The relative financial stability that the SNCF Group experiences after years brings a positive message to the French rail freight and logistics market. Nevertheless, the revenue growth noticed in 2021 and the first half of...Read more
Danish ro-ro shipping and logistics group DFDS will launch a rail freight connection between Sète and Calais later this month. With this service, it aims to offer customers transit times of seven days for freight...Read more
SNCF Geodis, a subsidiary of the French SNCF Logistics, has offered to purchase all stakes of the Spanish rail freight company COMSA Rail Transport, a subsidiary of the COMSA EMTE Group. SNCF Geodis currently holds...Read more
Eurasian rail freight corridor alliance The United Transport and Logistics Company (UTLC), has moved to strengthen the future of Europe-China freight transports by forging a new deal with a group of multimodal operators.
The Memorandum of...Read more
French carrier SNCF Logistics’ purchase of 45 per cent of BLS Cargo’s shares has been approved by the competition authorities in Switzerland and Germany, and the two companies’ collaboration will officially take effect from July...Read more
Rail freight operators will work more closely with the European Shippers Council (ESC) to increase the transparency of freight performance through key performance indicators (KPIs). Track-and-trace solutions will also be explored as a result of...Read more
SNCF Logistics, France’s principal rail freight carrier, has forged an alliance with multimodal tracking specialist Traxens to create the so-called digital freight train. SNCF says the new partnership follows a year of research and testing...Read more
Swiss operator BLS Cargo’s launch of several new European freight services follows confirmation it has sold 45 per cent of its shares to French carrier SNCF Logistics, which is seeking to strengthen its own rail...Read more
Rail freight users can now take advantage of a new 24/7 ‘smart’ storage area for unaccompanied trailers at the Port of Calais. The 1.5 million Euros project will save time for hauliers and give them...Read more
