Hypothetical Analysis and Intervention in Transport Intermediary Services Analysis Possible Intervention Barriers to foreign firms’ participation in provision of intermediary services exist contributing to non-competitive environment. Higher cost, lower quality service. Promote national treatment of foreign intermediary services operators. Remove licensing requirements on foreign provider divergent from requirements for local providers. Remove requirements for financial guarantee obligations of foreign providers State-owned providers dominate intermediary services market, setting higher prices for services. Privatization of local intermediary service providers. Efforts to reduce creation of monopolies after privatization. Measures to develop competitive market. Poor quality of intermediary services and limited international reach to serve multimodal requirements. Delays due to providers’ incompetence and antiquated techniques. Development of national standards and certification bodies in conjunction with international standards (FIATA).