One of France’s biggest independent logistics services providers, FM Logistic, is poised to make a concerted move into the rail-road transport segment. Initially operating on…
Category: combined transport
French road-rail traffic up 18% in Q1 2024, but only because 2023 was bad
French road-rail volumes were up 18 per cent in the first quarter of 2024. Still, they benefitted from a favourable comparison with the same period last year, marked by several negative factors affecting the market, according to the combined transport association Groupement National des Transports Combinés (GNTC). In 2023, road-rail volumes, expressed in tonne/kilometres, were…
Combined transport in Europe in 2023 down by 10%
Combined transport in Europe in 2023 dropped by 10.57 per cent the number of consignments transported and by 9.39 per cent in the tonne-kilometre performance. This means that these volumes are roughly back at pre-COVID 19 levels after four years of moderate growth between 2019 and 2022. UIRR said this downward trend was caused by…
Open Modal commission state-of-the-art combi terminal near Marseille
France’s Open Modal Group has announced the commissioning of a state-of-the-art intermodal terminal for swap bodies and containers in Miramas, on the outskirts of Marseille. The terminal has attracted public and private investment estimated at almost 40 million euros. “The Terminal Ouest Provence (TOP Terminal) is the fruit of five years of hard work, commented…
ERFA: “EU’s Greening Freight Package lacks a coherent strategy”
The EU’s Greening Freight Package is the bloc’s flagship policy package for decarbonisation in the transport sector. It looks to decrease emissions in European transport by 90 per cent in 2050. However, the package is not all sunshine and rainbows. Many disagreements about its content remain and the future of the package depends on the…
French shippers say rail freight improves but remains ‘very inadequate’
The findings of the latest annual study by the Association des Utilisateurs de Transport de Fret (AUTF) on how French shippers view the service offerings of the rail freight and combined transport sectors confirm an improvement in the general level of satisfaction but one which remains “very inadequate.” Based on feedback collected last year from…
Five French road hauliers to drive modal shift to rail in Western France
Several road haulage and logistics operators in Western France’s Pays de la Loire region have joined forces to drive a modal shift to rail and create a combined transport terminal in the coming years. Ageneau Group, Transports Thébault, TC-Transports, Immo-Ouest Groupe OPAL and Combronde, together with public sector support from the Maine-et-Loire Chamber of Commerce…