June 30 saw the start of a new, twice-a-week barge service between the Port of Amsterdam and the German hinterland. The new transport link will operate from the Ceres Paragon Terminal in the Port of Amsterdam and will serve all major inland-waterway ports as far away as Basel in Switzerland and Aschaffenburg in Germany.
The new twice-a-week shuttle service will directly connect the Port of Amsterdam with the main terminals along the Rhine. The new transport link will always visit Emmerich, Duisburg, Koblenz, Frankfurt, Aschaffenburg, Ludwigshafen, Wörth, Strassbourg, Ottmarsheim and Basel. Other destinations will be included on request.
The Hapag-Lloyd shipping company is one of those that will be using the new service. A spokesperson also explains that Hapag-Lloyd gladly uses the Port of Amsterdam because it has always been congestion-free. Hapag-Lloyd is a member of the Clean Cargo Group, which attaches great importance to environmental protection. The Port of Amsterdam’s strong green credentials form part of its attraction.
The new barge service links up with three Grand Alliance services – namely EU1, EU2 and EU5 – which sail to and from China, Japan and the Middle East. The new barge service provides flexible transport options. More generally speaking, barging (inland-waterway shipping) is not only safe, reliable and cost-efficient, but is also the greenest inland transport mode.
Want to know which inland-waterway ports are served? Please go to https://www.portofamsterdam.nl[portofamsterdam.nl].
Source: https://www.shortsea.nl/index.php?redirect_news=1&id=2402[Shortsea Shipping]
