DFDS and VIIA strengthen intermodal partnership for Turkey-France-UK
French railway operator VIIA and Danish international shipping and logistics company DFDS will collaborate to create a sea-rail corridor connecting Turkey with the United Kingdom. Parts of these services were already active, but the new...Read more
Hupac leads the race to manage Barcelona’s La Llagosta terminal
The La Llagosta terminal in Barcelona, currently under tender by Adif, has attracted big names. Companies like Hupac, Renfe, Duisport, Kombiverkehr, and VIIA have all expressed interest in managing the terminal. However, Hupac seems to...Read more
OTIV deploys new system for safer shunting operations
OTIV, a Belgian company specialised in developing systems for rail transportation deployed a new system that will take out human labour from potentially dangerous situations at shunting yards. It will be deployed at the rail...Read more
National railway strike in France is on…again
Workers of the French state railway utility SNCF are on strike. The strike started on Monday 30 January at 7 pm local time and runs until Wednesday, 1 February 6 am. It is expected to...Read more
DFDS to launch Sète-Calais rail link to support Turkey-UK freight flows
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
VIIA to operate new multi-modal terminal at French port of Sète
SNCF Logistics’ rail freight subsidiary VIIA has won a tender to operate a new multi-modal terminal in the French Mediterranean port of Sète, scheduled to enter service at the beginning of 2023. The company also...Read more
Fruits and vegetables from the south come to Paris
France is getting another intermodal railway line. VIIA is launching a service between Le Boulou in the south of France and Genevillier, north of Paris. It is the first time the company links to the...Read more
In RailFreight Live this week: Duisport, VIIA and the UIRR
With the climate goals of the EU, combined transport is in the spotlight. It is the low-hanging fruit, the International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport (UIRR) has repeatedly said, the solution to accomplish carbon-neutral transport....Read moreThree new rolling highways in France
The Government of France is considering three new routes for rolling highways across the country. They will be launched by the year’s end. Some of the planned rail freight connections could be extended to the...Read more