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The Republic of Slovenia
The Republic of Slovenia as an accession country is obliged to approximate its legislation also in the field of Transport to the European legislation. Taking into consideration Council Directive 92/106/EEC and Regulation (EC) 2196/98 The Government of the Republic of Slovenia issued Decree on Combined Transport in January 2001.
It lays down:
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the distance of pre-carriage and on-carriage in road networks (in article 3),
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the implementation of pre-carriage and on-carriage (in article 4),
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the total permissible weight of vehicles in pre-carriage and on-carriage (article 5),
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exemption from road fees for foreign vehicles (article 6),
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exemptions to traffic restrictions for freight vehicles – restrictions during the weekends and holidays (article 7),
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the documents that a haulier must possess for the implementation of pre-carriage and on-carriage (article 8),
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and the compulsory statistical data which combined transport operators must collect for the purposes of reports prepared for the Council of the EC by the European
Commission (article 9).
Another Decree which came into force at the end of year 2000 lays down possibilities for governmental support to combined transport in form of financial support for researches and investments into equipment and terminals for combined transport. The Republic of Slovenia is a signatory of AGC and AGTC.
To support and promote the CT the Republic of Slovenia signed bilateral agreements listed below:
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Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of the Republic of Hungary on International Rail, Road and Waterway Combined Transport (signed in 1996),
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Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of the Republic of Croatia on the International Combined Transport (signed 1997),
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Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of the Slovak Republic on co-operation on Combined Transport (signed 1999) and
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Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria on co-operation in combined transport (signed 2001)
The role of railways in the promotion of Combined Transport
The share of combined transport in freight railway transport has been constantly increasing in recent years. In the year 2000 its share was almost 11 %.
Freight transport figures 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 in 2000
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Freight transport |
| Year |
Total(million t) |
Domestic % |
International % |
Share of
Port transit |
Share of
Combined Transport |
| (million t) |
% |
(million t) |
% |
| 1996 |
13,14 |
13,7 |
86,3 |
2,78 |
21,2 |
1,12 |
8,5 |
| 1997 |
14,34 |
11,1 |
88,9 |
3,45 |
24,1 |
1,27 |
8,9 |
| 1998 |
14,38 |
10,9 |
89,1 |
3,90 |
27,1 |
1,34 |
9,3 |
| 1999 |
14,20 |
12,2 |
87,8 |
4,01 |
28,2 |
1,45 |
10,2 |
| 2000 |
15,04 |
13,3 |
86,7 |
3,93 |
26,13 |
1,64 |
10,9 |
Source: Slovene Railways company statistics
The role of railways in the promotion of combined transport is expressed mainly through introducing of new forms of services. It means improving the quality of services to fit customers the best and giving them the logistic support (door to door service).
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Such example is the train called Komar, which was introduced in the year 1999 by Slovenian railways company in co-operation with national operator Adria Kombi. The train connects daily the port of Koper with the railway terminals in Slovenia from where railway hauliers deliver cargo to the recipient.
Another example is introduction of block trains, which enable shorter transit time, such as:
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block trains from port of Koper to Budapest which are running in co-operation with the transport operator Intercontainer-Interfrigo (time A/B)
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block trains for transport of swap bodies from Ljubljana to Paris La Chapelle used by Slovenian motor car industry (Revoz) (time of transport A/C).
In the future Slovenian railways intend to play more active role in the market of combined transport, particularly with the introduction of some new services. For example:
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