{"id":121801,"date":"2024-09-06T22:00:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=55919"},"modified":"2024-09-06T22:00:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T12:00:36","slug":"inland-port-of-strasbourg-to-invest-70-million-euros-in-new-rail-freight-terminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=121801","title":{"rendered":"Inland port of Strasbourg to invest 70 million euros in new rail freight terminal"},"content":{"rendered":"

France\u2019s second biggest inland port of Strasbourg, in eastern France, has unveiled a 70 million-euro project to create a new rail freight terminal with the aim of doubling train-borne traffic over the next decade from one to two million tonnes.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>It is part of a 200 million euro investment plan over 10 years, of which close to 25 million euros is earmarked for the development of infrastructure at the port\u2019s tri-modal terminal at Lauterbourg. Five million euros will be spent on the river terminal.<\/p>\n

A \u201cfirst phase of operation\u201d of the new rail freight terminal is expected in 2026-2027, before a \u201cgradual ramp-up,\u201d said the port authority\u2019s (PAS) managing director, Claire Merlin, at a press conference earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Putting a \u2018figure\u2019 on truck traffic<\/h2>\n

The project is in line with PAS’ objective of \u201ccontributing to the ecological transition\u201d and becoming \u201ca tool for the re-industrialisation and decarbonisation\u201d of the economy, she explained.<\/p>\n

PAS is committed to offering shippers more opportunities to take advantage of low-impact modes of transport, such as rail and river, by facilitating their use and optimising their efficiency. \u201cWe have difficulty estimating the truck traffic generated by the port. That’s one of our objectives: to put a figure on this mode of transport so that we can better propose alternatives.\u201d<\/p>\n