Samskip expands its activities and invests in Duisburg

News Release Samskip August 5, 2011

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The international logistics company 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, the leading European shortsea and
multimodal operator, has long been an important customer of the Port of Duisburg and handles its ship-based traffic over
the DeCeTe terminal“, said Erich Staake, CEO of the Port of
Duisburg AG.
 
 „We are pleased that from now on Samskip’s
subsidiary Van Dieren will operate its rail-based services via the intermodal
hub of Duisport,“ Staake continued.
 
With a total investment of over 20 million
Euros, the new 120,000 m² terminal will have seven tracks and two gantry cranes
and Hohenbudberg will then be able to handle up to 250,000 TEU a year. The new
terminal is expected to start operating in the second quarter of
2012.
 
Jens Holger Nielsen, CEO Samskip, stated the following:
 
"Samskip has decided to invest and consolidate in
Duisburg as an integral part of our pan-European multimodal
network across water, rail, inland waterways and road. The commitment to the
Hohenbudberg terminal is part of this strategy and ensures that we have
operational control and flexibility in this area, thus allowing us to continue
to grow our  pan-European multimodal network."
 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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Duisburger Hafen AG is the owner and manager of the public Port of
Duisburg, the largest inland port in the world. The Duisburger Hafen
Group offers a full range of port and logistic services in the areas of
infrastructure and superstructure, including relocation management. Its
subsidiaries also provide logistical services such as the development and
optimization of transport and logistics chains, rail freight services,
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class=MsoNormal>Samskip Multimodal Container Logistics and its subsidiary
Van Dieren operates one of Europe’s largest shortsea and multimodal
container logistics systems. The Samskip system is able to move containers
door-to-door between over 30 countries from Russia, Scandinavia and Iceland in
the north to Spain, Portugal, Italy, Austria, Greece, Hungary, Czech Republic
and Slovakia in the south and centre of Europe.
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class=MsoNormal>Samskip offers a wide range of routing options, utilising rail, road,
sea and inland waterways as appropriate to provide the best combination of rate
and transit time to suit individual customers‘ requirements and preferences. Due
to the frequency of departures, the wide multimodal network, the use of
multimodal 13.60 trailers and over 13,000 containers of all sizes including 45ft
pallet-wide high cube containers, Samskip offers a cost-effective and
environmental friendly alternative to road
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