Rhenus to take over CFND A.D. Beograd

The Beočin port terminal of the Serbian inlandwaterway logistician CFND A.D. will join the Rhenus netzwork of trimodal locations in the Danube region

The Rhenus Group took over the Serbian terminal operator and inland waterway logistics services provider CFND A.D. Beograd from the French companies CFNR and ATIC Services on 19 February. This will enable Rhenus to expand its commitment to the Danube region.

CFND provides handling, charter, warehouse and combined transport services for various types of goods like fuels, building materials, agricultural products and metals at the Danube port of Beočin in the Serbian province of Vojvodina. The company was founded in January 2010 in order to develop logistics activities along the Danube trading route. CFND generated turnover of EUR 3.6 million in 2012.

„CFND complements our existing business activities on the Danube with its regional expertise and its qualified members of staff,” says Hubert Mierka, Co-Partner of Rhenus Mierka Danube Shipping. “It’s our aim to expand our range of overall services in the Danube region and develop new tri-modal business sites. The handling terminal in Beočin fits this concept perfectly.”

The port terminal in Beočin is on the right-hand bank of the Danube, which guarantees navigability for vessels with a draught of 2.50 metres and the quay is 110 metres long. Fitted with modern handling equipment, the site has 29,000 m² open warehouse space and special facilities for directly transferring grain on board ships. The goods handled here particularly head for neighbouring countries like Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and Moldova.

“As Europe’s second-longest river, the Danube forms an important transport axis between east and west. We view this trading route as a significant growth market for inland waterway shipping, because the movement of goods between the neighbouring states is increasing,” says Thomas Maassen, Managing Director of Rhenus PartnerShip. The Rhenus Port Logistics business area provides end-to-end multi-modal transport chains in this region and connects the North Sea ports with the Black Sea via the rivers Rhine, Main and Danube.

In 2012 the Rhenus Group established Rhenus Mierka Danube Shipping through Mierka Beteiligungsgesellschaft (MBG or Mierka Holding Company) to handle inland waterway transport operations. Rhenus increased its stake in MBG to 51 per cent in April 2013. Mierka Donauhafen Krems was able to increase its freight volumes by 18 per cent to a figure of 1.5 million tonnes in 2014 in comparison with the previous year. The volume of goods handled by shipping rose by 40 per cent to more than 640,000 tonnes.

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