Green house gas emissions of freight transport : How could France reach its commitments for 2012?

In 2007, the French government organized a big event related to sustainable development issues, called Grenelle de l’environnement. All the working sessions were held as think-tanks. In this regard, companies, environmental associations, professional federations and various ministry departments participated to the distinct sessions. The aim consisted in defining objectives for the whole range of the [...]

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Transport Expertise Association is born!

Madam, Sir, Dear Visitors, On behalf of all Transport Expertise Board members, I am pleased to announce that we created Transport Expertise Association (Non-Profit Organization under French regulation). As defined in the articles of association adopted during the General Assembly on Dec. 19, 2008, the Association will study and promote at the international level, best [...]

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The DB part-privatisation delayed because of the financial crisis

Deutsche Bahn privatisation delayed to February 2009 On October 9, due to the worldwide financial crisis, the German Government postponed the on-going Deutsche Bahn privatisation process. Another attempt (still with the unchanged amount of 24.9% of the DB capital to be privatised) will be held starting in February 2009. This announcement was made by the Initial Public [...]

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Follow-up: "Autoroutes maritimes", aka marine highways

Mr. C. Kenneth Orski sent Transport Expertise some more details about the Marine Highways Program, that we mentionned in our French article “Des autoroutes maritimes pour décongestionner les routes américaines” (Marine Highways to unclog American’s roads). Please find below an excerpt from Vol. 19, No. 19 of Innovation NewsBriefs : Ports Infrastructure: Competing with Highways [...]

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DHL Amsterdam, combined transport: boat & bike

Around 25 percent of the city of Amsterdam consists of navigable waterways (65 miles of canals) thus making it the most watery city in the world. DHL took advantage of this opportunity… and developed its “Floating Distribution Centre.” A DHL Truck on a canal bridge, Amsterdam, NL What’s that boat? Amsterdam’s first floating distribution centre [...]

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French parliament adopted the "eco-tax" law

Loi Grenelle I (Grenelle I law) adopted, measures follow… Following up with the Environment Roundtable (Grenelle de l’Environnement), the French Parliament approved on Oct. 16, 2008, the eco-tax law for trucks. The tax will be applied to all trucks over 3.5 tons on French roads, starting at best in 2011. The tax will embraces all [...]

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In brief: Kuehne + Nagel to take over Alloin

Swiss K+N to buy French Alloin Group Swiss logistics group Kuehne + Nagel signed a contract agreement to take over the French distributor Alloin Group (mail, bulking). Kuehne + Nagel thus reaches one of its strategic goal by extending its ground distribution network in France and Belgium. The company is specialized in domestic mails deliveries [...]

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In brief: TruckMaster Fuel Finder, cheaper gas on your route!

Find the cheapest diesel on your route! In a period of financial crisis, when gas prices go mostly up (even when the barrel goes up and down), TruckMaster Logistics Systems, Inc. launched its free “Fuel Finder“. Users may enter any two cities in the United States, and have returned to them fuel stops on the [...]

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Eurotunnel traffic will completely restart by Feb. 2009

Eurotunnel, the company operating the Channel tunnel, also known as “Chunnel”, awarded a consortium composed of Freyssinet, Eurovia, and Vinci to repair the damages occured during a fire on Sep. 11, 2008. The construction work are estimated at less than €60 million and could be finished by mid-February 2009. In this renovation project, Freyssinet will [...]

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France-Portugal: toward a new "sea-highway"

A taskforce to promote a short-sea shipping link between France and Portugal Earlier this year, on April 14, 2008, Dominique Bussereau (French Transportation Secretary) and his Portuguese counterpart Ana Paula Vitorino decided to create a taskforce to promote the development of a sea-highway between both their countries. Two initiatives launched on October 2, 2008 As [...]

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