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Prix du transport routier : une culture à acquérir

Propos recueillis par Natalie Grange | Bulletin Transports Logistique |30/06/2009|
Vous travaillez pour un cabinet bien implanté en Allemagne et avez été vous-même en poste dans ce pays. Comment voyez-vous l’évolution de la profession de transporteur de l’autre côté du Rhin ?
Franck Brault : J’ai constaté une mentalité très différente par rapport au marché. Les transporteurs [...]

South-east TGV route is picked

June 30, 2009
THE ROUTE of a new high-speed rail link across the South-east will pass through Marseilles and Toulon on its way to Nice. The route will make it possible to reach Paris from Nice in 3hrs 50mins compared to 5hrs 25mins at present. The government has made a decision on the planned South-east TGV [...]

Écotaxe poids lourds : où est passée “l’iso-fiscalité” ?

Par A. Madjarian & L. Guarino | l’Officiel des transporteurs |30/06/2009|
L’écotaxe PL fait couler beaucoup d’encre. Suite à l’adoption de l’article 10 de la loi Grenelle 1, les organisations professionnelles sont unanimes à déplorer l’oubli de l’iso-fiscalité. Dès le départ, la FNTR a milité pour l’adoption d’un mécanisme législatif de répercussion automatique et intégrale de [...]

Highway, transit funds put in limbo – Immediate relief pitted against ‘vision’ for the 21st century

June 29, 2009
How long can we wait for a new federal transportation act?
As long as necessary to craft a good bill, says Brian Imus, director of the Illinois Public Interest Research Group.
“If we’re going to change dramatically the way we spend transportation dollars, let’s do it right,” said Imus. “From our perspective it doesn’t matter [...]

DHL opens new hub in Shanghai

Jun 30, 2009
DHL has opened its new DHL Eastern China Domestic Transportation Hub in Shanghai – part of a US$25 million investment to strengthen the company’s expertise in China’s domestic road transportation market.
Total revenue from China’s domestic road transportation industry increased by 66% between 1998 and 2007 to reach US$25 billion, and it is projected [...]

U.S. must boost gas tax, transportation expert says

More federal money needed for aging roads and bridges
By Michael Dresser – Baltimore Sun reporter – June 26, 2009
The executive director of an influential group representing top transportation officials from around the country told a Greater Baltimore Committee summit Thursday that it is time for the United States to “grow up” and increase the federal [...]

Commuters could use phone to pay for travel

By David Millward, Transport Editor – Published: 7:00AM BST 25 Jun 2009
Lord Adonis, Transport Secretary, has announced an inquiry into the technology which could overhaul how tickets are paid for and used. It could see mobile phones being used as a “swipe and go” card, working in a similar way to the Oyster system in [...]

SNCF to acquire 100% of Ermewa

Jun 29, 2009 – Logistics – Rail – Strategic Issues
After a steady program of expansion through acquisition, Ermewa has itself become an attractive acquisition target. Sharon Gill reports …
SNCF’s Transport & Logistics division has decided to increase its stake in Ermewa’s capital to 100%, thus boosting its portfolio and gaining a foothold in the gas [...]

Luc Nadal, l’homme orchestre du combiné

L’Officiel des transporteurs, 29/06/2009
Jugeant que le transport de marchandises n’est pas dans le périmètre du service public mais dans la sphère marchande (donc sur un marché concurrentiel !), Luc Nadal a toujours plaidé pour “filialiser le fret à l’intérieur de l’Épic SNCF”, comme le rappelle la CGT Cheminots.
Depuis février 2009, il est l’homme fort, l’architecte [...]

High-speed rail advocate thinks it’s about time

By CURT SLYDER - cslyder@jconline.com
In April, when President Barack Obama outlined his vision for a nationwide high-speed rail system, Indiana officials began licking their chops.
The governors of eight Midwestern states, including Indiana’s Mitch Daniels, wrote to federal transportation officials, seeking part of a planned $8 billion set aside to fund the creation of high-speed rail corridors.
Thom [...]

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