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KVF‑N strengthens rail freight transport with more competition and transparency

KVF‑N strengthens rail freight transport with more competition and transparency

The Natio­nal Council’s Preli­mi­na­ry Con­sul­ta­ti­on Com­mit­tee (KVF‑N) is pro­po­sing that the Coun­cil appro­ve the cre­dits for the intro­duc­tion of digi­tal auto­ma­tic cou­pling (DAK) and the tem­po­ra­ry com­pen­sa­ti­on for sin­gle wagon­load trans­port...
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«I consider the asymmetry of benefits and implementation costs to be the biggest sticking point of the DAK»

«I consider the asymmetry of benefits and implementation costs to be the biggest sticking point of the DAK»

The JOSEF MEYER Rail (JMR) Group spe­cia­li­ses in the main­ten­an­ce and repair of freight wagons and has loca­ti­ons in Switz­er­land and abroad. In an inter­view with the VAP, Dr Domi­nik Suter, owner and Chair­man of the Board of Direc­tors, and Ulrich Walt, Group...
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Autumn session 2024: transport policy on the agenda

Autumn session 2024: transport policy on the agenda

In the autumn ses­si­on from 9 to 27 Sep­tem­ber 2024, Par­lia­ment dis­cus­sed various trans­port poli­cy issues. Par­ti­cu­lar atten­ti­on was paid to the revi­si­on of the Freight Trans­port Act (GüTG). This bill stands in stark con­trast to SBB Cargo’s de facto...
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Total revision of the GüTG: The mood in the industry threatens to tip over

Total revision of the GüTG: The mood in the industry threatens to tip over

The Com­mit­tee for Trans­port and Tele­com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons of the Coun­cil of Sta­tes (KVF‑S) has con­cluded its deli­be­ra­ti­ons on the total revi­si­on of the Goods Trans­port Act (GüTG). Like the Fede­ral Coun­cil, it wants to impro­ve the frame­work...
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Now or never: groundbreaking debate on Swiss rail freight transport

Now or never: groundbreaking debate on Swiss rail freight transport

In the spring, the Coun­cil of Sta­tes’ Com­mit­tee for Trans­port and Tele­com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons (KVF‑S) took up the total revi­si­on of the Goods Trans­port Act (GüTG) and trig­ge­red ground-brea­king dis­cus­sions on Swiss dome­stic goods trans­port in Par­lia­ment....
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Data ecosystems: Industry round table with Federal Councillor Rösti

Data ecosystems: Industry round table with Federal Councillor Rösti

On 24 June 2024, Fede­ral Coun­cil­lor Albert Rösti brought tog­e­ther repre­sen­ta­ti­ves from the public sec­tor and the logi­stics indus­try at a round table to dis­cuss the importance of a natio­nal data infra­struc­tu­re for the exch­an­ge of infor­ma­ti­on. We...
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