At the end of this year, Sven Flore will step down as Managing Director of the railway company SBB Cargo International, which he has held since 2018, and will be replaced by next January 1st by Marcel Theis, current director of operations of the company. Theis, 53, has many years of experience directive in freight transport: since 2014, as COO, he has been responsible for the operational implementation of the strategy SBB Cargo International; from 2023 to 2025 it is He was also Managing Director of SBB Cargo Deutschland GmbH, which he has successfully renovated. Previously, he held senior management positions.

SBB Cargo International, which is owned by the Swiss SBB CFF FFS and Hupac, has more than a thousand employees in Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, Italy and France. The company manages about 550 trains per week connecting North Sea ports with northern Italy.