Independent journal on economy and transport policy
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Last year the enlivened volumes of intermodal transport from the Kombiverkehr have grown of +0.7%
the national traffic is increased of +0.6% and that international one of +0.8%
February 6, 2017
In the 2016 Kombiverkehr German has enlivened on track an intermodal traffic pairs to 985.424 street shipments (for a volume pairs to 19,7 million container teu), with an increment of +0.7% regarding 978.095 shipments (1,96 million teu) in the year precedence.
Last year the volume of national traffic has been pairs to 202.927 street shipments (+0.6%), while the international traffic has been attested to 782.498 street shipments (+0.8%).
"Even if in last the twelve months the intermodal transport has had to be confronted with the low levels of the costs of the diesel oil, with international strikes and with the been extended closing of the national and international terminal of Ludwigshafen - it has emphasized the managing director of Kombiverkehr, Armin Riedl - it has turned out however obvious that a sustainable increase of the national and international traffic is still possible. The harmonization of the legislation in all the EU and the existing measures of support let alone fair conditions of competition between the modalities of transport on road and track - it has found Riedl - would have ulteriorly to increase the demand for transport arranged from the today's customers but also of those potential ones and to not only promote the passage to the railroad that is environment-friendly".
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