Organization of Lyon terminal inside the CNR (Compagnie Nationale du Rhône)

Résumé du document

The CNR or Compagnie Nationale du Rhône has several main activities:
- First, it is an independent electricity producer. Thanks to its electric plants, the company produces around 16 billion kwh that have been sold directly to the European market since 2001. In order to do this, the CNR signed a partnership agreement with EDF regarding the production of electricity and with Electrabel, EDF and Industrial Services of Geneva regarding its commercialization.

- Then, it provides engineering services as a river developer in France and abroad.

- Finally, it runs several ports and platforms along the Rhône.

At present, from Fos sur Mer to Lyon, the CNR runs 19 dams, 19 electric power plants and 14 locks on the Rhône, and its has also equipped 29 platforms.

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[...] With those free days, Lyon terminal almost never charges anything for storage of full containers. b. Networks available We highlighted the fact that Lyon Terminal concentrates on its site all means of transportation and services necessary to flows of merchandise and therefore provides all types of facilities thanks to a multimodal platform: river transportation, road, railway and even pipeline. These strategic advantages have been the major reason for the company's activities to expand a lot in the past 3 years. Nevertheless, the case of railways has to be considered separately. [...]

[...] They do not know what is inside when containers are full and the manager of the storage area is the only one who knows with a few other staff members. As we mentioned earlier that the main flow of containers comes from Fos sur Mer by barges before being shipped by trucks (or trains in a few cases) to other destinations, when containers are full, they are warehoused on the opposite side to the river, that is to say as close as possible to the loading areas for trucks and trains. When full, no more than 3 containers can be stacked on top of each others. [...]

[...] Organisation of Lyon Terminal inside the CNR (Compagnie Nationale du Rhône) Presentation of the company 1 The CNR - Compagnie Nationale du Rhône The CNR or Compagnie Nationale du Rhône has several main activities: - First, it is an independant electricity producer. Thanks to its electric plants, the company produces around 16 billion kwh that have been sold directly to the European market since 2001. In order to do this, the CNR signed a partnership agreement with EDF regarding the production of electricity and with Electrabel, EDF and Industrial Services of Geneva regarding its commercialization. [...]

[...] From 1951 to 1986, the CNR developed and equipped 17 sites on the river. In 1980, the dam of Vaugris being put into service, the Rhône became navigable to larger ships on a length of 310km. Today, the CNR includes 4 subsidiaries: - STEREX, owned at 100% by the CNR: it runs CRN estate and real estate. - Lyon Terminal, owned at it runs the terminal in Lyon (Port Edouard Herriot). - Energie du Rhône, owned at it commercializes energy - SFMCP, owned at 27.76 it runs the development of the Rhône at the boarder with Switzerland. [...]

[...] This means that the whole supply chain risks to be delayed because of the link of transportation by rail. Furthermore, railways in Europe are not standardized. Shipping containers from Lyon to Rotterdam would imply changing 3 times of engine: once at the boarder with Belgium and once at the boarder with Netherlands. Since March 2006, this market was opened to private competitors such as Veolia but problems remain because tracks remain the property of the State. Today, a private operator is more expensive than the SNCF but would probably be more reliable. [...]