HE logistics giant Maersk to throw new cargo transportation service Between Spain and France. HE intermodal transportationTransport, which connects different means of transport, is becoming increasingly strategic for a more environmentally friendly future. This Thursday, another step was announced that will pave the way for the transport sector, which will benefit from port connections and avoid road transport.
HE maritime giant Maersk This will start from the beginning of November four rail services between andBarcelona port and south of France from the operator’s hand Captain. There will be three direct links per week A sea container with Toulouse and Lyon. These special services mark the beginning of the relevant operation for rail traffic between Spain and France. For the first time, a freight train was launched without intervention on the Spain-France border. Captrain has been serving the Spain-Portugal border without interference for 15 years, and now this mode of transportation also reaches between Spain and France.
Captrain’s Stadler Euro6000 locomotives will power the 750-meter-long trains. In this way, maneuvers are reduced, which leads to lower operating costs. There is no need for the intervention of train drivers or other railway vehicles until the destination. Trains of this new service cross the border at Le Perthus via the international line. According to Maersk, the solution connects cargo via Toulouse to Bordeaux via the network operated by Naviland. In addition, the shipping group plans to serve customers going to Tarragona and Zaragoza in the future.
Transit times
Maersk sources assure that the solution will “seamlessly” connect cargoes to Bordeaux via Toulouse. According to the shipping company’s calculations, this new offer could shorten transit times for import and export cargo in the Toulouse, Bordeaux and Lyon regions by up to 12 days (an average of seven days) compared to traditional routes through French or Northern European ports.
The creation of this rail service, operated through APM Spanish Railways, a subsidiary of the Danish group, Allows Barcelona port to capture new sea container flows until now it had been carried through other European venues.
Analysis by Maersk experts shows that thanks to shorter transport distances and the use of electric trains, obvious environmental gains. Special trains can also be booked for intercontinental freight transport between Spain and France. Emilio de la Cruz, Maersk’s managing director for the Southwest Europe Region, believes the new service also brings new doses of confidence to supply chains for industries in Catalonia and the south of France.
Thanks to new interoperable locomotives, private trains do not have to stop to change locomotives or wheelsets Much smoother freight operations are expected at the Spain-France border.
Maersk is an integrated logistics company working to connect and simplify its customers’ supply chains. A global leader in shipping services, the company operates in more than 130 countries and employs more than 110,000 people worldwide. Maersk aims to achieve net zero emissions across the business by 2040 with new technologies, new ships and green fuels.