{"id":111972,"date":"2024-08-21T20:13:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T10:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=55506"},"modified":"2024-08-21T20:13:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T10:13:20","slug":"lineas-presents-5-point-plan-for-private-rail-freight-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=111972","title":{"rendered":"Lineas presents 5-point plan for private rail freight operators"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lineas, one of the largest private rail freight operators in Europe, has published a memorandum with five \u201cactions\u201d to increase competition with state-owned entities. In the document, the Belgian company highlighted the various issues that the sector is facing, especially those players that enjoy less public financial support.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>\u201cState-owned competitors continue to benefit from important illegal state aid (…) and oriented public subsidies which hugely distort competition in the European market\u201d, the company said. Other than an imbalance between private and state-owned companies, Lineas stressed that the road sector also enjoys significant higher subsidies than rail freight, further complicating the situation.<\/p>\n

Action 1: better subsidy allocation<\/h2>\n

The first action proposed by Lineas specifically concerns state aid, as they are asking the Federal Government to make sure that illegal state aid is stopped. Moreover, the company claims that \u201ccountry-specific subsidies\u201d should not be focussed on state-owned entities, such as the ones for single wagonload in Germany<\/a>. Finally, the first action would include monitoring that the restructuring plans which some state-owned companies are undergoing are \u201cproportionate and efficient\u201d.<\/p>\n