Tag: Freight transport
Japan: A History of Time and Food
Hard work and selflessness are traditionally the pillars of Japanese business. The country is now introducing more family-friendly working hours, at least for long-distance drivers. But it is complicated to…
Fewer goods transported by inland waterway vessels
As of: March 25, 2024 10:25 a.m The decline of German inland shipping continued last year. Last year, ships transported fewer goods than ever since reunification. The transport volume on…
BDI boss doubts the traffic light target for more freight transport by rail
As of: December 25, 2023 10:54 a.m The traffic light has had bad experiences with targets so far: the housing construction target has been missed, things are not looking good…
Longest railway tunnel in the world: new railway project controversial
Status: 08/14/2023 08:14 a.m Deutsche Bahn is planning to build a new route between Munich and Kufstein. But there has been resistance for a long time. Not only the costs…
Desperate drivers: the silent uprising of the truckers in Gräfenhausen
MMore than 140 blue trucks are parked on the left and right of the autobahn, 40 of them at the Gräfenhausen Ost service area. Your drivers are mostly Uzbeks and…
Bahn wants to make freight traffic better – also with tax money – economy
A play on words that is intended to create a spirit of optimism can sometimes seem funny. “Others are good, we are good,” the freight division of Deutsche Bahn (DB)…
Freight traffic: the railway wants more money from the state – economy
The federal government is to pay the railway subsidiary DB Cargo 300 million euros a year so that numerous companies are still connected to the rail network. Up to 2000…
Transport in Switzerland: Autonomous subway for freight transport – economy
Of Isabel Pfaff, Berne The word density stress is a Swiss invention, and with good reason. If you look closely, there isn’t that much space for the almost nine million…
Bavaria: Block processing at the Tyrolean border will continue in 2023 – Bavaria
Regardless of all the protests and threats of lawsuits from Bavaria, the Tyrolean state government has already set numerous more days for truck block handling on the Inntal autobahn. According…
Traffic jams on the rails: How train operators try to avoid chaos – Auto & Mobil
Heavy delays, train cancellations again and again – things are not going smoothly in the German rail network. It was not until the end of May that Richard Lutz, head…