A corridor between Marseille and Switzerland
NEWS FROM THE HINTERLAND OF THE PORT OF MARSEILLE-FOS
The opening of the Marseille-Geneva axis in the North/Mediterranean-Sea corridor:
An opportunity to be seized by Swiss businesses via the port of Marseille-Fos.
As of March 2018, Naviland Cargo (subsidiary of SNCF Logistics) operates a railway shuttle between Marseille-Fos, Le Havre and Switzerland. Three times a week, in a 72-hour transit time, a 500-meter-long train, with a capacity of 40 Evp connects the two countries; “In comparison with ports of the Northern Range, this new freight corridor should improve transit-time by 5 days-at-sea for containers from Asia via Marseille-Fos, and a door-to-door of 17 days leaving from India, 8 days from Turkey, and only 72 hours for pharmaceutical products from Geneva to Alger.
Madame Christine CABAU WOEHREL,Chairman of GPMM.
According to M. Jean-Philippe SALDUCCI, Chairman of the Maritime and Port Union of Marseille-Fos:
“This shuttle sends an important signal which could bring on a new railway operator in Geneva .Three years of lobbying in Brussels were needed for the Port Union of Marseille-Fos to obtain the entry of the Marseille-Geneva axis in the North/Mediterranean-Sea corridor. After the entry of the Marseille-Lyon axis in the European railway North/Mediterranean-Sea corridor in 2016, a further stage is reached with this corridor, which opens new outlets for the GPMM, in Switzerland and beyond.”
