Latest updates
24/2/2026 - Open Letter - Transport sector calls for a stronger EU transport budget to ensure resilience and competitiveness
45 European transport organisations, including ERFA, are joining forces and collectively urge national governments to strengthen European funding for transport under the future EU budget and particularly to increase the budget of the future Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) to at least €100 billion.
23/2/2026 - Joint Statement - EU citizens express strong opposition to the deployment of EMS on European roads
The ongoing revision of the Weights & Dimensions Directive should aim at promoting the uptake of zero-emission road vehicles while protecting road infrastructure, and safeguarding rail freight and combined transport. However, the current positions of the EU Commission, Council and Parliament all include elements that risk opening the door to the wider deployment of longer and heavier vehicles. This raises serious concerns and runs counter to both the interests of EU citizens and the objectives of an interoperable and intermodal European transport system.
6/5/2026 - ERFA Event - How to relaunch European rail freight
On 06 May, ERFA will hold its annual #Event where representatives of rail freight industry and EU institutions will discuss how to relaunch European rail freight. At this stage, ERFA is already able to disclose the name of three speakers: Dirk Stahl is CEO of BLS Cargo and President of ERFA; Christa Hostettler is Director of the Federal Office for Transport of Switzerland; Henrik Würdemann is CEO of Captrain Deutschland and President of Die Güterbahnen. In the coming weeks, ERFA will announce additional speakers, including representatives of the European Commission. ERFA looks forward to welcome anyone interested in how to help rail freight advancing and thriving.
4/12/2025 - Joint Statement - Weights and Dimensions Directive
When it presented the Greening Freight Transport Package in summer 2023, the European Commission promised “more economic gains with less environmental impact.” With today’s adoption by the Council of a general approach on the weights and dimensions of commercial road vehicles, the road transport sector can expect economic gains – but society will have to wait for any reduction of the environmental footprint of logistics.