What takes precedence: price, politics or persistent supply chains? The skeptical observant might say that price always rules. Yet, despite hardening competition from cheaper alternatives,…
The specialist constabulary, British Transport Police, is facing an £8.5 million (10 million euros) funding shortfall for 2025–26. Management stands accused of forcing through cuts…
The merger of Union Pacific (UP) and Norfolk Southern (NS), two of the largest rail freight companies in the US, continues to stir controversy. Shippers…
The construction of a new Turin-Lyon railway has often been considered as a cornerstone of the European shift towards more sustainable mobility, both for freight…
“The state of the private locomotive fleet in Russia is approaching an emergency.” That is how a representative of the Russia-based ROLLINGSTOCK Agency characterises the…
Shipping lines are placing orders like never before. Transportation capacity at sea will almost certainly grow to new heights. That poses major risks for the…
The Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Croatia and Portugal. These are the only European countries where the modal share of rail freight has increased between 2005…