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Euro Rail Cargo announces one reorganizes some business that involves reduction of centers and staff
Programmed the cut of about job 300 places
December 12, 2016
Euro Cargo Rail (ECR), French the railway society goods of German group DB Cargo, has announced a plan of business restructure that previews a simplification of the organization and a optimization of I use it of the resources. The plan includes a reduction of the number of centers in France and the cut of about job 300 places.
"From the 2005 - the managing director of ECR, Gottfried Eymer has explained - Euro Rail Cargo it has completed an extraordinary distance becoming the first private operator of rail shipment goods in France".
Euro Rail Cargo however has evidenced that after various years of increase and successes obtained from the company, the tendency is invert and has specified that this has happened for two main reasons. In the first place after the 2008 total economic crisis and the crisis of the rail shipment goods has had an impact negative on the customers. In particular - it has found the company - the French railway system has suffered because of an increase from the costs determined from an increase of the rates and clearly a worsening of the quality of the service, with problems of quality in the division of the traces. Moreover the competition from the transport never has on the road not been so strong because of the price cutting of the fuel and the cancellation of the onerous one ecotassa. Moreover ECR has granted that the company has not been sufficiently careful to the requirements of own customers.
"The announced measures today - it has emphasized Eymer - are essential. Some are difficult, but they will make so that our increase will be durable and assure future places of work in France. We - he has added - remain convinced of potential of the market of the transport the goods on track in France and of the necessity of the customers to choose an alternative actor".
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