Brussels, 27/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 28 June, the European Commission is due to adopt a communication on the intermodal transport of goods. Given the predicted growth in world demand for transport - especially freight transport - over the coming decades, the Commission considers it is essential for the European carriage of goods to be made more effective. To achieve this, there is a tool, logistics, which has become the Commission's watchword and which is also one of the priorities of the future Finnish Presidency. By making the best use of the various modes of transport (air, overland, maritime), logistic services allow the efficiency of these different modes to be heightened and allow them to be combined to achieve, for example, the carriage of goods with fewer transport units. All modes of transport are to be part of the intermodal system - overland, air, maritime - according to a cost-efficiency-sustainability ratio. The Commission's communication should thus propose a series of actions mainly when it comes to identifying bottlenecks, supporting the development and use of information and communication technology (ICT), personnel training, and service quality. Its communication, and the following process for consulting all parties concerned, is expected to result in a logistical action plan for goods transport in 2007.