EC meets economic challenges by launching an action plan for the steel sector
36 years after the last action plan for the steel market (Davignon plan in 1977), EU launched in June 2013 […]
July 2013
Parliament approves EU draft budget for 2014-2020
On 3 July 2013, the European Parliament approved the EU multi-annual draft budget for 2014-2020, after obtaining the key priorities […]
Eurasia, a dynamic platform for railway business
The European Union leads a true guerrilla campaign to build a single railway transport market, especially in the freight sector, […]
European Union ratifies Transport Protocol within the Alpine Convention
The Alpine Convention is a framework agreement for the protection and sustainable development of the Alpine region designed to preserve […]
South-East Gateway programme, still in negotiations
South-East Europe programme (SEE) aims at developing strategic importance partnerships, supporting territorial, economic and social integration and helping increase the […]
Better prepared to face climate change
“Even if all greenhouse-gas emissions were to stop today, we would still see major changes in the climate. We therefore […]
The historical Silk Road… reinvented on railways
Kazakhstan wants to become a railway freight transport hub to facilitate the connection between China and Europe, hoping that the […]
Urban logistics can be redefined
The 2011 White Paper on Transport talks about a strategy for near- ‘zero-emission urban logistics’ by 2030. To achieve this, […]
European rail freight transport still needs firm development strategies
The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) published an extremely useful report providing a detailed perspective on the […]
Need for a new approach on intermodal transport
The freight transport in the EU is mostly performed by trucks (47.3%), followed by seagoing ships (37.8%), by trains (11.2%) […]