Schenker, TransContainer to form a logistics JV in Russa
DB Schenker Rail and TransContainer, a subsidiary of Russian Railways (RZD), have revealed plans to set up a joint-venture automotive logistics operation in Russia, IFW reported.
The two operators said the service would meet the growing logistics demands of suppliers and carmakers in the Kaluga region.
Meanwhile, the EC Marco Polo programme is to support one of the biggest multimodal projects in Europe – a rail link between Vesoul, France, and Kaluga by Gefco Group that would replace trucks currently used on 16-day round trips.
Since 2007, increasing numbers of car manufacturers and suppliers have set up facilities in the Kaluga region, some 160km south of Moscow, where companies such as VW, Peugeot Citroen, Mitsubishi and Volvo have established plants.
The Schenker-Transcontainer plans are in their embryonic stages, with the companies agreeing to conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing the JV in Russia that could become operational before the year is out.
Karl-Friedrich Rausch, a board member of DB Mobility Logistics, said: “We have enjoyed a successful working relationship with TransContainer in the transport business to Kaluga for four years.
The Gefco connection would run through Germany and Poland to supply the PCMARus assembly plant, a joint-venture between PSA Peugeot Citroën and Mitsubishi in Russia.
Replacing the daily departure of 44 trucks and reducing shipment times from eight to five days, the link fulfills the objectives and eligibility criteria of the Marco Polo programme to support modal transfer initiatives.
Gefco plans to transfer more than 411 million freight-tonne-km from road to rail, far exceeding the 60 million FTKs required to qualify for the programme.
A €539,000 (US$790,000) grant has been requested and the EC said it considered the Vesoul-Kaluga link to be a financially viable project which would continue after funding has ceased.
The two operators said the service would meet the growing logistics demands of suppliers and carmakers in the Kaluga region.
Meanwhile, the EC Marco Polo programme is to support one of the biggest multimodal projects in Europe – a rail link between Vesoul, France, and Kaluga by Gefco Group that would replace trucks currently used on 16-day round trips.
Since 2007, increasing numbers of car manufacturers and suppliers have set up facilities in the Kaluga region, some 160km south of Moscow, where companies such as VW, Peugeot Citroen, Mitsubishi and Volvo have established plants.
The Schenker-Transcontainer plans are in their embryonic stages, with the companies agreeing to conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing the JV in Russia that could become operational before the year is out.
Karl-Friedrich Rausch, a board member of DB Mobility Logistics, said: “We have enjoyed a successful working relationship with TransContainer in the transport business to Kaluga for four years.
The Gefco connection would run through Germany and Poland to supply the PCMARus assembly plant, a joint-venture between PSA Peugeot Citroën and Mitsubishi in Russia.
Replacing the daily departure of 44 trucks and reducing shipment times from eight to five days, the link fulfills the objectives and eligibility criteria of the Marco Polo programme to support modal transfer initiatives.
Gefco plans to transfer more than 411 million freight-tonne-km from road to rail, far exceeding the 60 million FTKs required to qualify for the programme.
A €539,000 (US$790,000) grant has been requested and the EC said it considered the Vesoul-Kaluga link to be a financially viable project which would continue after funding has ceased.
