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with the main promoter, EdF, to
ensure that the plans go smoothly.
The land and water areas have
now all but been reserved and the
Modal shift moves up the agenda
port’s new environment director
Stéphane Raison is charged with
taking things forward.
T
he Sarkozy government 40t was increased to 44t if the o/ ers have been German, Benelux
has an ambitious plan d point of the container was and Spanish hauliers and logistic
to transfer road freight to within 100 kms (increased to 150 companies. Transalliance is the first
Channel tuning the “triumvirate” of other modes kms in some cases) of a seaport French customer. Works com-
For Rouen, which Mme Bonny - sea, rail and inland waterway. The or a rail/road combined transport pleted at the Le Boulou terminal
ran before taking over at Dunkirk, target is for these modes to ac- terminal. The Lorry-Rail “rail last year have allowed Transalliance
the big project remains the deep- count for 25% of French freight motorway” service also qualifies. to ship tank trailers containing
ening of the shipping channel, 120 transport by 2020, as set out in the This derogation is about to be ex- hazardous cargoes, with the ex-
kms long to the sea and with an Grenelle de l’environnement. tended to traffic over river ports ception of classes I, II and VII.
average width of 120m. François This is a collective term for nu- and certain industrial sites, with a This month a classic lo-lo
Xicluna has been appointed op- merous agreements on environ- view to shifting more bulk ship- combi-rail service is slated to start
erations and development direc- ment-related polocies, including ments to inland navigation. up between Antwerp and Lyon.
tor to take charge of this project. the future role of French nuclear Hauliers of heavy bulk goods Operated by B-Cargo’s IFB affili-
Environmental impact studies energy. For example, the Grenelle mostly responded favourably to ate, the 80 TEU “Rhône Flanders
and negotiations with local com- sets a target of doubling the share the measure. Fuel consumption
Lorry-Rail achieved a utilisation rate of 50% in its first year of commercial
Express” will cater for swap bod-
munities are expected to last until of barge and rail of inland con- increases with heavier loads, as
operations, but the threshold for breakeven is put at 75%
ies as well as maritime containers.
the end of next year, so if work tainer moves over French seaports. does wear on tyres, brakes and sus- Traction is being provided by B-
commenced soon after it could be The government has just pension, but these are outweighed ised loads can also takes advantage. leged status of combined transport Cargo and Euro Cargo Rail
finished during 2012. agreed a package of €7.5M for by the gain in productivity. Perrier, for example, is shipping shipments in that respect. (ECR). The service will be oper-
The channel dredging has Marseille-Fos that includes an al- One leasing grain co-opera- bottled mineral water exports ated twice/week in each direction
been costed at location for expansion and im- tive, Champagne Céréales, esti- from the source at Vergèze, near Water link between Antwerp and Lyon’s Ter-€115M, and the
associated adaptations of the port’s provement of the rail approaches mates that the productivity gain Montpeilier, to Fos. The key infrastructure project for minal Edouard Herriot, with in-
berths another to the Fos 2XL and future Fos is around 11%, although Yves- the inland waterways recognised termediate calls at Chalindrey.€70M. However, as
previously reported, the port cal- 3XL and Fos 4XL terminals. Marie Laurent, the cooperative’s General issue? in the Grenelle is the Seine-Nord ECR, one of the “newcom-
culates that by being accessible to logistics manager, reckons that the However, there are new reports Canal and this is expected to clear ers” to French rails, is now con-
“handymax” (up to 60,000t) ships Weight incentive allowable trucking distance should that the 44t mgw limit is about to more legal requirements this year. trolled by DB Schenker through
at any state of the tide,it would Incentives have existed for some be in the 200-300 kms range to be extended to all HGVs (pro- The 105 km long canal will the latter’s takeover of EWS in
reap a traffic gain of 20%, or an time. Four years ago the permis- obtain maximum benefits. vided the are equipped with six allow vessels up to 4400t to sail Great Britain. Since last Decem-
extra 5 mtpa to 2020. sible all-up weight for HGVs of Shippers of heavy container- axles), thereby removing the privi- between Paris and the Rhine sea- ber, TRW, the Belgian UIRRa74
ports, Dunkirk and Zeebrugge, as company, has been using ECR for
well as connect Le Havre and its services to France and Spain.
Rouen with northeastern France.
Air draft will be sufficient for Lorraine moves
2009
container baregs with 3-high The Port of Antwerp has also ex-
stacks. Already Dutch container pressed strong interest, as has the
barge operators Bulcontainer, Port of Rotterdam, in the concept
Rhinecontainer and Aloctrans being promoted by the Lorraine
have expressed interest in operat- region of eastern France to set up
ing service between the ARA a new trimodal terminal in Metz,
ports and Paris. Four new or alternatively in Thionville, on
multimodal terminals and logis- the River Moselle.
tics centres are planned between Around 7 Mtpa of container-
Paris and the Belgian border. ised goods are exported from the
Lorraine, mostly via Antwerp or
A struggle Rotterdam, to where they are
The UK’s Biggest Transport and Logistics Event
On the intermodal rail side, shipped exclusively by road.
