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An important economic sector with a significant impact on the environment and society.
Combined Transport market will have grown by nearly 150 per cent between 2009 and 2029. This very positive insight is part of the Report of Combined Transport, that took place on 29 October. The International Union of Railways, known as UIC and the International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport, or else UIRR, have been working closely together for years. During their 2020 report, both of them manifested their firm belief that combined transportation will stand up to the circumstances and be the driver towards the 30by2030 objectives for the rail sector.
Sandra Gehenot, UIC Freight Director, identified the European land freight transport market as “an important economic sector with a significant impact on the environment and society”. Moreover, she underlined the importance of working together as a sector, mentioning that this is “the only way to drive the modal shift towards sustainable transport solutions, and rail is a key tool for this”.
Specifically, for this goal to be realised, the sector needs to work consistently with a focus on three main pillars: firstly, the formation of a political component requiring a level playing field. Secondly, the strong cooperation with Infrastructure Managers to provide the right level and quality of infrastructure. Finally, railway undertakings also need to improve their product and develop multimodal solutions.
Report Insights
The 2020 Report on Combined transport provided updated market data and analyses for the past two years, as well as insights on new components which included the pandemic crisis and estimations concerning the 2030 and 2050 objectives.
In detail, and according to Eurostat data, “intermodal rail transport in Europe continues to develop more positively than rail freight transport in general”, mentioned Mathias Lahrmann, Managing Director of BSL Transportation Consultants. Another interesting point of the report concerns the shares of rail and road freight transport between 2009 and 2018. It seems that the shares of rail freight and particularly combined transport have significantly increased. In contrast, road freight shares are presenting a decline. Read more
Source: RAILFREIGHT.COM
