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VC Holding / Akiem E37500  
When the SNCF took over all Veolia Cargo activities outside of France, also nine Veolia Prima electrics were added to the SNCF fleet. They became property of VC Holding of Clichy, property of SNCF Geodis. SNCF leasecompany Akiem manages these units, and counts them to their fleet.

Alstom CON 006 2007 Prima EL3U Bo'Bo'-el E 37506 18 picture(s) available        
Alstom CON 007 2007 Prima EL3U Bo'Bo'-el E 37507 11 picture(s) available        
Alstom CON 011 2008 Prima EL3U Bo'Bo'-el E 37511 13 picture(s) available   revision data available graphics available  
Alstom CON 013 2008 Prima EL3U Bo'Bo'-el E 37513 17 picture(s) available     graphics available  
Alstom CON 015 2008 Prima EL3U Bo'Bo'-el E 37515 12 picture(s) available     graphics available  
Alstom CON 024 2009 Prima EL3U Bo'Bo'-el E 37524 9 picture(s) available        
Alstom CON 029 2009 Prima EL3U Bo'Bo'-el E 37529 5 picture(s) available        
Alstom CON 030 2009 Prima EL3U Bo'Bo'-el E 37530 17 picture(s) available        
Alstom CON 031 2009 Prima EL3U Bo'Bo'-el E 37531 14 picture(s) available        
VC Holding / AKIEM E37500: news  
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2012-01-09 [PL/DE/FR] CTL Logistics goes Prima
 
update 2012|01|09
[PL/DE/FR] CTL Logistics goes Prima
Since 28.12.2011, lease company Akiem has found a new customer: Polish operator CTL Logistics. CTL now operates one former SNCF locomotive (silver 37032) and three ex-Veolia units: E 37511 (grey), E 37530, and E 37531 (both red and grey). - Akiem
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2011-02-27 [EU] livery news
 
update 2011|02|27
[EU] livery news
VC Holding / Akiem E 37511 is now completely grey. The red cab fronts were repainted. Without any logos the machine is now hired to Europorte. Like the 37530 and 37531 this machine was unemployed for quite some time in 2010. The 530 and 531 now run for Captrain Deutschland. - LC/Akiem

ES 64 F4-088 running for Captrain Italia has lost its green, outdated FN Cargo vinyls. - DSO

ES 64 F4-286 got logos of ERS Railways. - TW

EKO Trans 145-CL 001 and 002 with the latest ArcelorMittal logos.

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2010-09-28 [FR/DE] the Akiem fleet, a complete overview (edit)
 
update 2010|09|28
[FR/DE] the Akiem fleet, a complete overview (edit)
In the mean time, we were able to get a clear overview over the Akiem fleet.

From Fret SNCF, Akiem has now BB 27111-27180 (70 units) in its portfolio, together with BB 37001-37060, minus the crashed and scrapped 37007 (59 units).

Then, Akiem is managing several series from the former Veolia Vargo fleet. Officially they are all property of the VC Holding from Clichy. First there are nine Prima locomotives: 37506, 507, 511, 513, 515, 524, 529, 530, 531. In total Akiem has 68 triple voltage Prima's to its disposal. The other six units that were property of Veolia Cargo, eg 37501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 509, were sold to Europorte.

Also, Akiem manages six Traxx units, property of VC Holding: 185 598, 649 and 650, and the multi system 186 184, 185 and 186. Two of these units were seen in Hennigsdorf recently. - RV/Akiem

edit: of course the Akiem fleet also includes diesel engines, but those are not represented on this website.

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2010-09-17 [FR/DE/CH] Akiem news
 
update 2010|09|17
[FR/DE/CH] Akiem news
Of course, leasing company Akiem will present at the upcoming Innotrans 2010 fair in Berlin. It will bring one of its own locomotives to the outdoor track area, unit 37027, specially restyled for this event in a remarkable purple-reddish color, only the French can choose. Nice to see that the locomotive carries logos of different operators that are not the biggest friends at this moment.

For the occasion, Akiem also redesigned its internet presence giving us a clear overview of all locomotives they own. It is not 100% clear which Prima units exactly are part of the Akiem clan, as numbers differ from various sources. Akiem states it owns 70 Prima EL2U units, of which we know that the 27111-27165 are among them. Then there are 68 Prima EL3U machines; All machines originally built for Fret SNCF minus the destroyed 37007 are with Akiem, plus some units formerly exploited by Veolia: we can confirm on the 37506, 37507, 37513, 37515, 37524, and 37529. Still missing some units here however.

Not mentioned on the website are three Traxx MS locomotives, that have been delivered by Bombardier to Akiem. Last week, the 186 184 and 186 left the factories in Kassel, clearly decorated with Akiem logos.

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2010-02-12 [EU] Europorte and Captrain... [updated x2]
 
update 2010|02|12
[EU] Europorte and Captrain... [updated x2]
GEODIS-SNCF and Eurotunnel have split the catch.. The Veolia Cargo companies are now merged into new organisational structures. EuroTunnel merges the French parts with its own Europorte 2 activities, Europorte will be the new and leading name here. Fret SCNF combines most of its newly acquired parts with other foreign parts already part of the concern. Captrain is introduced here as new brand.

However, things get complicated... In order to keep some overview we made a list of all parts of te organisations that will change name, combined with those we are sure of that they won't. Here it is (updated 17.00 CET):

Veolia Cargo companies, taken over by Eurotunnel:

Veolia Cargo France SAS > Europorte France
Veolia Cargo Link > Europorte Link
CFTA Cargo > Europorte Proximity
Socorail > Socorail

already property of Eurotunnel:

Europorte 2 > Europorte Channel

taken over by SNCF:

Veolia Cargo Deutschland > Captrain Deutschland
Veolia Cargo Nederland > Captrain Netherlands
Veolia Cargo Belgium > to be deleted
Veolia Cargo Italia > merged into Captrain Italia
Veolia Cargo SAS > still Veolia Cargo SAS, but will be deleted
Freight Europe UK > Captrain UK
Rail4Chem disappears as brand asap

At this moment, Captrain Benelux is the name for all activities in the Netherlands and Belgium. Finally it will be merged into Captrain Netherlands.

already property of SNCF:

Fret SNCF > Fret SNCF
SNCF Fret Benelux > Captrain Belgium
SNCF Fret Deutschland > merged into Captrain Deutschland
SNCF Fret Italia > merged into Captrain Italia

VFLI France > VFLI France
VFLI Romania > Captrain Romania

ITL Eisenbahn (Dresden) > ITL Eisenbahn
ITL-Cargo > ITL-Cargo
DBV-ITL > DBV-ITL
ITL-Železniční společnost Praha > ITL-Železniční společnost Praha
ITL Polska > ITL Polska
ITL Benelux > Captrain Benelux

If there are remarks, please let us know!

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2009-05-20 [FR] About AKIEM
 
update 2009|05|20
[FR] About AKIEM
SNCF has founded a new subsidiary for locomotive leasing; Akiem. The company was present on the Transport Messe in Munich last week. SNCF locomotives which are currently underutilised will be available for lease. One can think of modern Prima electrics and diesel-electrics, but also a part of the fleet of 80 Traxx locomotives which will be delivered by Bombardier from 2010. In the beginning, 233 locomotives worth EUR 430 Million will be transferred. Their number will increase to 400 by 2013. - SNCF