Route expansion
CargoBeamer expands its Calais – Perpignan service
CargoBeamer is doubling the frequency of its service on the Calais – Perpignan route. From Saturday 7 October, the company will offer four weekly round…
port-rail synergies
Close cooperation with ports crucial to French rail freight growth
Ports and railways in France need to increase their cooperative efforts to increase the share of rail freight, according to Matthieu Chabanel, the head of…
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.…
CargoBeamer halts Perpignan-Neuss service: ‘France is a difficult market’
CargoBeamer suspended its service from Perpignan to Neuss in mid-September due to operational difficulties linked to various disruptions in France, including strikes and high energy…
SNCF modernises railway tracks in Calais to increase rail freight capacity
A short but important section of the railway in Calais will undergo modernisation starting in July. The 4,4 kilometres long track between the port of…
Eurotunnel’s new shuttle service reduces transit time and increases volumes
Eurotunnel is launching FIRST, a new subscription service to give priority to trucks that want to hop on the rail freight shuttle to cross the…
CargoBeamer puts non-craneable trailers on rail in Marseille
CargoBeamer has operated the first test train between Marseille and Calais transporting craneable and non-craneable semi-trailers. The service connects the Port of Marseille Fos with…
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…
Migrant dies on top of freight wagon after electric spark
An Eritrean migrant was electrocuted and killed after jumping on a freight wagon at the train station of Valenciennes in France on Friday. The freight…
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…
CargoBeamer keeps connecting the dots in its network
The logistics provider CargoBeamer has another rail freight connection in the pipeline. This time, it will connect its German hub in Kaldenkirchen with Perpignan, an…
This December: all trailer types on the Calais-Domodossola train
A little later than planned, but on 13 December Cargobeamer will start operating its Calais-Domodossola line. “For the start, we plan to operate four weekly…