Topic: Roland Berger

New Silk Road could surge to million TEU in 2025, but with subsidies

Ideally, the Eurasian rail cargo volume could increase to a million TEU in 2025. However, this forecast highly depends on the continuation of the Chinese subsidies. If this financial support for rail freight traffic on...Read more

04-06-2019|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen

Private funds for rolling stock surges, but slowly

Almost a quarter of all rolling stock orders in Europe between 2015-2017 were privately financed. The 23 per cent share shows an increase compared to the 13 per cent in the period 2011-2013, and 20...Read more

23-05-2019|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen

Almost all traffic on New Silk Road still on main route

After conducting a study about the New Silk Road in 2017, research firm Roland Berger has assessed Eurasian rail cargo transport in several ways, mostly looking at the alternative corridors and terminals, planning to obtain...Read more

24-04-2019|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen

New Silk Road without subsidies: what does it look like?

The volumes of traffic on the New Silk Road are greatly dependent on the Chinese subsidies, yet these subsidies are filled with ambiguity. Few people seem to know how much longer they remain in place....Read more

04-07-2018|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen

UIC presented with report on Asia-Europe rail connections

A study on the development of the fast growing Eurasian rail networks and their connection to Europe’s rail freight corridors has been presented to the International Union of Railways (UIC). Global research firm Roland Berger produced...Read more

20-07-2017|Comment|author: Simon Weedy