GEFCO Romania, the logistics firm part ofGEFCO group owned by France's PSA Peugeot Citroen, is in talks withFord Romania to transport cars from Craiova plant aimed at foreignmarkets by railway, according to company officials.
"At present, we already have a contract signed with Ford's newimporter, but only for distribution nationwide. As regards theactivity of Craiova plant, we are currently in talks with them,"said Christian Zbylut, GEFCO's CEO for Eastern Europe, Russia andCentral Asia.
This would be GEFCO's second large car transport contract, afterthe one signed with Automobile Dacia.
As in the case of Mioveni carmaker, GEFCO proposed the railwaytransportation solution, both for exports to Western Europe, and toConstan]a, as the railway infrastructure already exists insideCraiova platform.
"We proposed to Ford Romania the solution of exporting carsproduced in Craiova by railway as the current road infrastructurewould not cope with the high number of trucks leaving Craiova,"Zbylut said.
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