{"id":11531,"date":"2025-10-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/decline-of-intermodal-transport-becomes-reality-vdv-demands-exemption-from-truck-toll-for-intermodal-segments\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T00:00:00","slug":"decline-of-intermodal-transport-becomes-reality-vdv-demands-exemption-from-truck-toll-for-intermodal-segments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/decline-of-intermodal-transport-becomes-reality-vdv-demands-exemption-from-truck-toll-for-intermodal-segments\/","title":{"rendered":"Decline of intermodal transport becomes reality: VDV demands exemption from truck toll for intermodal segments."},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>According to the VDV, a mix of political, economic and internal constraints has pushed intermodal systems off course after years of growth.<\/p>\n<p>The German transport association VDV (Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen) warns that intermodal transport \u2014 combining rail, road and inland waterways \u2014 is entering a phase of decline.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From growth to backslide\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Between 2009 and 2022, intermodal transport in Germany grew at about 4\u202f% annually, with volumes rising from 80\u202fmillion to almost 124\u202fmillion tonnes \u2014 despite the challenges posed by the COVID\u201119 crisis. The VDV notes that in 2023 the figure fell to 113\u202fmillion tonnes. The association attributes this reversal to multiple factors, including a surplus of road freight capacity due to weakening economic activity and external pressures like U.S. customs policy.<\/p>\n<p>Internally, the VDV points to structural and cost burdens affecting rail: delays stemming from infrastructure uncertainties, high route fees (Trassenpreise), and extra costs for rerouted services due to large construction projects have rendered rail less competitive. In the VDV\u2019s view, these hurdles are strong enough to push freight traffic back onto roads.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Policy gaps and proposed remedies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The VDV criticizes the current federal coalition agreement for omitting any mention of intermodal transport, despite prior federal ministry analyses that identified support options. Among the immediate proposals is full exemption from the German truck toll (LKW-Maut) for pre\u2011 and post\u2011haulage in intermodal supply chains \u2014 a recommendation aligned with suggestions from the expert panel on climate\u2011friendly mobility and infrastructure (EKMI).<\/p>\n<p>Longer\u2011term measures proposed include substantial modernization of the rail network to provide sufficient capacity and a clearer federal commitment to rail freight. The VDV frames itself as willing to invest further (in rolling stock, digitalisation, operational efficiency), but insists that these investments depend on favourable regulatory conditions.<\/p>\n<p>A central demand is a reform of the route fee regime toward user\u2011friendly, marginal\u2011cost orientation. In the transitional period, the association calls for full compensation of increased rail route fees, mitigation of cancellation charges from 2026 onwards, compensation for costs incurred due to rerouted services during corridor maintenance, and relief of rail freight from energy taxes and levies. For intermodal transport specifically, the VDV urges simplified administrative procedures for terminal funding, legal anchoring of craneable semi-trailers, and a new incentive system to support modal shift.<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the VDV, a mix of political, economic and internal constraints has pushed intermodal systems off course after years of growth.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}