Railway Europe
Exploration and trade opportunities brought by the sea cannot be compared to any other benefits of land. The great trade and political empires of the world have evolved and fallen in close relation with the sea and their capacity to tame it. The golden link in the European consumption chain is strictly related to the [...]
The development of the logistics segment influences the future of railway transport and, for this, operators should have proper vehicles and benefit from a favourable legislative framework. Also, the set up of a competitive environment that will trigger the development of combined transport is also influenced by the management skills of company managers in the [...]
All seaports must be connected to rail freight networksSmart, sustainable and fully interconnected transport networks are a necessary condition for the completion of the European single market. Moreover, investments in key infrastructures with strong EU added value can boost Europe’s competitiveness in a difficult economic context, marked by slow growth and tight public budgets. In October 2011, the European Commission has adopted a [...]
Kuwait has a small, relatively open economy, dominated by the oil industry and governmental sectors. The public sector plays an important role in Kuwait’s economy, governmental costs representing the economic engine, but also the main employer of the work force (20% of the total). Confirmed crude oil reserves amount to around 98 billion barrels, which [...]
Ports need modern technology solutions to gain the marketPort operations and capacity boost are a real challenge for operators and for developing the transport market. The improvement of the railway infrastructure is a key criterion and investment grants are necessary for every port that wants to impose in the market. Felix Kasiske, Partner HPC Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH, explains in an interview the [...]
Rail link between Europe and Asia is a big challenge
Interview with Hans-Georg Werner, Member of the Board of DB Schenker Rail responsible with the Eastern Region and CEO of DB Schenker Rail Polska The construction and development of a rail transport system between Europe and Asia have to face a series of challenges to which transport operators have to have a positive attitude to [...]
TRACECA countries expect foreign investors to develop projects
The objectives of TRACECA Programme are mainly consisting of the necessary levers for developing the corridor as alternative to the northern Transsiberian route, connecting TRACECA to TEN-T networks and supporting the economic independence of CIS countries and of the countries members of the Base Agreement on International Transport for the Development of Europe-Caucasus-Asia Corridor. At [...]
Bucharest has a new intermodal freight terminalMost finite products are shipped in containers, this type of transport representing the main means which facilitates intermodality therefore it is estimated that in the 21st century, intermodal transport, next to the technological improvements of the transhipment systems, becomes the “backbone” of international trade, being considered the most efficient means of managing the “door to [...]
Ploieşti, a new transit point between Western Europe and Middle EastOn November 29, Alinso Group launched the ALLIANSO TERMINAL, in Ploieşti, an independent intermodal railway terminal with Rail Cargo Austria as rail operator. The first phase of the project has attracted an investment of EUR 7 Million. The terminal has a surface of 19.5 square km, 1.13 km of railways and a total storage capacity [...]
China adopts the CIM/SMGS provisions
Within the project to make the CIM and SMGS consignment notes legally interoperable, the Committee for International Transport (CIT) and the Organisation for Railway Cooperation (OSJD) are accordingly working as fast as they can on the implementation of a comprehensive contractual framework to allow these new traffics to be moved simply in administrative terms but [...]
Leasing optimises competitiveness by implementing monitoring solutions
The daily management of operations and of the rolling stock fleet needs logistics knowledge and performing systems in order to provide a service using monitoring real-time technologies that improve the activity efficiency and planning. Since EU wants to accomplish a single railway market by opening national markets, and this determines the increase of the transport [...]
Middle East becomes aware of the importance of strategic position and fundamentally changes the transport system
Middle East gets more and more attention from the players in the transport and logistics sector worldwide, which determines the allocation of investments in infrastructure projects in order to constantly increase business opportunities in this area. According to the analysts’ estimates for 2012, the transport and logistics market in this region amounts to USD 27 [...]
