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SNCF to sell Ermewa

News27 Apr 2021

The debt-laden French railways group is to sell its wagons and tank containers leasing arm for around €3.2B...

News20 Feb 2019

Hupac Intermodal is to start shipping semitrailers on the Spanish network between Antwerp Combinant terminal and the RENFE El Morrot termi...

News7 Nov 2018

A second intermodal rail service using the Modalohr horizontal transfer system for road trailers has been inaugurated by VIIA over Calais, t...

News23 Sep 2018

Europe’s first freight train to use IoT, allowing digitalisation of operations, was the winner of ERCI’s "Coup de Cœur" innovation awar...

News19 Jun 2017

The competition authorities have given their consent to the acquisition of 45% shareholdings of BLS Cargo by SNCF Logistics...

News4 Apr 2017

SNCF Logistics and Marseille-based start up TRAXƎNS have partnered on a project to turn SNCF trains into “connected units” using the te...

News1 Oct 2014

Are longer intermodal trains the answer, or is completely new thinking needed?...

News4 Nov 2013

The Greek privatisation agency Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) has given the go-ahead for the purchase of TrainOSE by Russi...

News29 Sep 2013

New routes for "Rail Motorway" services have been announced by Lorry-Rail...

News1 Sep 2013

Six years after it was launched, the first long distance (1000 km) autoroute ferroviaire service between Bettembourg in Luxembourg and Le Bo...

News1 Nov 2012

The French government has announced a plan for a new rail infrastructure holding that would adumbrate both SNCF and RFF...

News1 Feb 2012

The demise of SeaFrance shows that state-owned SNCF’s lossmaking affiliates cannot go on for ever and the focus in France has now switched...

News1 Apr 2010

A six-year undertaking between SNCF affiliate Geodis and print media specialist Presstalis (formerly Nmpp) to create a raillinked multimodal...

News1 Oct 2009

Operating losses have, if anything, spurred acquisitions at SNCF Fret....

News21 Sep 2009

The French government says it is prepared to back restructuring of French Rail's freight operations to the tune of E7B...