Samskip expands its activities and invests in Duisburg

The international logistics company Samskip and its subsidiary Van Dieren have signed a long-term agreement with Duisport to make the newly combined KV-Terminal Hohenbudberg at the Port of Duisburg their new base. In addition to Samskip/Van Dieren traffic, companies located in the immediate proximity, which includes CHEMPARK in Krefeld-Uerdingen, will also use this bimodal terminal.

"Samskip, the leading European shortsea and multimodal operator, has long been an important customer of the Port of Duisburg and handles its ship-based traffic over the DeCeTe terminal", said Erich Staake, CEO of the Port of Duisburg AG.

"We are pleased that from now on Samskip's subsidiary Van Dieren will operate its rail-based services via the intermodal hub of Duisport," Staake continued.

With a total investment of over 20 million Euros, the new 120,000 m² terminal will have seven tracks and two gantry cranes and Hohenbudberg will then be able to handle up to 250,000 TEU a year. The new terminal is expected to start operating in the second quarter of 2012.

Jens Holger Nielsen, CEO Samskip, stated the following:

"Samskip has decided to invest and consolidate in Duisburg as an integral part of our pan-European multimodal network across water, rail, inland waterways and road. The commitment to the Hohenbudberg terminal is part of this strategy and ensures that we have operational control and flexibility in this area, thus allowing us to continue to grow our pan-European multimodal network."

The connection to the industrial area Hohenbudberg and the planned KV-Terminal will be via a newly built road bridge that replaces the current bridge. The new bridge connects directly to the L 473N road.

In addition, Currenta, the operator of CHEMPARK,has agreed to connect this road directly to a new private road straight to the KV-terminal.

The Duisburger Hafen AG is the owner and manager of the public Port of Duisburg, the largest inland port in the world. The Duisburger Hafen Group offers a full range of port and logistic services in the areas of infrastructure and superstructure, including relocation management. Its subsidiaries also provide logistical services such as the development and optimization of transport and logistics chains, rail freight services, facilities management and packaging logistics.

www.duisport.de

Samskip Multimodal Container Logistics and its subsidiary Van Dieren operates one of Europe's largest shortsea and multimodal container logistics systems. The Samskip system is able to move containers door-to-door between over 30 countries from Russia, Scandinavia and Iceland in the north to Spain, Portugal, Italy, Austria, Greece, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia in the south and centre of Europe.

Samskip offers a wide range of routing options, utilising rail, road, sea and inland waterways as appropriate to provide the best combination of rate and transit time to suit individual customers' requirements and preferences. Due to the frequency of departures, the wide multimodal network, the use of multimodal 13.60 trailers and over 13,000 containers of all sizes including 45ft pallet-wide high cube containers, Samskip offers a cost-effective and environmental friendly alternative to road transport.

www.sampskip.com