The French shipping group CMA CGM will acquire the British rail freight operator Freightliner UK Intermodal Logistics with a transaction expected to close at the beginning of next year which will include, in addition to the activities rail/intermodal transport, including road and Inland Terminal of the English company. The assignment will not include, on the other hand, the activity in the cargo transport segment the Dutch railway company Rotterdam Rail Feeding (RRF) and the subsidiaries Freightliner Poland and Freightliner Germany. The French group has specified that Freightliner will maintain its independence and will continue to operate with its own staff.