{"id":138200,"date":"2024-10-09T19:28:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T09:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=56924"},"modified":"2024-10-09T19:28:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T09:28:05","slug":"french-quarry-group-carrieres-de-louest-inaugurates-new-terminal-near-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=138200","title":{"rendered":"French quarry group Carri\u00e8res de l\u2019Ouest inaugurates new terminal near Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cin\u00e9rites Transport & Logistique (CTL), freight forwarding arm of French quarry operator, Carri\u00e8res de l\u2019Ouest, has officially inaugurated a multi-modal freight terminal at the inland port of Bonneuil, on the river Marne, in the Greater Paris region. The new terminal will facilitate the rail freight transport of Carri\u00e8res de l’Ouest aggregates.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>The new facility, which is located on a site owned by Haropa Port, is connected to the railway network and also has wide-gauge river access. Every week, CTL will run five trains between Voutr\u00e9 and Bonneuil, with an annual capacity of 300,000 tonnes of materials, reducing road freight traffic volumes by the equivalent of 9,400 trucks every year.<\/p>\n

Voutr\u00e9 Double Fret<\/h2>\n

Carri\u00e8res de l\u2019Ouest has also developed a round-trip freight system, Voutr\u00e9 Double Fret, in collaboration with France\u2019s rail network manager, SNCF R\u00e9seau and Haropa Port, focusing on the transport by train of aggregates from its quarries in Voutr\u00e9 and Le Mans in western France to construction sites in the Greater Paris region. Return journeys carry excavated materials to be used as landfill. To support the service, Carri\u00e8res de l\u2019Ouest has developed open-top containers suitable for rail and road transport.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Railfreight.com earlier this year, President and CEO, Thomas Dupuy d\u2019Angeac, said the group was looking to set up additional multimodal terminals and had carried out a test at Gennevilliers, on the banks of the Seine, Paris\u2019 largest river port, with terminal operator Paris Terminal, which had been very positive. A weekly service to and from Gennevilliers is planned from 2025. Establishing a terminal at the Port of Nantes-St Nazaire is also under discussion.<\/p>\n

Carri\u00e8res de l\u2019Ouest and Haropa Port<\/h2>\n

While Voutr\u00e9 Double Fret is proving its worth for Carri\u00e8res de l\u2019Ouest\u2019s own business, the group is now focused on extending the concept to third parties. Earlier this year, work began on installing infrastructure that would allow the Voutr\u00e9 hub to handle several trains at a time with investment costs estimated at 2 million euros.<\/p>\n

Separately, Haropa Port is driving the development of multi-modal services from its river terminals. Last year, it tasked ocean shipping group MSC\u2019s logistics arm Medlog to operate a trimodal \u2013 river, rail and road \u2013 hub at Bruy\u00e8res-sur-Oise, around 40 kilometres from Paris, with container traffic identified as a key segment for growth.<\/p>\n