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Last year the arranged traffic European has recorded an increment of +0.66%
UIRR evidences the growth potential of the transport arranged on distances relatively reduced
May 22, 2017
Last year the traffic arranged European enlivened from the societies that are under responsibility of the International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport (UIRR) has recorded an increment of +0.66% being is pairs to 2.895.567 shipments respects to 2.876.585 shipments enlivened in 2015. The international shipments are piled to 1.949.981 (+0.61%), while those national ones have been attested to 945.586 (+0.76%). In terms of container from 20 ' (teu) enlivened, last year the traffic has been pairs to a total of 5.791.134 teu, with an increase of +0.66% regarding 5.753.169 teu in 2015.
The relationship on the field of the transport arranged European for introduced year 2016 today from the specific UIRR that the total increment of +0.66% marked last year is produced by the increase of +20.22% of shipments of semitowings, that they have been pairs to 459.535 regarding 382.250 in 2015, while the container shipments are diminished of the -2,02% to 2.301.293 containers and shipments and, in the segment of the travelling railway freeway (RoLa), the shipments of complete trucks are dropped of the -7,44% to 134.739 vehicles.
UIRR has evidenced moreover that in 2016, in terms of ton-kilometers, the arranged traffic European has shown an increase of +3.03% being is pairs to 65,65 billion tkm regarding 54,98 billion in the year precedence. The association has emphasized that last year also a wait has happened increase of the national shipments that is accompanied by a reduction of the medium distance of the shipments that is come down of the -2,63% from 505 kilometers in 2015 to 491 kilometers in the 2016, while the medium distance of international shipments has grown of +3.63% from 1.029 to 1.067 kilometers, decrease - it has found the UIRR - that reveals a growth potential of the transport arranged on distances relatively reduced.
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