Marc Guigon
UIC, International Union of Railways
In February 2020, UIC set up a task force with a view to sharing and providing information on the crisis caused by the coronavirus (Covid-19) and its consequences for the rail transport sector.
Jens Hügel
IRU, International Road Transport Union
Commercial road transport operators have maintained services where possible during Covid-19, despite an often higher cost base, but they will likely not survive much longer without financial assistance.
Infrastructure Directorate
AMU, Arab Maghreb Union
The Maghreb countries reacted quickly to their first Covid-19 cases. The impact of the disease was limited and the AMU countries are now dealing with its economic and social consequences.
Andreu Ulied
MCRIT Multicriteria
A strong need has arised for a paradigm shift on transport planning and management, just because of emerging new technologies and life styles and values of new generations.
Pere Calvet
UITP
Although the crisis generated by Covid-19 had a major impact on public transport systems in Mediterranean countries, some measures were adopted to guarantee the mobility of essential front-line workers.
Ali Tounsi
ACI Africa, Airports Council International Africa
In addition to the catastrophic financial consequences of the COVID-19 on the air travel industry, airports and airlines have lost the confidence enjoyed by travellers before the crisis.
Malta Maritime Forum
The problems created by the Covid pandemic to the carriage and distribution of goods necessitated the introduction of short term measures to safeguard both the logistical cycle and the financial sustainability of the carriers.
CETMO and ACI Africa signed a memorandum of understanding to boost Maghreb airports, to improve the regional integration of transport in North Africa.
Read more about CETMO’s contribution to the webinar “Impacts of the COVID -19 pandemic on Ports and Maritime Transport in the Mediterranean”.
Reflections on Post-COVID Scenarios (RPCS) generates contributing knowledge to the definition of scenarios in the sectors of transport and logistics.