Europorte wins Strasbourg rail contract

Rail logistics service provider CargoBeamer has launched a new connection for unaccompanied transport of semi-trailers, connecting Cologne in western Germany and the Port of Sète in southern France

On top of that, through rail freight traffic continues to fall, despite the move to unaccompanied transports

The unaccompanied trailer service via the Channel tunnel will operate between Ashford in Kent and the new CargoBeamer terminal in Calais, just “down the road” from the Channel Terminal

Getlink (Groupe Eurotunnel) aims to reduce direct CO2E by 15% by 2023 and by 30% by 2025; iPort Rail gets customs status for Channel Tunnel rail freight

The SGS TransitNet solution allows shippers and carriers to issue a transit declaration via a web interface on all European customs platforms, allowing shippers and carriers to clear goods away from the border

Reflecting pandemic slowdowns in the economy, the number of trucks using Eurotunnel’s Le Shuttle Fret service was down 9% to 1.452M in 2020