Slow Progress in Transport Industry

TransportRoad ♦ Published: December 7, 2011; 15:49 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Austrian transport sector recovered in 2011. However, 2012 is expected to become a difficult year. Goods traffic declined drastically between 2006 and 2010.

Slow Progress in Transport Industry / Picture: © Vindobona.org

Regarding the increase in employees and the investment in logistical infrastructure, the Austrian transport industry showed good progress in 2011. This is the outcome of the Bank Austria sector report.

In the first nine months of 2011, the number of registered trucks went up by 8%. The number of employees grew by 2.4%. It is expected that the decrease in transport volume in 2010…