Swissterminal targets Comco
Swissterminal AG, a logistics service provider headquartered in Frenkendorf close to Basel, is bringing a formal complaint before the Swiss federal administrative court with regards to the planned trimodal terminal Gateway Basel Nord (GBN). In particular, Swissterminal accuses the Swiss competition commission (Comco) of not fulfilling its duties properly, by approving the GBN project in June 2019. Moreover, the Comco stated the GBN project would improve competitive conditions for the transport of goods by rail.
Although Swissterminal's business model is directly affected by the GBN project, the operator claims that it was not given the opportunity to comment on the project’s alleged efficiency improvement at any time during Comco’s decision-making process.
Furthermore, Swissterminal wishes to gain access to all relevant case documents hitherto denied by its complaint before the federal administrative court and sees itself in accordance with the recommendation of the federal data protection commissioner. (mw)