Eurotunnel celebrates 15 millionth truck crossing

By on Jan 28, 2010

On 27 January, Eurotunnel carried its fifteen millionth truck since Cross Channel services began fifteen years ago

The Geodis truck was transported on board a shuttle travelling between Coquelles and Folkestone

Eurotunnel operates fifteen electrically-poweredshuttles dedicated to heavy goods vehicles These circulate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year

Eurotunnel Truck Shuttles cross the Channel almost 60,000 times, an average of 165 times a day or up to 7 times an hour

This considerable flow - on average a million trucks a year - makes Eurotunnel the world leader in piggyback transport

Geodis belongs to the Club for Sustainable Development in cross-Channel Freight Haulage This brings together the major users of Eurotunnel Truck Shuttles for whom carbon emissions reduction is a key priority

Other members of the Club include Eddie Stobart, SITRA, Waberer's, DSV, Arcese, GEFCO, DHL, UPS, Fedex, TSA, DailyFresh, Transalliance, Capitrans, TNT, Willy Betz, Norbert Dentressangle and RH Freight