First regular intermodal connection Curtici – Sindos
At Railport Arad a new intermodal rail service on the route Curtici – Sindos (near Thessaloniki) has started with the following timetable:
- North-South: Final loading in Curtici always until Tuesday 24:00 with arrival to Sindos on Saturday
- South-North: Final loading in Sindos always until Thursday 12:00 with arrival to Curtici on Tuesday
“This connection is available thanks to cooperation of SRS Sindos (50% Gartner KG and 50% Kuehne+Nagel) and Railport Arad”, announces the Trade Trans Group.
The Railport Arad intermodal terminal, part of the Curtici Cargo Center, is the biggest and most up to date inland terminals in Romania and also one of the largest in Central and Eastern Europe. The terminal is dealing with handling and storage of all kind of UTIs (Unités de Transport Intermodal – Intermodal Transport Units).
With an initial investment of EUR 11 million the terminal complex was opened for business in 2009. In 2016 the second phase of construction (EUR 7 million) was implemented.
Key figures Railport Arad:
-) 9 hectares of built in area out of a total area of 10 hectares,
-) 2 RTG cranes and 2 reach stackers, meaning an annual lifting capacity of 180.000 TEU,
-) 7 railway tracks of more than 600 metres, 5 undercranes and 2 for parking wagon sets,
-) total storage capacity of 3.000 TEU.
www.railportarad.ro; www.tradetrans.com