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The Worldwide Market for Rail Freight Transport and its Operators With the Multi Client Study - The Worldwide Market for Rail Freight Transport and its Operators-, SCI Verkehr GmbH is responding to the current high demand for information on the present situation in the market for rail freight transport and its operators. In particular, the study takes into account the current economic crisis and its effects on the worldwide rail freight transport market, because the transport markets around the world are reacting to the drop in economic power. Operators are struggling with falling turnovers and rising costs of procuring capital in an increasingly complex competitive environment. The first operators have already taken rolling stock out of operation as a reaction to lack of orders. This is affecting Europe and North America especially. In regions like Asia, on the other hand, upgrade projects are sustaining the railways as an important mode of transport, particularly for raw materials. In the long term, globally increasing trade volumes and intensive investments in infrastructure in many regions will contribute to sustainable growth in rail freight transport. In concrete terms, the market study
The market study is based on a number of sources of information from the press and discussions with experts which are continuously analysed, validated and entered into the SCI Database. |
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