Would Warren Buffett buy in Europe?
It seems that the summer of 2010 brought extremely propitious circumstances for initiating the privatisation of European freight transport operators. […]
September 2010
New perspectives for Corridor E
In 2008, European transport ministers from the countries transited by Corridor E decided to accept its extension to Romania. The […]
NRMM-IIIB regulations threaten the diesel market
In July 2010, the European Union published the latest amendments to Directive 68/1997 on Non-Road Mobile Machinery. These measures had […]
CAB TecRec: A single driver desk configuration in the scope of EU rail
On 15 June 2010, UIC and UNIFE published the “Technical Recommendation on the Driver Machine Interfaces in the scope of […]
Autumn brings the new White Paper on Transport
In 2001, the European Commission launched the White Paper on Transport establishing the agenda of the European transport policy by […]
ERTMS implementation is mandatory
The European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS), created as a unitary command and control system, was designed to gradually replace […]
Europe divided between “yes” and “no” to mega-trucks
They are over 25 metres long and have up to 60 tonnes of weight, 2 tonnes more than a passenger […]
CREAM: Borderless West-East connection
In September 2010, at Innotrans, the CREAM project will be signed and the final conclusions will be presented, which would […]
Container transport surpasses bulk transport. But at what cost?
Container transport has shown the first signs of recovery following the economic downturn, which forced carriers to choose container transport […]
Extension of the TSIs’ scope creates a unified railway network and a more efficient transport activity
The Interoperability Directives (2001/16/EC on the Conventional Railway System and 96/48/EC on High-Speed Lines) require the harmonization of railway systems […]