DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ea002e/poland_freight_tra) has announced the addition of the "Poland Freight Transport Report Q4 2011" report to their offering.
Following 2010, in which the recovery began in rail freight, with an estimated growth in all other modes except one, 2011 will see further growth in most of the freight modes, with a return of air freight volumes to pre-downturn levels.
Total trade is projected to pick up, with our Country Risk desk forecasting a year-on-year (y-o-y) increase of 8.45% in 2011 following growth of 10.46% in 2010.
Road freight is to continue to dominate the freight transport sector and is projected to grow by 5.3% in 2011. The sector defied the downturn and so far appears to have defied EU pledges of a reduction in road haulage across the region. That is not to say, however, that road freight's market share is safe.
BMI notes that rail is the likeliest candidate in Poland's freight transport mix to benefit from any diversification away from road. BMI notes that major rail freight player DB Schenker is expanding its presence in Poland and that as this and other international companies continue to expand into the country's rail freight sector, its competitiveness will increase.
Headline Industry Data
- 2011 air freight tonnage is expected to grow by 9.6%;
- 2011 rail freight is forecast to grow by 6.7%;
- 2011 port of Gdansk throughput is forecast to grow by 9.0%;
- 2011 road freight is forecast to grow by 5.3%;
- 2011 inland waterway freight to fall by 9.9%;
- 2011 total real trade growth is forecast at 8.5%.
Read more inside Poland Freight Transport Report Q4 2011
Companies Mentioned:
- PKP Cargo
- DB Schenker Rail Polska
- LOT Cargo
- CTL Logistics
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