Bertschi has inaugurated a new 120,000 TEU rail terminal close to the Brittaniëhaven dock in the Port of Rotterdam with intermodal connections to southern Germany and Italy.
Additional links to Eastern Europe and other destinations will be incorporated later in the year.
The new rail terminal in the Botlek port has a surface of 3.5 hectares. A gantry crane covers three 450-metre rail tracks and a 1,250 TEU storage area.
The terminal offers trimodal services with a direct internal access to the neighbouring short-sea container port. Based on the current land options, Bertschi has the possibility to triple the site in the future.
On top of creating more rail handling capacity, Bertschi also plans to invest in added-value logistics services for chemical products in general – tailor-made to the customers’ needs and requirements.
First, Bertschi will start a train connection to Frankfurt and Italy in September 2007. In the coming months, the terminal also will be linked via rail and short-sea to Italy, southern Germany, Switzerland and Austria; South-Eastern Europe; Eastern Europe including Russia; and the UK, Scandinavia and Spain/Portugal (short-sea).
The current rail capacity per day is four inbound and four outbound shuttle-trains.
Bertschi also offers chemical products storage in silo and tank containers, including most classes of hazardous products.
Investment in the first phase of the terminal amounts to €10 million.
According to Bertschi CEO Hans-Jörg Bertschi, the new intermodal terminal is situated amidst the chemical industry in the Port of Rotterdam, and the company plans to develop a hub for this chemical cluster and develop sustainable logistics solutions for the chemical industry.
Hans Smits, CEO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority, considers the terminal to be a gain to the port, not only in terms of increased cargo, but also because it strengthens the Port’s strategic position in a number of growth sectors such as short-sea shipping, chemical logistics and rail transport.
“Bertschi is already an important user of rail transport, but as a shareholder of rail4chem and Hupac, it’s a spider in the European rail web as well,” says Smits. “This will also have positive effects for the Betuwe Route. On top of that we’ll get a company in our port that closely follows the shift of chemical industry to the Middle East. In this way it also contributes to the preservation in the longer term of our prominent position as Europe’s global hub for the chemical sector.”
Additional links to Eastern Europe and other destinations will be incorporated later in the year.
The new rail terminal in the Botlek port has a surface of 3.5 hectares. A gantry crane covers three 450-metre rail tracks and a 1,250 TEU storage area.
The terminal offers trimodal services with a direct internal access to the neighbouring short-sea container port. Based on the current land options, Bertschi has the possibility to triple the site in the future.
On top of creating more rail handling capacity, Bertschi also plans to invest in added-value logistics services for chemical products in general – tailor-made to the customers’ needs and requirements.
First, Bertschi will start a train connection to Frankfurt and Italy in September 2007. In the coming months, the terminal also will be linked via rail and short-sea to Italy, southern Germany, Switzerland and Austria; South-Eastern Europe; Eastern Europe including Russia; and the UK, Scandinavia and Spain/Portugal (short-sea).
The current rail capacity per day is four inbound and four outbound shuttle-trains.
Bertschi also offers chemical products storage in silo and tank containers, including most classes of hazardous products.
Investment in the first phase of the terminal amounts to €10 million.
According to Bertschi CEO Hans-Jörg Bertschi, the new intermodal terminal is situated amidst the chemical industry in the Port of Rotterdam, and the company plans to develop a hub for this chemical cluster and develop sustainable logistics solutions for the chemical industry.
Hans Smits, CEO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority, considers the terminal to be a gain to the port, not only in terms of increased cargo, but also because it strengthens the Port’s strategic position in a number of growth sectors such as short-sea shipping, chemical logistics and rail transport.
“Bertschi is already an important user of rail transport, but as a shareholder of rail4chem and Hupac, it’s a spider in the European rail web as well,” says Smits. “This will also have positive effects for the Betuwe Route. On top of that we’ll get a company in our port that closely follows the shift of chemical industry to the Middle East. In this way it also contributes to the preservation in the longer term of our prominent position as Europe’s global hub for the chemical sector.”