Buss Ports expands
Located just a few kilometers from the German border, directly in the Ems delta, Eemshaven has quick access to open water as well as onshore connections to railway links and Dutch highways.
The terminal will be operated by Orange Blue Terminals, a Buss Group majority holding.
With the takeover of 66.6% of the shares in WLP Weser Logistic & Packing in February 2011, Buss now has a presence in Bremen with a trimodally connected terminal. This acquisition enabled the company to expand its services in the area of export packaging and shipping.
In February, the Buss Group also took over transhipment of rail freight in broad gauge transport at Sassnitz-Mukran from DB Schenker Rail, thus rounding out the Buss Rail Terminal Sassnitz operational company.
With Rail Terminal Sassnitz, the Buss Group is now able to offer transhipment of all types of freight to and from broad gauge freight cars. Buss is focusing on broad gauge railway ferries that will connect Sassnitz with the Russian ports of Ust-Luga near St Petersburg and Baltiysk near Kaliningrad, as well as the existing DFDS connection to Klaipeda in Lithuania.
Furthermore, Buss Sea Terminal Sassnitz, responsible for transhipment at the Port of Rügen, has almost doubled the terminal area in order to be prepared for planned offshore projects in the Baltic Sea.
Offshore will also be a significant issue at the new location in Eemshaven. Its geographic proximity to 21 offshore wind parks in the North Sea, a fourteen metre draft and companies involved in the energy industry and related fields in the immediate area present excellent opportunities to turn Eemshaven into a base site for offshore wind and renewable energy.
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