Pöttinger’s sowing machines go to water in Ennshafen
Ro-ro service in Ennshafen shows good development – transhipment of sowing machines by Pöttinger to Eastern Europe
Mag. Christian Holezius, Pöttinger Maschinenfabrik is very satisfied: “Barges are high-performance and cost efficient transport means for big and heavy machines. The ro-ro service in Enns is a good alternative to road transport for our machines, which can sometimes only be manipulated rolling. The transhipment in the port of Ennshafen was well organised and smooth. We are thinking about transporting more machines on the waterway in the future.“
The ro-ro service on the Passau-Ennshafen-Vidin-Ruse route offers many advantages to shippers of machines parts or oversized and overweight machines, as e.g. no special transport approvals are required, or safety accompanying for heavy or special transport on the road. Moreover, in case of heavy rolling loads no costs for mobile cranes required for conventional transport must be paid.