Military Mobility and Continental Logistics
Moving Europe’s forces under wartime pressure.
Military mobility is the material test of European defence readiness. Europe may increase defence spending, expand force structures and strengthen deterrence plans, but those commitments become operationally credible only if forces, heavy equipment, ammunition, fuel, spare parts and medical supplies can move rapidly across borders, railways, roads, bridges, tunnels, ports, airports and customs regimes. The central problem is not the absence of transport infrastructure. It is the gap between a dense civilian transport network and a military-usable logistics system capable of sustaining large-scale movement under crisis or wartime conditions.
This report examines military mobility as an industrial, infrastructural and financial pillar of European defence. It first defines the strategic readiness problem and its connection to NATO reinforcement, EU defence policy and continental sustainment. It then analyses the legal and governance architecture, including TEN-T, CEF, dual-use infrastructure rules and the proposed Military Mobility Regulation. The report then turns to the physical system itself: rail corridors, roads, bridges, tunnels, ports, airports, terminals, fuel logistics, dangerous goods and cross-border authorisations. It concludes by assessing the corporate and financial implications for infrastructure owners, engineering groups, rail and logistics operators, port and airport systems, fuel-logistics providers, digital-permitting platforms and project-finance actors.