(With video) Accommodating peaks, reducing congestion and more efficient truck transport. These are the aims of the BCTN Container Transferium Rotterdam East, the third Rotterdam based container area that is now operational.
Rotterdam-East is inextricably linked to the Maasvlakte expansion and maintaining access to it. In Rotterdam-East, trucks will load and unload containers that would otherwise have to be driven on the overburdened A15 to the Maasvlakte.
Inland Waterway Shuttles
From the Transferium, there are daily inland waterway shuttles to the container terminals of APMT, ECT, RWG and Euromax on the Maasvlakte. The BCTN Container Transferium guarantees that containers delivered in Rotterdam-East will be unloaded the next day at the Maasvlakte and vice versa.
Extended Gate
Rotterdam-East is an "extended gate" including a full-service maintenance & repair depot. Empty containers are examined upon arrival and, if necessary, cleaned and/or repaired. The transferium is therefore a pick-up and drop-off location for both full and empty containers allowing road transporters to use the Container Transferium as their turn-around location.
Solving Congestion
Parties can save up to fifty per cent on transport costs (Transferium-Maasvlakte) using the inland waterway shuttles. Now that the economy is recovering, the number of transhipment containers on the Maasvlakte is increasing. Despite road expansion, the congestion on the A15 has only increased and there are long traffic jams between Rozenburg and Ridderkerk every day.
Below a video about the Container Transferium (commentary in Dutch).
