID-19 Road Freight Market (April 2020)
- ESC Europe COVID-19 Measures
- Truck drivers: Open Service Points (France)
- Best practices for reducing COVID-19 risk in logistics (March 2020)
- Port of Antwerp_Coronavirus Update April 2020
- European Commission Guidance on Customs issues related to the COVID-19 emergency
- COVID-19: Implications for European logistics (March 2020)
- Green Lanes for Freight at EU Borders
- ECTA COVID-19 Statement (recommendations)
- Border Crossings Observatory UNECE – COVID-19
- European Commission – Coronavirus response: Transport measures
- Logistics: Derogation to Multilateral Agreements
- Important derogations for Multilateral Agreements concerning driver training certificates and inspections of tanks now signed by almost all European countries:
M324 under section 1.5.1 of ADR concerning driver training certificates in accordance with 8.2.2.8.2 of ADR and safety adviser certificates in accordance with 1.8.3.7 of ADR
M325 – Periodic or intermediate inspections of tanks in accordance with 6.8.2.4.2, 6.8.2.4.3, 6.8.3.4.6, 6.8.3.4.12, 6.9.5.2 and 6.10.4 of ADR, and certificate of approval for vehicles in accordance with 9.1.3.4 of ADROverview in different languages here: Multilateral Agreements.
- Important derogations for Multilateral Agreements concerning driver training certificates and inspections of tanks now signed by almost all European countries:
Guidelines
- European Commission (DG MOVE): Transport cybersecurity toolkit
- European Commission (DG MOVE): Recommended practices to enhance cybersecurity in transport organisations (poster)
Guidelines and Recommendations
- Guidance on railcar couplings for the transport of butadiene by the Butadiene Railcar Coupling Taskforce of the Lower Olefins Cefic Sector Group (LOSG)
- Cefic/ECTA Recommendations to tackle the impact of driver shortage in the European chemical transport
- NCEC-Cefic Guidelines Emergency Response
- ECTA New Best Practice Guideline on Transport visibility within Bulk Chemicals (March 2020)
- Report European Commission on Council Directive 95/50/EC February 2020 uniform procedures for checks on the transport of dangerous goods by road (COM(2020) 69 final) and Annexes
- BACD- Guideline for Couplings Used During (Un) Loading Of Bulk Chemicals
- Fecc – Cefic – ECTA Best Practice Guidelines for the Safe Working at Height in the Chemical Logistics Supply Chain
- Best Practice Guideline for the Safe (Un)Loading of Freight Road Vehicles
- IMO/ILO/UNECE Code of Practice for packaging of Cargo Transport Units (CTU Code)
- UNECE Model Regulations – GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODEL REGULATIONS ON THE TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODS – Sixth version (2020)
Driver Shortage in Chemical Logistics
European Transport Network
- European Commission – Trans-European Transport Network
- Interactive Map Trans-European Transport Network
Other
For more information on this committee, please contact the Fecc Logistics Manager, Gerhard Ahlbrecht, at gah@fecc.org or +32 2 679 02 64