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Half a million wagons are about to change: The single wagon is where DAC wins or loses.
Europe just cleared a milestone on Digital Automatic Coupling, with the first full demonstrator validated and roughly half a million wagons now facing conversion. The harder question is whether DAC actually pays off for the single wagon load traffic that rail keeps losing to the road, and that is where the next wave of automation is aimed.
November 2, 2026
The EU just changed how rail capacity is allocated : how should shippers respond.
A new EU regulation is overhauling how railway capacity is planned and allocated across borders, replacing a national, annual, manual system with coordinated multiannual planning. For shippers, it turns securing rail capacity from an afterthought into a strategic decision worth making early.
October 1, 2026
Chemical shippers are moving to rail: The Rhine can't be trusted anymore.
For the third time in eight years the Rhine has fallen to record lows, stranding barges and the freight that depends on them. The pattern says the river is now a variable to plan around, and the shippers who cope are the ones who built and instrumented a rail alternative before the water dropped.
September 1, 2026
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Rail Freight in the Beverage Industry: What is the real challenge in 2026?
European beverage groups have committed to rail. The hard part is controlling it once rail becomes a primary mode. Our 2026 benchmark maps the operational challenges that follow, and what the leading shippers do differently.
August 19, 2026
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Rail Freight in the Steel Industry: What the 2026 Data Actually Shows
European steel is under structural pressure and transport planning is the cost lever most operations are leaving open. Apparent consumption in the EU declined for the fourth consecutive year in 2025 with no sign of reversal. Energy and decarbonisation costs are compressing margins simultaneously from both directions. In that environment, the variables most steel operators focus on production cost, trade policy, energy pricing are largely outside any single operator's control. What is controllable, and significantly underestimated in most supply chain P&Ls, is transport planning quality
June 25, 2026
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Rail intermodality in petrochemicals: why data accessibility and trust are the missing links
The strategic case for rail in petrochemical supply chains is well established. Between carbon reduction targets, the chronic driver shortage, and the long-term economics of European corridors, supply chain leaders have run the numbers. And yet, for most of them, rail remains a secondary option rather than the core of their strategy.
May 15,2026
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