Swissterminal, which is based on unified logistics operator in Switzerland, has achieved an international supplier to operate three Alsatian ports which names are Ottmarsheim; Ile Napoléon; and Huningue-Village-Neuf, starting this year.
For the aims of attempting the movements, the company will build a new firm named Alsaceterminal, which will be a completely possessed subsidiary of Swissterminal International. Alsaceteam, in partnership with the French seaports of Le Havre and Marseille-Fos, will ensure legal assistance to Swissterminal for realizing its new operations in France.
Alsaceteam will take a 39 % equity share in Euro Rhine Ports as a cooperation of the public-private partnership, which achieves its forerunner, the publicly had port company Ports de Mulhouse Rhin. Swissterminal and its collaborators will advance transport networks within Europe with their powerful move and build up internal shipping to the ports of Rotterdam, Netherlands, and Antwerp, Belgium.
The largest of the three ports, the vessel port of Ottmarsheim will be united into transport systems of Swissterminal and its collaborators. By 2025, the mass goods in Huningue-Village-Neuf will be transformed into a trimodal transhipment centre for container traffic with Switzerland. Throughout the first stage of building, almost 240m of quay length and more than 2ha of vessel dock will be spread out. Moreover, almost 1.5ha of vessel space and 160m of quay length have also been designed for future application. Ile Napoléon port will carry on to commit the normal cargo of mass goods and fuels.
Swissterminal board of directors’ chairman Roman Mayer explained that situation: “In these three new ports, we provide our customers access to additional space for logistics growth, as well as increased storage and handling capacities. Compared to the small Kleinhueningen terminal in Basel, the possibilities for development are endless.
“Our goal is to significantly increase the utilisation and efficiency of the three Alsatian ports to offer the industry additional opportunities and to meet future market needs. The Huningue-Village-Neuf, Ile Napoléon, and Ottmarsheim sites will be integrated into the existing network of Swissterminal and our partner DP World and tremendously improve transport connections in this part of Europe.”
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