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Change within Management Committee of Xpedys, subsidiary of SNCB
Pascal Herroelen appointed General Manager

Brussels – March, 9 2010 – The Board of Directors of Xpedys, subsidiary of the Belgian railway company SNCB and member of SNCB Logistics, has appointed Pascal Herroelen (°1960) as General Manager and President of the Board of Directors of Xpedys. Pascal has a legal education and has gained extensive experience in the logistics sector. He has occupied several management functions within companies as Caterpillar Logistics Services, ABX Logistics Worldwide and DSV Solutions. Armed with a broad international expertise and his management background, he is determined to pursue the development of Xpedys towards profitable growth.

Seven railway companies bring competitive rail freight on track

(Zurich, 18 February 2010) Today, seven leading European rail freight operators officially created the Xrail alliance. Xrail’s goal is to render international wagonload traffic by rail more customer-friendly and efficient. The alliance aims to increase the competitiveness of wagonload traffic in Europe significantly, thus helping take traffic off the roads and protect the environment.

Antwerp, February 12 2010 – IFB, independent subsidiary of SNCB Logistics and specialised in intermodal transport, invests further in the development of its European rail network. After the new connections towards France, Spain and Italy, and thanks to a partnership with Intercontainer (ICF), IFB today opens a new network to the whole of Eastern Europe for its customers.

What is EcoTransIT?

The Ecological Transport Information Tool (EcoTransIT) is an Internet tool that compares the environmental impacts of goods transported by different modes within Europe. EcoTransIT compares the energy consumption, greenhouse gas and exhaust emissions of freight transported by rail, road, ship and aircraft. It also takes into account intermodal transport services, the characteristics of the transported goods and the different technical standards of the vehicles.

Antwerp, January 2010 – IFB, member of SNCB Logistics and specialised in intermodal transport, invests further in the development of its European rail network.

Brussels/Berlin, December 10th 2009 - DB Schenker Rail, the freight railway company of Deutsche Bahn and SNCB Logistics today signed an agreement to establish a joint production company, named COBRA. The two railway operators join forces in order to be able to offer better quality and efficiency on the Belgian, German and Dutch routes. Moreover, COBRA permits to have a more competitive offer and strengthen the international position of both companies. COBRA will serve as a production company, so all commercial activities remain in hands of the two main operators.

Antwerp, October 15 2009 – IFB, member of SNCB Logistics and specialised in intermodal transport, invests further in the development of rail freight connections in Europe. The company recently launched a new intermodal connection between Charleroi Trimodal Logistics Center and Dresden (East Germany). The train is organised exclusively for Lannutti Glassdivision, European market leader for this type of transport and owner of the wagons. Lannutti in its turn will deliver the glass panels at its customer AGC, world leader in the field of glass production. AGC has put all its trust in Lannutti because its strategy is based on combined transport, which permits to respond to the logistic demands, with an important accent on the respect of the environment and on ecology.

Antwerp – September 1 2009 – Mr. Paul Wouters (°1962) has recently joined IFB as General Manager of the company. Paul has an extensive experience in the logistic sector and has occupied several management positions within companies like Danzas/DHL, ABX, Group 4 Securicor, Agility Logistics,… With his important international expertise and management experience, Paul has all the skills and also the determination to accompany IFB further in its profitable growth.

Antwerp – September 2009 – IFB, specialist logistic solutions for container transport and terminal manager, has taken advantage of the summer period to accomplish important improvement works to the Antwerp container terminal Main Hub, in view of a significant increase of the capacity and flexibility.

AP Rail facilitates the last mile operations between the rail bundles and the quays and
improves significantly the quality of the rail transport in the port of Antwerp.