Further expansion of the terminal Ostrava-Paskov

Czecch based AWT Group invests about 41 Mio. CZK more into its Ostrava-Paskov terminal
 
AWT, one of Europe’s largest private rail transporters, has commenced the next stage of the modernisation and expansion of its Ostrava-Paskov terminal. The company is to invest around 41 Mio. CZK over the coming months, mainly into paving surfaces and extending the terminal’s capacity. The planned modernisation activities will not disrupt transshipment operations at the terminal.
 
The value of investments made by AWT into the Ostrava-Paskov terminal over the past five years has by now reached more than 150 Mio. CZK and the terminal is among the five fastest growing terminals in the Czech Republic. It is a regular destination for trains arriving from numerous European seaports, such as Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Koper in Slovenia, and Hamburg in Germany, and from the inland interterminal in Verona, Italy.
 
Investments previously realised are this year expected to result in a record number of handled containers at the terminal. The total should climb to approximately 60,000 units (in contrast to last year’s 43,000), meaning a considerable amount of trucks will be removed from the country’s road network. One complete freight train can replace as many as 45 trucks that would otherwise criss-cross Europe. The freight train reduces the role of road transport to merely the final distribution of goods within the target region (“the last mile”).
 
“Intermodal transport combines the advantages of environmental friendliness and the safety of rail transport on the one hand with the speed of the transport on the other. While intermodal transport has been immensely popular in Western Europe for years, it has for a long time lagged behind in the Czech Republic. AWT is one of the pioneers of intermodal transport and perceives considerable opportunities in this segment,” said Martin Cetl, who is responsible for AWT intermodal transport.
 
Once the modernisation is complete, the storage capacity of the Ostrava-Paskov terminal will increase from the current 1,700 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) to 2,400 TEU. The number of employees is expected to increase to thirty. When it first opened, the terminal employed only two people. Cargoes are handled by four specialised machines called reachstackers. The reachstackers are capable of lifting loads weighing as much as 45 tonnes, whether they are containers or truck trailers, the transport of which by rail has been dynamically growing in volume.

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