L'Union Internationale pour le Transport Combiné Rail-Route (UIRR), the association that represents the combined transport sector, has announced that in the first Quarter of 2024 the performance of European combined transport recorded a decrease of -3.89% compared to the same period of last year as a result - explained the president of the association, Ralf-Charley Schultze - of the interruption of the global trade via containers, some strikes, malfunctions caused by infrastructure works and the continuous weakness of the European Union's economy. Schultze pointed out whereas, however, conditions are slowly stabilising and Some markets have already started to show a recovery.