News / Intermodal traffic now the only route to growth for Europe's rail freight operators

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European rail freight operators must target intermodal operations if they wish to grow in a challenging, and often hostile, operating environment, according to speakers at Intermodal Europe 2016, in Rotterdam.

Libor Lochman, executive director of rail association Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER), said rail freight had lost out significantly to road over the last two decades, and now accounts for just 17.5% of cargo carried overland.

“In the immediate future, rail freight operators should concentrate on intermodal shipments,” he ...