Modal shift moves up the agenda

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The Sarkozy government has an ambitious plan to transfer road freight to the “triumvirate” of other modes - sea, rail and inland waterwa...

Fos-Lyon rail shuttle

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More information is available about the new Lyon-Marseille/ Fos intermodal rail shuttle organised by Trimodal (see WorldCargo News February ...

Second terminal for Lyon

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In just two years river barge container traffic over Lyon’s Edouard Herriot terminal has increased by 50% and will top 60,000 TEU this yea...

How to manage freight in the Alpine Arc

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The Alps have always posed a problem for freight exchanges and things have been further complicated by the enlargement of the EU towards the...

Barcelona eyes Lyon

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Barcelona port authority (APB) is studying the possibility of opening a new puerto seco outside the French city of Lyon, which would be simi...

Making the French connection

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UK-based central Systems & Automation Ltd (CSA) has supplied another Autostore container terminal management system (CTMS), this time to the...