Samskip adds 100 rail wagons to its fleet
Samskip has recently added 50 rail wagons to its fleet, the second batch of in total 100 new Samskip-branded rail wagons. Newly built by Slovakian Tatravagonka, these type T-3000 wagons are specifically designed to transport (mega) Huckepack trailers as well as all types of containers. In addition, the rail wagons have a low noise brake system and a full Samskip livery.
The first batch was delivered in July this year. Rented through Nacco, the rail wagons will be part of the fleet for the next five years.
Samskip, headquartered in the Netherlands, is a global logistics company offering transport and related services by land, sea, rail and air with a particular focus on cost efficient, reliable and environmentally friendly transport. With offices in 24 countries in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia, employing approximately 1,500 people around the world, it made an annual turnover of EUR 633 million in 2016.
Samskip’s transportation and logistics activities focus mainly on the following sectors: European multimodal transport; North Atlantic integrated logistics; worldwide temperature controlled and ambient cargo forwarding and logistics and European breakbulk and project cargo movements. With a turnover from its multimodal and short sea activities exceeding EUR 531 million, and transporting more than 600,000 TEUs every year Samskip Multimodal is Europe’s largest multimodal and short sea container operator.