Container traffic: duisport beats 3 million TEU
New record results thanks to double-digit growth in combined transport makes duisport count among the 50 largest container ports worldwide
According to current projections the duisport group will handle goods with a total volume of more than 60 million tonnes in 2013 and thus at the previous year’s level. The result in combined transport has risen once again. Container handling by ship, rail and truck shall likely grow by around 16 per cent to over 3 million TEU, thus counting among the 50 largest container ports worldwide.
According to Erich Staake, Chief Executive Officer of Duisburger Hafen AG, acquiring new customers in contract logistics and the associated container volumes have been the main drivers of growth. In addition, targeted development and new construction of terminal capacities, for example the new CT terminal logport III with seven handling tracks, two marshalling yards and two gantry cranes in spring 2013, created the conditions for further growth. “With the CKD centres of Audi and Volkswagen, which are going into full operations next year, we are confident we will also be able to increase container handling further in 2014,” says Erich Staake.
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