2014 was a record year for intermodal volumes in the port of Lübeck
Positive development on all intermodal services of the port of Lübeck in 2014; Consolidation of the site as a hub for traffic to Scandinavia, Russia and the Baltic States
European Cargo Logistics GmbH (ECL), a subsidiary of Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft, has shifted about 37,000 trailers and containers from road to rail by their intermodal train services in 2014 – as double as much as in the previous year. Increases were seen across all of ECL’s itnermodal services. In its 10th year the Verona Shuttle carried about 20 per cent more units between Lübeck-Travemünde and Italy; and volume on the Ruhr Shuttle from/to Duisburg-Hohenbudberg and the Rhein-Neckar Shuttle from/to Ludwigshafen each doubled compared to 2013.
What is particularly important to the environment, is the aspect that CO2-emissions were reduced by about 75 per cent thanks to this modal shift. This resulted in saving about 25,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions, as emphasised Jörg Ullrich, managing director of ECL. „We are going to further consolidate the advantages of the site as a south-western hub in the Baltic Sea for traffic with Scandinavia, Russia and the Baltic States,“ Tobias Behncke, responsible for the ECL intermodal train services business unit, explains the further strategy.
European Cargo Logistics GmbH (ECL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Luebecker Hafen-Gesellschaft mbH, and counts among the leading European service providers for the distribution of paper and forestry products. The company has operated for over 40 years in Luebeck. They offer forwarding services as well as various road and rail services across Europe and for many industries. ECL operates daily departures on both courses on the three intermodal services from Lübeck-Travemünde (Ruhr-Shuttle to Duisburg-Hohenbudberg; Rhein-Neckar-Shuttle to Ludwigshafen and Verona Shuttle).
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