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Improvement of freight transport: it is high time to do something

Improvement of freight transport: it is high time to do something

Repre­sen­ta­ti­ves of the indus­try and inte­rest groups had until 24 Febru­ary 2023 to com­ment on the con­sul­ta­ti­on draft entit­led «Impro­ving the frame­work con­di­ti­ons for freight trans­port in Switz­er­land». The LITRA, UTP, CI TCNA, ASTAG and VAP have...
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Media releases

21.09.2022 |
MEDIA RELEASES Here you will find our media releases and reports from the media lis­ted chronologically.   Indus­trie Woche, 4.6.2024Daten-Eco-Systeme als Schlüs­sel für effi­zi­en­te Logistiklösungen Logis­tik News 24, 28.5.2024Politische und finan­zi­el­le...
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Dr Peter Füglistaler: “In principle, I welcome new market participants seizing their opportunity.”

Dr Peter Füglistaler: “In principle, I welcome new market participants seizing their opportunity.”

The Fede­ral Office of Trans­port (FOT) pro­mo­tes the sus­tainable deve­lo­p­ment of freight trans­port and the effi­ci­ent inter­ac­tion of all modes of trans­port within the frame­work of Swiss poli­cy. It is respon­si­ble for licen­sing, finan­cing and safe­ty...
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Transport sectoral plan: programme with limited perspective

Transport sectoral plan: programme with limited perspective

The back­ground in advance Various fac­tors have an impact on the Sec­to­ral Plan for Transport/Programme sec­tion and thus on the future of rail freight trans­port (cf. Figu­re 1). The Swiss Spa­ti­al Deve­lo­p­ment Per­spec­ti­ve, the Trans­port Per­spec­ti­ves and...
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Freight transport industry

20.09.2022 |
FREIGHT TRANSPORT INDUSTRY What moves the freight trans­port indus­try? Various fac­tors have an impact on the freight trans­port indus­try. As the voice of the ship­ping indus­try, we are cam­pai­gning for a com­pe­ti­ti­ve rail freight sys­tem. To this end, we...
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HOMEPAGE

16.09.2020 |
The VAP pro­mo­tes freight trans­port by rail. About us The VAP Asso­cia­ti­on of Ship­pers cam­paigns for mar­ket-ori­en­ted frame­work con­di­ti­ons and an attrac­ti­ve Swiss rail freight sys­tem. Rele­vant topics: Freight indus­try How do we shape the future...
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Events

20.09.2022 |
EVENTS You can find the indus­try events recom­men­ded by the VAP throug­hout Euro­pe here. Gene­ral Assem­bly VAP The last GA was held on Tues­day, 27 August 2024 in Bern. We wel­co­med Fede­ral Coun­cil­lor Dr Albert Rösti. Fur­ther information. 2022 was...
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«MODERATE» ADJUSTMENT OF THE TRACK ACCESS CHARGE: A FATAL BURDEN FOR RAIL FREIGHT TRANSPORT

«MODERATE» ADJUSTMENT OF THE TRACK ACCESS CHARGE: A FATAL BURDEN FOR RAIL FREIGHT TRANSPORT

The Fede­ral Office of Trans­port (FOT) has announ­ced that it will increase the train path price for rail trans­port by 2.1 per cent from the begin­ning of 2025. This mea­su­re is aimed at mee­ting the legal requi­re­ments for cost reco­very, but car­ri­es the risk...
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«BAHN 2050» – A CRITICAL LOOK AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE

«BAHN 2050» – A CRITICAL LOOK AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE

The Fede­ral Coun­cil wants to fur­ther streng­then the rail­ways in the long term. To this end, it has revi­sed its long-term rail stra­tegy. It is now focu­sing on impro­ved access to the rail­way and more capa­ci­ty on the east-west axis with new mul­ti­mo­dal tran­ship­ment plat­forms and faci­li­ties for city logi­stics. Here is a cri­ti­cal app­rai­sal of this perspective.

The Fede­ral Coun­cil wants to fur­ther streng­then the rail­ways in the long term. To this end, it has revi­sed its long-term rail stra­tegy. It is now focu­sing on impro­ved access to the rail­way and more capa­ci­ty on the east-west axis with new mul­ti­mo­dal tran­ship­ment plat­forms and faci­li­ties for city logi­stics. Here is a cri­ti­cal app­rai­sal of this perspective.

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«You won’t go far without courage»

«You won’t go far without courage»

Dr Heiko Fischer pre­si­des over the Inter­na­tio­nal Union of Wagon Kee­pers UIP. The for­mer VTG boss talks to the VAP about the future of Euro­pean rail freight trans­port and the digi­tal trans­for­ma­ti­on of the rail sec­tor. He would like to see more...
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