If the German combined transport operator Kombiverkehr is worried about the negative trend in the volumes of goods transported by the company as well as by other companies in the sector, with a drop of -15.9% last year ( of 23 February 2024), and is also worried about what considers that the Government's support is totally insufficient German Federal Sector ( of 20 June 2024), Kombiverkehr is also strongly alarmed for the effects of the ongoing proceedings by the Authority European antitrust proceedings against compatriot DB Cargo may have on their own operations.

Today, Kombiverkehr announced that it has closed the financial year 2023 with revenues of €435.2 million, with a decrease in -5.9% compared to the previous year. The operating result is negative status and equal to -1.9 million euro compared to a Negative result of -€1.2 million in 2022. The year 2023 is closed with a net loss of -€332.4 million compared to a Net profit of €368.0 million in 2022.

On the occasion of the presentation of the annual results, Mr Kombiverkehr pointed out that the Commission's investigations against Member States for breach of the rules EU state aid is gathering dark clouds on the horizon. In particular, Kombiverkehr specified that he was directly affected by two similar proceedings brought against the German Government for its support of its railways. "After we had to do it at the end of last year transfer our transport activities carried out with the French State Railways Fret SNCF to other partners - explained THE COMPANY - Now the competition authorities have adopted measures that will eventually lead DB Cargo to reduce its range of services for intermodal transport. But the French case - Kombiverkehr pointed out - is not comparable to the scenario that threatens Germany today, given that the size of DB Cargo, the largest transport company rail freight in Europe, are on a completely different scale."

If in France the problem has been solved by the use of services of DB Cargo France, the French subsidiary of the German DB Cargo, in Germany, paradoxically, the obstacle could be the same DB Cargo.

Kombiverkehr announced that, as a result of this perspective, in Germany is "working intensively in order to transfer a large part of our rail operations to other service in such a way that our intermodal network remains largely unaltered part and continues to be available for freight forwarders and carriers who will require freight forwarding services in the future. combined transport. Time, however, - warned the company - is a critical factor, as it is not possible to create additional transport capacity overnight rail freight'. Part of the problem may be solved by an increase in the operations of the subsidiaries KombiRail Europe and Lokomotion, which may take time, however.