Exchange freeze European pallet pool not a tragedy for logistics chain

European organisation EPAL concluded the agreement in October 2014 with Austrian rail operator Rail Cargo Austria, which operates the pallet pool system on behalf of UIC. Now EPAL is cancelling exchange agreement because it cannot guarantee the quality of UIC/EUR pallets and thus the safety of users, goods and logistics processes. According to the pool manager, the UIC system has a number of gaps and insufficient attention is paid to the quality and importation into the EU of counterfeit pallets from Ukraine, among others. In December 2016, another consignment of thousands of counterfeit UIC/EUR pallets from Ukraine was intercepted in Belgium.