The Federal Logistics and Mobility Office (BALM) has the legal mandate to observe and assess the development of the market in transport. According to Section 14 of the Road Freight Transport Act (GüKG), this market observation includes:
- Rail transport,
- road transport,
- inland waterway freight transport,
- air transport and
logistics.
Market observation is intended to identify developments on the transport and logistics market at an early stage. The results are reported to the Federal Ministry of Transport (BMV).
