The CMA CGM Group announces the introduction on 8 February 2020, of PIACENZA RAIL SHUTTLE, a new rail service connecting the Port of Genoa with the Piacenza logistics hub, operated in cooperation with GTS, one of the leading intermodal rail operators in Italy.
Weekly train connections aligned with CMA CGM’s deep-sea services
The PIACENZA RAIL SHUTTLE service will officially start with its first train departure from Genoa on 8 February. Three departures per week between the Port of Genoa and Piacenza will enhance CMA CGM’s intermodal offer and provide customers with a rail connection between Italy’s busiest port and a major logistics hub. From Piacenza, the Group’s clients will indeed have access to more than 1,700 door locations through the industrial regions of Lombardia, Emilia-Romagna and Veneto.
In Genoa, the train schedules are synchronized with the arrivals and departures of the CMA CGM Group’s vessels. The French shipping company says that it provides customers with a steady and seamless connection to the Group’s deep-sea services, which include AMERIGO (Mediterranean – North America East Coast), MEX (Mediterranean Sea – Middle East/India), NEMO (North Europe – Mediterranean Sea – Australia – South Asia – Indian Sub-Continent) and SIRIUS (East Coast South America – West Mediterranean).
PIACENZA RAIL SHUTTLE service
- Linking the Port of Genoa to Piacenza
- 52 TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Units) capacity per leg
- Three weekly departures
- Launch: February 8th from the Port of Genoa
- Perfectly synchronized with CMA CGM’s ship schedules in Genoa
