Topic: European Union

Interview ‘Romania is about to reap the benefits of infrastructure works and EU financing’

Romania joined the EU in 2007. The accession meant increased availability of European funding for infrastructure projects. What started as a “steep and bumpy road”…
Asia-Europe EU: ‘TRIPP could be 25% faster than BTK’ and help secure raw materials

The TRIPP corridor through southern Armenia could prove to be a faster alternative to the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway (BTK). That follows from an EU report on…
ROAD FREIGHT KEEPS GROWING Swiss cross-border rail freight dropped by 30% in the last 30 years

Switzerland is considered by many the leading example when it comes to European rail freight. Yet, data shows that even here the sector has been…
1435-millimetre gauge Ukraine completes Chop – Uzhhorod railway

Ukraine has finalised the construction of the Chop – Uzhhorod railway in the west of the country. The line provides a direct link to Hungary…
CER Position Paper ‘Improve cooperation with non-EU countries to boost port-rail flows’

The European Union needs to bolster its cooperation with non-Member States to improve rail freight flows. That is one of the appeals by the Community…
Import Control System 2 The EU’s mandated ICS2 to go live for rail carriers next week

The EU’s Import Control System 2 (ICS2) is soon becoming available (and required) for the rail sector. Rail importers in the EU, Norway, Switzerland and…
rail funding shake-up The death of CEF? EU ‘threatening to terminate’ dedicated multi-billion euro transport fund

The European Commission could terminate the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the EU’s multi-billion-euro transport fund, sources with knowledge of the plans have exclusively confirmed to…
no to single national plans Dozens of organisations urge the EU to change course on transport budget

A group of 45 transport stakeholders wrote a letter to the Ministers of the General Affairs Council and the Ministers of the Economic and Financial…
Money for rail EU nations risk losing ‘billions’ in rail funds if they fail to act before 2026 deadline, UNIFE warns

UNIFE has issued a stark warning that EU member states could be leaving billions of euros in rail funding on the table if they do…
Customs procedures The EU’s ICS2: Soon also required for rail

After aviation, maritime shipping and inland shipping, road and rail will soon also be subject to the EU’s Import Control System 2 (ICS2) requirements. This…
Policy appeal UIRR puts policy vision on the table for Combined Transport

The new year is off to a blasting start, at least if you’re wondering about what rail freight parties want to achieve in the near…
integration on EU railways EU allocates 32 million euros for infrastructure upgrades in Moldova

The European Union (EU) assigned a tender for 32 million euros for the upgrade of the so-called North-South corridor in Moldova. The tender was won…