At its 67th General Assembly (GA), UIP elected its Board for the next three years’ term. Amsterdam, May 17th, 2017 – Dr. Heiko Fischer, CEO of VTG will continue to act as President and Johannes Mansbart, CEO of GATX Rail Europe and Per-Anders Benthin, CEO of TRANSWAGGON as Vice-Presidents. Two new members, Mr. Adam […]
On June 16, UIP and its Italian member association Assoferr brought together high level representatives of freight Wagon Keepers, industry and governments to discuss possible ways for achieving higher economic performance in rail freight. The performance of rail freight transport is reaching 18.2% of the modal share according to the EU Statistical Pocketbook 2015 but […]
Economic Evaluation and Rail statistics need reliable data Rail traffic volumes: In 2016, EU freight traffic volumes reached 419 billion tonne kilometres out of 2.5 trillion of land transport overall. European transport policies require impact assessments or regular monitoring of implementation and performance. For this there is a strong need for data on rail transport, […]
