The CTT inland terminal in the sea port of Moerdijk will be developed into a hub for the deep sea terminals of ECT. By creating an ‘extended gate’ at CTT, containers can be transhipped directly by barge from the Maasvlakte to and from the hinterland.
In the ‘extended gate’ concept, containers are barged directly from the sea-going vessel to and from CTT under responsibility and the customs license of ECT. After the custom clearance at CTT the containers are transported by truck, barge of train to their final destination. Export boxes can be delivered at CTT as well and are virtually loaded on board of the sea-going vessel at that moment thanks to the proper ICT-connections. The new co-operation enables ECT to utilise the capacity at the marine terminal in the most efficient way and diminishes the pressure on the motorway capacity .
The present throughput at CTT is some 400,000 TEU and can be expanded to xxxx TEU.
ECT already runs its own terminals in the hinterland, in Venlo (Netherlands), Duisburg (Germany) and Willebroek (Belgium) and started earlier this year a co-operation with CTVrede - Steinweg in Amsterdam.
In the ‘extended gate’ concept, containers are barged directly from the sea-going vessel to and from CTT under responsibility and the customs license of ECT. After the custom clearance at CTT the containers are transported by truck, barge of train to their final destination. Export boxes can be delivered at CTT as well and are virtually loaded on board of the sea-going vessel at that moment thanks to the proper ICT-connections. The new co-operation enables ECT to utilise the capacity at the marine terminal in the most efficient way and diminishes the pressure on the motorway capacity .
The present throughput at CTT is some 400,000 TEU and can be expanded to xxxx TEU.
ECT already runs its own terminals in the hinterland, in Venlo (Netherlands), Duisburg (Germany) and Willebroek (Belgium) and started earlier this year a co-operation with CTVrede - Steinweg in Amsterdam.