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Chemicals Division: Our expertise is your key to success

Are you looking for transport solutions for shipping your chemical products, your hydrocarbons, your biofuels, your non-ferrous metals and your bulk liquids? A reliable, secure carrier for shipping your hazardous materials? Reactive, competitive outgoing shipment capabilities for deliveries to your customers and plant sites in France and Europe?

Our role: Secure routing of your products!

Chemicals Division Fret SNCF Because your merchandise requires special attention, we have designed an offer capable of meeting your needs, based on three features.

Expertise

We offer you:

A specialized sales force: Key account sales representatives, a central office and regional agencies located throughout French territory that are familiar with your business.
Innovative production management: our Offers and Services Management includes our flow designers. Linked to the sales representatives, they work to build you the transport solution best suited to your needs.
A dedicated market platform: this is your daily contact for tracking and managing your shipments.

Flexibility

You have our guarantee, thanks to:

The Chemicals Division, which is

Chemicals Branch:

over 7 million tons hauled
almost 1/3 of international traffic
40% unit trains
60% individual wagons

Hydrocarbon, non-ferrous metal, nuclear, and bulk food branch:

over 8 million tons hauled
18% of international traffic
80% unit trains
20% individual wagons

Our international standing: in cooperation with foreign railway companies or as a single carrier, we work with our subsidiaries to provide you with transport solutions for all of Europe.
Diversified transport solutions: we can design transport solutions adapted to your needs, from unit trains to individual wagons, from outgoing shipments or servicing trains to grouped wagons.
Our Haut Débit Ferroviaire (High Railway Capacity) system: assuring the reliability of your individual wagon routing and performance-oriented lead times in France and Europe.
Our MaxiFret team: managing your special and large volume shipments (machinery, tools, transformers, etc.).

Security

We can meet all your safety and environmental protection requirements. To provide you top-quality service, we have set up:

Presence Fret: your hazardous material shipments are tracked 24 hours a day.
The routing of hazardous merchandise is covered by the general security system applied by the SNCF to all of its operations, plus the regulatory requirements regarding international railway transport of HAZMAT materials (RID).
Learn about our offers here

For shipping your specific products, we have come up with two offers:
- Chem Express : the green solution for your chemical product shipments.
- ResaFret MD : the secure solution for your hazardous merchandise...
A constantly evolving system and know-how, established along with a network of regional and national experts to ensure a high level of security for shipments recognized by the SQAS audit performed in 2007.
EDIFRET: do you know what your logistical pollution emissions are? EDIFRET will assist you in establishing your environmental balance sheet. Doing an "Environmental Balance Sheet" is the way to identify the environmental impact at every stage of your logistical operations, and to target the products requiring special attention. The outcome of the diagnosis will allow you to establish targets in precise figures on greenhouse gas emissions and to provide evidence of the transparency of your operations to your customers.

You can rest assured that you will receive reliable, competitive, service, tailored to your needs, in France and Europe!

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