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RLA recognizes that business cases in the maritime industry are often part of a much larger agenda to unlock economic development and spur economic growth and transformation. Businesses are dynamic and most transformation projects take multiple years to complete. At RLA, our success in this field has been due to our ability to comprehend, foresee, and account for these factors. For more information click on the link: https://lnkd.in/dxqHEpJQ #BusinessCaseDevelopment #BusinessDynamics #CharteringStrategies #EconomicDevelopment #EconomicGrowth #EconomicStrategy #LaytimeAndDemurrageIssues #MajorOilProducers #MaritimeIndustry #RLAEconomicDevelopment #StrategicBusinessAdvisory #StrategicPlanning #VesselInspection #RLAServices #RichardsonLawrieAssociates #WadeMaritimeGroup

The Green Finance Institute recently partnered with the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) on a series of ‘Meet the Funder’ events where automotive companies raising financing were matched with relevant investors in the space.   The GFI has explored the different barriers to investment in the UK transport sector, and identified two core challenges for this sector:   💸 the lack of investors open to investing in this sector 🤝 connecting those investors with companies looking for finance.   We were delighted to partner with SMMT on this, addressing how to better match investors with potential investments and to produce this guide, which seeks to provide advice for companies ahead of their first meeting with a prospective investor. View the guide here: https://lnkd.in/eabC6KAF #transport

Governments in #London, #Cardiff, and #Edinburgh should strengthen financial backing for rail amid ambitious growth targets and economic challenges. In response to the Department for Transport (DfT), United Kingdom ongoing review of mode shift grants, Rail Partners, an industry-wide advocacy group, has underscored the crucial role of government support in driving the growth of rail freight across the #UK. #railfreight #railfreightnews #railcargonews

Monday morning, controversial opinion - which might actually be a tiny bit controversial. One thing I agree with Starmer on is nationalising the railways. (and buses & post while we're at it). 👿 Free enterprise. Privatisation, not nationalisation! 👿 Remember BR in the '70s... Yes, I know, but our current rail network isn't really free enterprise, is it? It's an uncomfortable mish-mash of Government intervention, dubious contracts and a quest for multiple layers of profit. The '70 was definitely a low point. A solid reference for how things shouldn't be done. It was also a low point for UK PLC as a whole. It was also the very tail end of a clear attempt by Government to penalise rail travel in favour of road travel (Guess which is a cash cow?). As most business gurus will tell you, you learn from the mistakes of the past and reference the success of others. Many countries run nationalised rail networks which are clean, reliable and reasonably priced. Those are the positive reference points. The BR of half a century ago is just a bit of history.

Let's talk about the future of transport. Road pricing is evolving to tackle funding and decarbonisation challenges facing our transport networks in the UK.

Proud to announce that our article on State aid for rail transport was nominated for the Antitrust Writing Awards 2024 by Concurrences 😊 The article summarizes the study "Impact assessment support study for the review of the Community guidelines on State aid for railway undertakings" which was prepared for the European Commission by a consortium led by E.CA Economics. The low modal share of rail endangers the European Green Deal as important environmental and transport policy. Compared to highly polluting road transport by truck, rail freight is a safe and low-emission type of transport. A substantial rise in the rail modal share will require improvements at four different levels of the overall rail freight system: 📌 rail infrastructure; 📌 passenger and freight rolling stock; 📌 cost, revenues and profitability of rail freight services; 📌 and design of State support measures. We provided insights into the role which State Aid played for each of the sections and and gave our recommendations for the revision of the Railway Guidelines. The voting is open and we will be grateful for your support! Follow this link to read more and leave your votes: https://lnkd.in/duRevWxg #AntitrustWritingAwards #EUStateAid #StateAid #Railways #EuropeanCommission

Central to the debate at tonight’s George Bradshaw Address from Huw Merriman MP and Stephen Morgan MP is how has the private sector supported rail growth since privitastion. Last year we at Oxera Consulting LLP delivered an independent assessment for Rail Partners to assess the performance of the industry over the 20 years from privatisation to the start of the pandemic. We found the industry including the train operators helped arrest the decline of Britain’s railways and deliver record passenger numbers with passenger growth outstripping the general level of economic growth. You can read a summary of our work in Rail Partners Track for Growth report here: https://lnkd.in/eyDMRmdM #railreform #georgebradshawaddress #economics

AB 2086, the Transportation Accountability Act, authored by Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo, will require Caltrans to report where our transportation dollars are going. https://lnkd.in/gQ8A3x3q #TranspoAccountability #SustainableTransportCA #InvestInCleanTransit #ClimateEquityGoals

TEN-T Coordinators’ Position Paper CONNECTING EUROPE A transport funding and financing that is adapted to the challenges ahead

Below is the link to an article in Railway Age about the North American Freight Forum and our upcoming launch on December 5th of the first in a series of conferences that are about creating a new way of envisioning the transportation side of supply chains. The conference is "OnTrack 2025 Intelliconference - How Collaboration, Trust, and Railroads Will Save the World". Jim's words in Railway Age are a valuable assessment of the potential that I hope many of you will find the time to participate in. https://lnkd.in/gXnwXWn3