Commission unwilling to adopt all suggestions of ECA intermodal report

The EU Commission responded swiftly to the European Court of Auditors’ report on intermodal transport and the share of rail freight. The report, which provided worrisome findings, might illustrate the situation as overly dramatic according to UIRR; however, it draws some conclusions worth the attention. The Commission accepted some of its points but will leave […]

Shipbuilders struggle to get out of the red despite multi-billion dollar orders

The shipbuilding industry’s eternal capability to lose money even when raking in billions of dollars of orders forms a key plank of broker BRS’s annual review. The 170-page report, one of the shipping market’s must-reads every year, covers all the main segments of the industry. On the shipyard business, BRS stated: “Shipbuilding is not an […]