Europort Vatry - Europe's first all-cargo multi-modal centre supported by air, road and rail - is wooing Asian shippers to use its facilities when it opens next year.
The project's special adviser Jean-Didier Blanchet said feedback indicated Asian freight forwarders were greatly interested in the centre as a gateway to Europe.
Europort Vatry has joined the Air Freight Asia '98 exhibition in Hong Kong to create an awareness of its presence in the SAR's freight-forwarding community.
Later, it also would go to the mainland to market its services, Mr Blanchet said.
'We are offering prices which are 40 per cent lower than any other airport in Europe,' he said.
The project, in the Champagne region, 150 km east of Paris, is being established by local French authorities at a cost of US$200 million.
It is expected to provide an average turnaround time of 12 hours per freighter, which compares with about 36 hours at other major European centres.
