New Russian strategy: high-speed rail links with Ukraine and Belarus
One of Russia’s priority transport projects includes the construction and extension of high-speed rail links for passenger transport at both […]
New Russian strategy: high-speed rail links with Ukraine and Belarus
European Energy Community: A single market based on “three pillars”
The European Union has to speed up the implementation of the joint regulations in the energy sector. The energy policy […]
Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan formed the Customs Union
From left, Alexander Lukashenko, president of Belarus, Nursultan Nazarbayev, president of Kazakhstan, and Dmitry Medvedev, president of Russia. In 2009, […]
Relocation of the Port of Riga, a model of EU-Russian cooperation
Riga Municipal Council decided to relocate the facilities from the centre of the city to the island near Krievu Sala, […]
High-speed, an objective too important to be approached alone
Large manufacturers have unveiled their new high-speed platforms. The new designs have been created to reach speeds of over 350 […]
Speed, no longer crucial for High Speed platforms
New high-speed platforms display stunning speeds, the speed indicator going as far as 400 km/h. But on a market where […]
France develops massive infrastructure programme without revealing financing sources
France’s national program for the transport infrastructure (SNIT), presented in July 2010, stipulates EUR 170 Billion worth of investments over […]
Treaty of Lisbon, Transport & Energy
These are the priorities announced by the Belgian Presidency of the European Union held during July-December 2010. Belgium has presented […]
CIM/SMGS consignment note simplifies cross-border procedures
The CIM/SMGS consignment note has been elaborated as part of a joint project of the International Rail Transport Committee (CIT) […]
More cars for intermodal transports
The economic downturn has severely affected the international automotive industry and has generated, among others, two phenomena: on the one […]