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Strengthen modal shift and diversity of supply

Strengthen modal shift and diversity of supply

21.06.2021 | Competition in rail freight transport, PoliticsTags: , , , , , ,

by | Jun 21, 2021 | Competition in rail freight transport, Politics

A mar­ket-ori­en­ted varie­ty of ser­vices and the role of rail freight in modal shift are up for deba­te. After SBB Cargo announ­ced a fur­ther savings pro­gram­me, Charles Juil­lard, mem­ber of the Coun­cil of Sta­tes, and the Com­mis­si­on for Trans­port and...
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Electricity shortage: take precautions and develop scenarios

Electricity shortage: take precautions and develop scenarios

13.07.2022 | Freight Transport Industry, SustainabilityTags: , ,

by | Jul 13, 2022 | Freight Transport Industry, Sustainability

Energy transition, geopolitical crises, supply shortages – these and other factors could lead to an electricity shortage. The large consumers are called upon to develop scenarios for a quota system. We at the VAP are actively working on this. Electricity is...
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«We want to be faster and better than the others in the future as well.»

«We want to be faster and better than the others in the future as well.»

22.07.2022 | Competition in rail freight transport, Freight Transport IndustryTags: , , , ,

by | Jul 22, 2022 | Competition in rail freight transport, Freight Transport Industry

In June 2022, the take­over of the fami­ly busi­ness WASCOSA by Swiss Life and Vau­ban was announ­ced. We wan­ted to know more about the back­ground to this sale and the visi­on of WASCOSA from the for­mer owner and future Chair­man of the Board of Direc­tors Phil­ipp...
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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

11.11.2024 | Freight Transport Industry, OperationsTags: , , ,

by | Nov 11, 2024 | Freight Transport Industry, Operations

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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Gotthard Base Tunnel (#5): Too early to assign blame and liability

Gotthard Base Tunnel (#5): Too early to assign blame and liability

31.08.2023 | Operations, PoliticsTags: , , ,

by | Aug 31, 2023 | Operations, Politics

Accor­ding to the main edi­ti­on of the SRF Tages­schau news pro­gram­me from 27 August 2023, the Fede­ral Office of Trans­port (BAV) views SBB Cargo as sole­ly lia­ble for the con­se­quen­ces of the freight train acci­dent in the Gott­hard Base Tun­nel. The...
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Driving service regulations: Please simplify and harmonise internationally

Driving service regulations: Please simplify and harmonise internationally

28.03.2023 | Interoperability, Operations, PoliticsTags: , , ,

by | Mar 28, 2023 | Interoperability, Operations, Politics

The Fede­ral Office of Trans­port (FOT) is fur­ther deve­lo­ping the Swiss Dri­ving Ser­vice Regu­la­ti­ons (FDV2024) as part of the 2024 amend­ment cycle. Sys­te­ma­tic chan­ges are cen­tral. Here is a state­ment from the per­spec­ti­ve of the ship­ping industry....
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Marco Rosso: «Collaborative innovation can contribute to the quality of life and function profitably at the same time.»

Marco Rosso: «Collaborative innovation can contribute to the quality of life and function profitably at the same time.»

27.09.2023 | Innovation, Interoperability, OperationsTags:

by | Sep 27, 2023 | Innovation, Interoperability, Operations

Marco Rosso is Chair­man of the Board of Direc­tors of Cargo sous ter­rain AG (CST). In an inter­view with the VAP, he talks about inter­ope­ra­bi­li­ty, non-dis­cri­mi­na­ti­on on the last mile and the logi­stics of the future. And about how col­la­bo­ra­ti­ve...
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RailCom: Promoting a competitive railway system through innovation and transparency

RailCom: Promoting a competitive railway system through innovation and transparency

24.06.2024 | Network, Nicht kategorisiert, SitesTags: , ,

by | Jun 24, 2024 | Network, Nicht kategorisiert, Sites

Patri­zia Danioth is a lawy­er and nota­ry and has been Pre­si­dent of Rail­Com since 2013. In this inter­view, she gives us an over­view of RailCom’s tasks, her posi­ti­on on the draft legis­la­ti­on for freight trans­port and talks about the future mobi­li­ty...
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Subsidising wagonload traffic: preventing distortion of competition and discrimination

Subsidising wagonload traffic: preventing distortion of competition and discrimination

17.02.2023 | Competition in rail freight transport, Financing, Freight Transport Industry, Innovation, Operations, PoliticsTags: , , , ,

by | Feb 17, 2023 | Competition in rail freight transport, Financing, Freight Transport Industry, Innovation, Operations, Politics

We com­ment on the Fede­ral Council’s con­sul­ta­ti­on draft “Fur­ther deve­lo­p­ment of the frame­work con­di­ti­ons for Swiss freight trans­port”. We cri­ti­cal­ly assess the pro­po­sals from the point of view of freight rail cus­to­mers and demons­tra­te the...
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