The GEODIS Road Transport business segment is expanding its network in Europe with the introduction of a road-rail solution linking the Paris region with northern Italy.
Officially launched on January 18, 2022, the line links Noisy-le-Sec in France to Novara in Italy and is intended to offer an alternative to road transport.
On a booked path, GEODIS operates three rotations per week (i.e. six round trips) and offers a loading capacity of 240 International Transport Units per week. This represents a saving of up to 75% in greenhouse gas emissions.
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. Single loading units such as swap bodies, box containers and tanks are used from the sender to the recipient. All our container carriers are equipped with GPS beacons to guarantee safety and real-time information.”
Marc Vollet, Director of Operations and Multimodal for the GEODIS Road Transport Line of Business, added: “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.
Source: GEODIS
