Datamonitor's Road & Rail: Global Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the road & rail industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis on a global, regional and country basis.

Scope of the Report

* Contains an executive summary and data on value and segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry's prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies

* Covers Global, European, Asia-Pacific & 5 individual country markets

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

Highlights

The fortunes of the road & rail industry are closely linked to economic cycles and fuel prices and while the global economy is improving, fuel prices are rising, placing extreme pressure on operator margins.

The US trucking industry has seen many companies leave the industry and others suffer a shortage of quality drivers. The majority of trucking executives cite this shortage as their main concern, despite the rise in fuel costs and the problems experienced with congestion.

In Europe, the EU's embarkation upon a scheme to liberalize rail transport and open access to the European rail infrastructure will lead to increased opportunities for rail companies.

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Definition

The road and rail industry consists of the trucking and railroad sectors. The trucking sector value is defined as revenues generated from the transportation of goods and passengers by road. The main categories are logistics (both in-house and out-sourced), passenger transportation (including taxi, bus and coach services) and vehicle rental and leasing. The railroad sector value reflects revenues generated from passenger and freight rail transportation. All currency conversions used in this report are at the constant 2004 annual average exchange rates.