This book provides the reader with an overview of rail freight transport, including intermodal transport.
It focuses on competition in rail freight transport and the role of individual market participants. The content is supplemented by a description of the historical development of market regulation in transport and the presentation of current developments in the EU's trans-European networks (corridors), telematics and on-line transport exchanges in rail freight transport.
The book is suitable for trainees, students and professionals alike and can be used both as an introduction and a reference book.
The author has many years of experience as a transport purchasing manager in an industrial company and as a seller of logistical services for rail freight forwarders and has been active for many years in numerous logistics associations.