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Why do we have to work onRail Freight Competitiveness?
Prof. PD Dr. Dr. Bernd H. KORTSCHAKe-mail: [email protected]
Slide 2 Prof. Kortschak Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
The Problems With Rail Freight....
Wasting fuelLosing competitiveness
Unhappy taxpayers....
„ ... the truck is simply the better option....“?
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Changing the MindsetOLD: 1 liter oil -> ? kmNEW: 1 liter oil -> ? tons to destination
Reducing Road KMMultimodal Transport Chains including RailSingleWagon Loads AND Comb.Trsp.Trains
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National Deregulationchanged the terms of trade
Price per truck-km
Costs per truck-km
Mileage per truck p.a.
Collection & Delivery Long Distance
+additional path charges for railway undertakings
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COMPETITIVE RAIL FREIGHTPROBLEM
RAIL REVENUES DROP ->10%440/91 EC
Mileage per truck
Number of round trips
to/from terminal Mileage per truck
Cost per truck-km
prices
Regulated Price
per FEU per km
Deregulated Price
per FEU per km
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INNOVATIVE FEATURESMaking Rail Freight Competitive
Single
Wagon
Load
18 km/h Truck
65 km/h
Block train 50 km/h at present
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Block trains... serve a few BIGGIES
Single Wagon Loads..... could serve EU shippers, if properly organised
... Block Trains do not catch the cargo in the region
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Transport costs from the customer‘s point of view:
Freight
Transport
costs/unitHandling costs
Packaging costs
Calc. capital costs
Insurance Costs
Source: Bahke 1984 adapted from: Culliton/Lewis/Steele, Boston, Mass. 1956
Volume/Weight
Total Costs
Inventoryadds unnecessarilyhigh costs tothe product!
…freight is only
small proportion
of total transport
costs…
BUT:
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INNOVATIVE FEATURESMaking Rail Freight Competitive
Single
Wagon
Load
18 km/h Future Freight train at 100 km/h
may stop every 200 km for
20 min to transfer wagons/cargo
And still match 65 km/h on average.
Block train 50 km/h at present
Single Wagon
loaded = 15 000 km p.a. = 150 000 km p.a.Truck
65 km/h
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Average speed
Trucks fast and thrifty ...
... Trains slow for most ..... fast for a few Ø single wagon load: 18 km/hCorridor block trains: 50 km/h
Fuel Consumption
BUT: despite of many projects the environmental pollution aspect prevails:
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Everyone knowsabout the energy
efficiency ofshipping.
But the truckoutpaced the ship
even ecologicalyin the last 30
years…
Source: Umweltbundesamt 2018
co2Soor particles PM
NOx HCx SOx
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2012/34 EC
Preamble: 87 indents, contradictory policy presciptions
Policy focus: competition TRUCK vs TRAIN
.... No systematic rail/wheel approach
.... Single Wagon operations suffer from competition rules
Technical Specifications Interoperability
add costly legal obligations
.... Should be based on cross-border operational rules
Exemption from present EU competition laws may enable
EU-wide competition for a lively SingleWagonLoad service!
EU LAWCould Be More Helpful
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LEGALBetter regulation serves the EU single marketand makes rail competitive again
OPERATIONALServing the regions by promoting
the Single Wagon Load
Take Away
More details:
Court of Auditors - Special report 08/2016
Rail Freight Transport in the EU: still not on the right track
Kortschak, Bernd – Innovationen bei der Deutschen Bahn AG, in: Burr, W./Stephan, M. (eds.): Technologie, Strategie und Organisation, Wiesbaden 2017, pp. 127-152
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Prof. Dr. Dr. Bernd H. KortschakLecturer for Business and LogisticsVienna University of Economics and Business [email protected]+43(664)3074244 (cell phone)