Oil Terminal estimeaza scaderea afacerilor cu 30%
Astfel, daca in 2008 Oil Terminal a inregistrat un trafic de 11,5 milioane de tone de petrol si produse petroliere, pentru acest an se preconizeaza o scadere la 8-8,5 milioane de tone. Reculul afacerilor Oil Terminal ar putea fi chiar mai mare, in conditiile pierderii pozitiei de monopol odata cu...
IATA warning: the nosedive continues
The American exception is based on the fact that carriers in this region were hardest hit by high fuel prices with very limited hedging and recorded the largest industry losses for 2008. An early 10% domestic capacity reduction in response to the fuel crisis has given the American carriers a...
Investitiile in caile ferate, cerute de toate forurile sectorului feroviar
„La aproape 20 de ani de la revolutia din decembrie 1989 si la 10 ani de la demararea procesului de restructurare a sistemului feroviar, peste 25% din infrastructura de cai ferate este iesita din parametrii tehnici proiectati si peste 50% din materialul rulant al operatorului national de transport calatori este...
CEOs forecast a slow recovery ahead
CEO confidence plunged to its lowest level since 2003, when PwC began tracking CEOs’ forecasts. Worldwide, just 21 per cent of CEOs said they were very confident of revenue growth in the next 12 months, down from 50 per cent in last year’s survey. And more than a quarter of...
Eliminarea barierelor maritime, un nou obiectiv european
Transportul maritim prezinta numeroase avantaje, fiind o solutie viabila pentru livrarea unei proportii importante din totalul marfurilor comercializate pe teritoriul UE, avand in vedere lungimea uriasa - 100.000 de kilometri - a coastelor spatiului comunitar si existenta a 1.200 de porturi. Totusi, potentialul transportului maritim nu este pe deplin valorificat,...
Sprijin european pentru mobilitatea urbana
In acest scop, Comisia Europeana va dezvolta o pagina de Internet care va cuprinde date complete cu privire la ofertele de vehicule „curate“. „Pentru finantare, vom oferi fonduri pentru proiecte noi printr-o cerere de propuneri, in martie. Aceste proiecte reflecta cateva prioritati ale planului de actiune privind bicicleta si mersul...
CE continua demersurile impotriva scanarii marfurilor cu destinatia SUA
Impactul negativ al noilor formalitati vamale a fost reiterat de Laszlo Kovacs, comisarul european pentru Taxe si Uniune Vamala, care a precizat ca Bruxellesul propune alternativa unor controale bazate pe o analiza a riscului. „Uniunea Europeana impartaseste ingrijorarile legate de securitatea fluxurilor de marfuri si este angajata in directia imbunatatirii...
Harmonized certification for river navigation
Directive 87/2006, regarding the technical conditions for river vessels, introduced this new type of safety certificate. The deadline for transposition into the national law of the Member States was 30 December 2008. Therefore, a certificate obtained after this time in a Member State becomes applicable throughout the EU and even...
Proposals concerning a European rail network for competitive freight
”The Commission, Member States, infrastructure operators and all other parties in the railway sector must get down to work together to make competitive goods transport happen. Member States are - and will remain - free to suggest or sketch out these corridors themselves. Our proposal is intended to make the...
New legislation on the digital tachograph use
Firstly, amendments to Directive 2006/22/EC require Member States to develop dedicated equipment and software that can be used to analyse the data from the digital tachograph. Secondly, the new Commission Regulation now corrects a technical shortcoming by allowing the use of a dedicated, type-approved adaptor for light commercial vehicles (M1...
