Integrated seafreight-concept for stone importations to Antwerp
Stonetrans, Rickmers-Linie, Antwerp Breakbulk Agencies and DP World Breakbulk cooperate in shipping granite and sandstone from India to Antwerp
A new service has been launched by the four companies, Stonetrans, Rickmers-Linie, Antwerp Breakbulk Agencies and DP World Breakbulk, to ship rough blocks of granite and sandstone from India to Antwerp. Each of the four partners will perform specific tasks in the new venture. The annual volume shall amount to about 100,000 tons of stone.
Rickmers-Linie will take care of the ocean transport. The enterprise has upgraded its Indian service with the addition of new vessels in 2011. Rickmers Yokohama and Rickmers Tianjin are 17,000 dwt multipurpose heavy-lift vessels built in China in 2011, each equipped with cranes having a combined lifting capacity of 300 tons.
Antwerp Breakbulk Agencies will provide and coordinate the handling, storage and distribution in the port of Antwerp on DP World Breakbulk‘s Quay. Stonetrans, which has its headquarters in Neuss, is responsible for all commercial activities including customs clearance, distribution, etc. The enterprise investigates other trade opportunities into Antwerp from China, South Africa and Brazil.
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