Tag: Rail Transport

DHL and Stinnes Intermodal transport more goods by rail

Posted by | Feb 9, 2005 | |

With immediate effect, even more parcels and goods are being transported by rail. Parcel InterCity (PIC) – a joint project of DHL, the express and logistics service provider of Deutsche Post World Net, and Stinnes Intermodal, a company of Deutsche Bahn AG – has been operating a second route since February 7. Now the company transports goods between Bönen/Unna in Westphalia and Wustermark near Berlin five times per week, in addition to its established route between Hamburg/Hanover and Munich/Nuremberg. The successful implementation of the project is facilitated especially through the partnership between DHL and Optimus Logistics.

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FedEx goes after high-speed rail deal

Posted by | Jan 18, 2005 | |

FedEx Corp. said yesterday it was in talks with the French government about
using the country’s prestigious high-speed rail network to transport
packages and freight. FedEx, which uses Paris Charles de Gaulle airport as its main European hub, hopes the government will agree to link up the
high-speed TGV network to its facility, but a deal is likely to take years to negotiate, FedEx officials said.

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Axed mail trains to make comeback

Posted by | Oct 17, 2004 | |

Royal Mail is to bring back rail deliveries less than a year after it axed the service to save costs amid concerns that the busy Christmas period could be hit by poor performance. The U-turn will see the firm running four mail trains up and down the country daily, with the first services starting next month. If they increase efficiency and help restore public confidence in the struggling postal network, they may be brought back permanently. The company is expecting to handle about 2.1 billion letters and parcels in the four weeks before Christmas, but it fears bad weather could hamper distribution by road and air.
Transport problems may be compounded by a shortage of manpower. Royal Mail is recruiting 23,000 temporary staff but some postal workers, who feel their workload is too demanding, are threatening to withdraw overtime. The decision to scrap mail trains was taken last year following a transport review.

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La Poste air / rail transport

Posted by | Oct 10, 2004 | |

Jean-Paul Bailly, chief executive of La Poste, at Lille on 10 October 2004 said that they were rethinking the whole use of night flights and transport pollution. Currently the TGV handles fifteen per cent of their domestic transport and they expected this to increase in the coming years

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