Forwarder Danzas has faith in rail freight, but believes liberalisation and partnerships are the way forward. The argument in favour of intermodal transport is an old and much mooted one. Everybody accepts that Europe needs to get more cargo on to its railways, if only to beat congestion on the motorways, while road transport is still necessary for the to-door leg of a consignment’s journey. The solution to this is clear: combined transport
Read MorePierre Blayau, head of Geodis, the French logistics and transport group in which railway operator SNCF Participations is the main investor, has unveiled his strategy for the medium term.
Blayau, hinted that the country’s postal operator La Poste could figure in Geodis’ future plans as he estimated a net loss of between Eurol 40 million and Eurol 50 million for 2001 in view of restructuring costs.
DB Cargo AG, the goods-transport unit of Deutsche Bahn AG, said it and its French counterpart, Fret SNCF, plan to abolish time-consuming and costly clearing procedures at the German-French border
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