Samskip expands activities and invests in Duisburg

Samskip and its subsidiary Van Dieren have signed a long-term agreement with Duisport to make the newly combined KV-Terminal Hohenbudberg at the Port of Duisburg their new base.

In addition to Samskip/Van Dieren traffic, companies located in the immediate proximity – which includes CHEMPARK in Krefeld-Uerdingen – will also use this bimodal terminal.

Samskip is already a Port of Duisburg customer, handling its ship-based traffic over the DeCeTe terminal. Van Dieren will now operate its rail-based services via the intermodal hub of Duisport.

With a total investment of more than €20 million, the new 120,000 m² terminal will have seven tracks and two gantry cranes, enabling Hohenbudberg to handle up to 250,000 TEU a year.

The new terminal is expected to start operating in the second quarter of 2012.

The connection to the industrial area Hohenbudberg and the planned KV-Terminal will be via a newly built road bridge that replaces the current bridge. The new bridge connects directly to the L 473N road.

In addition, Currenta, the operator of CHEMPARK, has agreed to connect this road directly to a new private road straight to the KV-terminal.

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