Alliance of Transfesa Logistics and EPS to promote Cool Rail routes and expand the service throughout Europe

Boost for international runners

The fresh produce railway route expands its network and will reach numerous destinations in Europe. In this new stage, the service will operate under the name “Cool Rail powered by Transfesa Logistics”.

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Transfesa Logistics and Euro Pool System (EPS) has signed an agreement to promote the route “Cool Rail.” As a result of this alliance, the first direct rail connection for refrigerated products between Valencia and Rotterdam expands its coverage area to reach all Europe.

 

Both companies join forces to launch a new stage in which the activity and commercial operation of this service will continue under the name “Cool Rail powered by Transfesa Logistics".

 

This new cooperation will make it possible to make a broader network available to the market, in addition to the main route to Rotterdam, with destinations to United Kingdom, Nordic countries, Germany and Poland, among others. For this, there will be the collaboration and infrastructure of DB Cargo, the main shareholder of Transfesa Logistics.

 

 

The expansion of this express cold chain from Valencia to London will help Cool Rail's British customers have a fast, sustainable and economically attractive transport solution

 

 

Along the same lines, the putting into service of a direct train to Colonia will make it possible, through Germany, , "CoolRail powered by Transfesa Logistics” can also reach Scandinavia, Poland and the Czech Republic. In this sense, the intention of both companies is to intensify this cooperation to create these new connections.

 

El CEO of Transfesa Logistics, Bernd Hullerum[Name of company] expressed great satisfaction with this new collaboration, explaining that the partnership with EPS “is a great opportunity for us to show the fresh produce market that rail can be just as fast and reliable as road transport. Furthermore, it contributes to more environmentally friendly supply chains, as trains emit nine times less CO2 than trucks.” This new alliance reinforces the company's strategy of developing international rail corridors as the backbone of a door-to-door service.

 

In turn, the CEO of Euro Pool System, Gerjo Scheringa, has indicated that they are “excited about this next step to achieve greater sustainability in the logistics sector throughout Europe. Our partnership with Transfesa Logistics "This fulfills our objective of reducing CO2 emissions by replacing road traffic with a direct rail connection."