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  1. ZEW/Prognos Survey // 10.03.2009

    ZEW/ProgTrans–Survey Among Experts in the Transport Market - Tough Times Ahead For the German Transport Industry

    The German transport market is about to experience tough times. Compared to the previous quarters, the amounts of transported goods are expected to fall in the coming six months for almost all forms of…
  2. ZEW/Prognos Survey // 08.12.2008

    ZEW/ProgTrans Survey Among Transport Market Experts: Irregular Price Development due to Increasing HGV Toll and Decreasing Petrol Prices

    The German transport sector has to face a considerably lower transport volume in the next six months. In general, however, lower transport prices are not expected. Experts rather await that the price…
  3. ZEW/Prognos Survey // 09.09.2008

    ZEW/ProgTrans AG – Survey Among Experts in the Transport Market - No Slowdown in Prices Despite the Expected Decrease of Transported Goods

    Within the next six months the German transport sector will face stagnating and, in some areas, even declining amounts of transported goods. However, transport firms are not likely to reduce prices for their…
  4. ZEW/Prognos Survey // 16.06.2008

    ZEW/ProgTrans Survey Among Transport Market Experts – High Price for Diesel Makes Freight Costs Increase

    Despite of the decreasing economic activity and the therefore smaller freight volumes, companies in Germany cannot expect decreasing transport prices within the next six months. On the contrary: except for rail…
  5. ZEW/Prognos Survey // 10.03.2008

    ZEW/ProgTrans TransportmarktBarometer – Slower Price Rise in Transport Markets Expected

    The insecurity due to the future economic and trade development – the major factors of transport demand – does not leave transport markets unaffected. During the next six months, the expected growth of…
  6. ZEW/Prognos Survey // 12.12.2007

    TransportmarktBarometer ProgTrans/ZEW (Transport Market Barometer) – Experts Scarcely Expect Permanent, Rail Strike-Related Loss of Rail Customers

    A permanent movement of numerous rail users to road and inland waterway traffic due to the train drivers’ strike in the freight services of Deutsche Bahn is not to be expected. This is the result of a special…
  7. ZEW/Prognos Survey // 13.09.2007

    ZEW/ProgTrans Survey among Transport Market Experts – Increasing Freight Costs Expected

    German rail and road freight, intercontinental air freight to Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region as well as courier, express and parcel services (CEP) will have to face price increases by the…
  8. ZEW/Prognos Survey // 12.06.2007

    ProgTrans/ZEW Transportmarktbarometer (Transport Market Barometer) – Substantial Price Increase in Road Freight Expected

    In Germany, the costs for road transport will significantly grow in the next six months. For international combined traffic as well as intercontinental air and see freight relations comparably high price…
  9. ZEW/Prognos Survey // 20.03.2007

    ProgTrans/ZEW Transportmarktbarometer (Transport Market Barometer) – Price Increase in German Transport Diminishing

    The German loading industry still has to anticipate rising prices, even if the price increases in general will diminish over the coming six months. These are the findings of the ProgTrans/ZEW…
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