Excerpt from: Europe Supply Chain and Logistics Strategy
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| February 14, 2008 | | The CAREX project (Cargo Rail Express) is trying to get air cargo to be moved by train due to a lower carbon emission. | High speed TGV trains are going to be used in France to move mail and packages around the country. These trains travel 300 kilometers per hour (186 miles per hour). This is all part of the CAREX project (Cargo Rail Express), which hopes for these trains to be operational within 4 years. FedEx will work with the French post to set up and use these trains. Currently FedEx has 50 cargo planes coming in and out of the airport in Paris. They hope that some of the closer locations will be able to be transported by train. A train has a better carbon footprint than a jet. According to the article “A large cargo aircraft consumes more than 20 liters of kerosene and a truck about one liter of diesel fuel to carry one ton of cargo 100 kilometers (62 miles). According to Carex, the freight TGV emits only about two percent of the carbon dioxide emitted by a cargo plane to achieve the same outcome.” The routes will extend beyond France, but will probably not be in Germany. Germany does not have a good high speed rail network for these trains. They hope that will change and the high speed trains can be utilized throughout Europe and reduce companies carbon emissions. | | |
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