New AFR intermodal wagon

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Despite the poor health of the railroad combined transport sector in France, Douai-based wagon builder Arbel Fauvet Rail (AFR) has come up w...

French combi faces grave crisis

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Popular support for measures to reduce truck traffic is as strong in France as anywhere in Europe. The reality, however, is that combi-trans...

Delta 3 “ready next year”

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Despite the problems for combitransport in France (see last month's WorldCargo News, p40), work on the new trimodal terminal at Dourges, nea...

French combi-blues

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CNC Transports, majority-owned by SNCF, plans to cut staff by a further 10 per cent in the coming months to stem losses, thus continuing the...

New French terminals

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Two new intermodal rail terminals have opened recently in France. The first is in Bayonne, close to the Spanish border on the Atlantic side....

Exerting even more pull

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French Rail (SNCF) is determined to retain its leading role in the drive to ensure combi-transport growth in France. Its dirigiste approach ...

Keeping TABs on French Rail

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TAB, one of Novatrans' leading customers, has become the first combi-operator in France to take advantage of EU open access provisions....