A leading player in multimodal transport, the GEODIS Road Transport Line of Business is expanding its network in Europe with the introduction of a road-rail solution linking the Paris region with northern Italy.
On a booked path, GEODIS operates 3 rotations per week (i.e. 6 round trips) and offers a loading capacity of 240 ITUs[1]per week. This represents a saving of up to 75% in greenhouse gas emissions[2].
Daniele Bernardi, Managing Director of the GEODIS Road Transport Line of Business in Italy, said: “We are delighted to be able to offer a road-rail solution to our customers including delivery to or from France, for packaged products as well as liquids or powders; hazardous materials or waste. A single loading unit is used from the sender to the recipient (swap bodies, box containers and tanks). All our container carriers are equipped with GPS beacons to guarantee safety and real-time information.”
Left: Marc Vollet, Director of Operations and Multimodal for the GEODIS Road Transport Line of Business
Right: Daniele Bernardi, Managing Director of the GEODIS Road Transport Line of Business in Italy
Marc Vollet, Director of Operations and Multimodal for the GEODIS Road Transport Line of Business, added: “As the French leader in multimodal transport, we continue to develop rail-road solutions in Europe. This new France-Italy route provides our customers with additional capacity for cross-border multimodal transport and it emits three times less CO2 than transport by road.”
This project is part of the GEODIS Road Transport Line of Business’ “Green” strategy. It operates more than 100 trains per week on the European network.
[1] ITU: Intermodal Transport Unit.
[2] Milan-Paris Region route, by comparison with a road solution.
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