Lorry-Rail is still struggling. This Goods flow between the region
28-30 2009
autoroute ferroviaire (rail motorway) and Benelux comes to 11.5 Mtpa.
service for unaccomapnised trail- The Moselle is a class Vb navi-
ers using Modalohr wagons (40 gation, which accounts for some
If you missed the last Multimodal, this is
sets per train) was launched be- 10 Mtpa of freight, mostly coal,
tween Le Boulou (Perpignan) and grains, steel products and build-
Bettembourg (Luxembourg) in ing materials. However, air draft
what our exhibitors said about it:
September 2007. When the trial has been improved by raising
run was staged at the end of March bridges to allow for 3-high con-
“
We have had a great show with quality leads, and have seen companies such as
2007 (WorldCargo News, April tainer stacks on barges.
Marks & Spencer, Argos, Homebase, Diageo, Ford and Land Rover. We have booked
2007, p41), the planned start of The target for a new trimodal
commercial services was June, but terminal is 100,000 TEU/year,
a bigger stand for next year.
”
Zim UK
in the event these did not get including road-rail transfers as well
“
underway until September. as rail-barge and raod-barge trans-
We are significantly increasing our stand size for next year.
”
DSV
In its first year, the service fers. The region is also keen to
reached 50% utilisation, but the promote the Moselle-Rhône link,
“
Thank you for a fantastic show. Well organized, with quality attendees.
”
PD Ports
threshold for breakeven is 75% which was proposed a few years
utilisation. Lorry-Rail has stated ago as a less expensive alternative
“
The launch show of Multimodal was well publicised, well organised and well
that the service has been affected to constructing a direct link be-
represented by the industry.
”
Wincanton by rail strikes and blockades by tween the Rhine and the Rhône.
road hauliers along the 1050 km
They had the opportunity to meet face to face with senior decision makers
long line of route, as well as by North east plans
from companies such as: Ford, Kellogg’s, Tate & Lyle, Nestle, Diageo, PepsiCo, BP,
delays in rail infrastructure works. The Port of Valenciennes in north
The loading gauge is supposed east France already has container
ExxonMobil, British American Tobacco, MOD-DSCOM, GM/Vauxhall Motors, Mars,
to be GB1 (UIC 506) to cater for barge connections with Dunkirk
Avon Cosmetics, ASDA/Wal-Mart, Clarks International, The Boots Company, Xerox,
trailers with a corner height of and Antwerp. A working group has
Triumph, Group Danone, Tesco, The Body Shop, Next, Lakeland Plastics, Homebase,
up to 4.03m and width of 2.55m been set up to develop water- and
Casio, Rohm & Haas, Snap-on Tools, Griffith Laboratories, Mitsubishi Electric, (2.6m for reefers). Utilisation rates rail-borne logistic services for
CEMEX, Perkins Engines, Premium Ingredients, VW, Marks & Spencer, Jewson, could fall further this year, as the containers and bulk cargoes.
Jaguar Cars, Lake Chemicals, Land Rover, Mont Blanc, Industrial Chemicals,
economic recession affects auto- In Dunkirk, container termi-
Clark Foods, SCA Hygiene, Stylo Barratts Shoes, Honda, Dairy Crest, ADM Milling,
motive components shipments nal operator NFTI, which is also
Syngenta Crop Protection, BSW Timber, Pace Micro Technology, Edrington Distillers,
between Spain and Germany, up a forwarding agent and transport
to a key traffic for the service. operator, is studying the feasibil-
Twining & Co, Aggregate Industries, SABIC UK Petrochemicals, Visteon, Mothercare,
Now Lorry-Rail’s backers ity of introducing new intermodal
Numico, UPM Kymmene, Sharp Manufacturing, Cosmic Fireworks, Panasonic,
have increased its capital from rail links to Strasbourg and Paris.
Home Delivery Network, Iggesund Paperboard, BOC/Linde, Corus & Carluccio’s.
€5M to €12M. Meanwhile tariffs The company already provides
have been cut from €900 to €730- multi-user services to Antwerp
750 per trailer trip, to be more and Athus. In addition, single user
competitive against road trunking. “spot” trains can be provided to
Join leading companies such as Dascher, The Port of Felixstowe,
To date, most of the custom- Zeebrugge and Antwerp. a74
DP World, DB Schenker and Norfolkline, who have already reserved
The class V Seine-Nord link is still planned to be in service by 2015
space to exhibit for the first time in 2009 - call Robert Jervis or
Jenny Moore today on 0207 370 8373 or 0207 370 8957
or for more information on exhibiting or visiting go to
www.multimodal.org.uk
Multimodal 2009s&REIGHTs4RANSPORTs,OGISTICSs3#-s
28-30 April 2009, NEC Birmingham, UK
www.multimodal.org.uk
34 February 2009
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