Nigel Smith becomes new CEO of DB Schenker Rail Netherlands, Port of Rotterdam Authority said in its media release. He is to succeed Aart Klompe, who shall remain in the firm’s employ, primarily maintaining and expanding its major accounts in the Port of Rotterdam.
Nigel Smith (54) was previously COO at Etihad Rail DB in Abu Dhabi, a joint venture launched by DB Schenker Rail and Etihad Rail in the United Arab Emirates. The Englishman had earlier been a member of the Board of DB Schenker Rail UK. ‘Nigel Smith is an experienced manager who is highly familiar with the particular demands faced by the management of a contemporary rail freight carrier,’ says Otto Niederhofer, chairman of the supervisory board of DB Schenker Rail Nederland.
With a workforce of some 650, DB Schenker Rail Netherlands N.V. is the Netherlands’ largest rail transport operator. It is the only firm in the country currently offering wagonload transport. Mining and chemical products account for the vast majority of its transport operations. It provides excellent connections between the seaports of Antwerp, Rotterdam and Amsterdam and to and from the major economic regions of Germany.