TAB Rail Road presents France’s first 100% digital, low-carbon terminal

The Astre network stands out for the wealth of know-how of its members. Among them, TAB Rail Road, renowned for its expertise in combined rail-road transport, recently presented the Terminal Ouest Provence in Miramas.

Within the Astre network, we are proud of the innovations and investments made by our members to combat global warming, such as those made by TAB Rail Road. The visit to the Terminal Ouest Provence, in partnership with the TOP TRANSPORT, exhibition, is proof of this commitment.

Within the Astre network, we are proud of the innovations and investments made by our members to combat global warming, such as those made by TAB Rail Road.

A 100% digital, low-carbon terminal

The Terminal Ouest Provence (TOP), located in the Clésud logistics zone between Miramas and Grans, close to the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille, occupies a strategic position at the heart of Provence’s logistics zones. Its unique features will optimise logistics flows and help to reduce the carbon footprint of freight transport.

This ambitious project is being carried out thanks to various grants and the partnership between Charmade and the Open Modal Group, who set up the company Terminal Ouest Provence (TOP) in 2018 to spearhead this initiative. The terminal will be operated in the long term by BTM, an operator specialising in multimodal transport.

Terminal features

Designed to meet the growing needs of combined road-rail transport, the TOP terminal covers an area of 14 hectares. It is equipped to handle four 850-metre trains simultaneously thanks to two handling yards, one equipped with a gantry crane, the other with reach stackers. Remarkably, all the handling equipment, as well as the road-rail shunting equipment, runs on electricity, reinforcing the site’s commitment to the environment.

The Terminal Ouest Provence in figures:

  • 4 railway tracks of 900m
  • 2 remote-controlled electric gantries
  • 2 electric reach stackers
  • A nearby CNG station (Clésud)
  • 1 electric road-rail shunter
  • 68,000 ITUs/year from opening date
  • Storage capacity of 10,000m².

The TAB Rail Road initiative, which is perfectly in line with Astre’s NZI strategy, shows how the network’s members are working towards more sustainable and responsible logistics.

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