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Amsterdam revives with Samskip boxes and China freight in train
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A NEW short-sea container service between Amsterdam and Hull has commenced with the first call of the 340-TEU vessel THEA II at Amsterdam Container Terminal (ACT), reports New York's Maritime Professional.
Together with a new rail service from Yiwu near Shanghai to Amsterdam, the fortunes of the Dutch capital as a box port have been revived.
The city fell away as a major player in containers in 2009 when it lost its last scheduled service.
It was said in 2012, that it had no future as a container port. It even declined to divulge box volumes in TEU terms, conceding that 2011 box throughput fell 28 per cent to 600,000 tonnes.
But today's new service to Hull and the China train has revived spirits. The new service, operated by leading short sea container operator Samskip, offers three sailings a week on this new route with vessels departing from Amsterdam on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Said Hutchison Ports Europe chief Clemence Cheng: "Amsterdam Container Terminal offers shipping lines the opportunity to serve their customers in a fast, efficient, reliable and sustainable manner.
"Its central location and excellent hinterland connections by road, rail or inland waterway make it ideal for a wide variety of cargo from across the continent of Europe," Mr Cheng said.
ACT is operated by TMA Logistics in which Hutchison Ports holds 50 per cent. TMA has a variety of general cargo terminal operations together with warehousing, shipping, logistics and project cargo activities at three sites in Amsterdam and one in Antwerp.
Said TMA Logistics managing director Gerben Matroos: "Attracting Samskip to Amsterdam is testament to both the strength of the UK-Netherlands market, and Amsterdam's strategic location.
"It will allow TMA Logistics to demonstrate its full range of value added handling, storage and distribution services. We are delighted that Samskip has entrusted ACT and TMA with this important new link," said Mr Matroos.
Said Samskip chief operating officer Diederick Blom: "Both the Port of Amsterdam and TMA Logistics have shown exceptional commitment to this new partnership, which brings a new dimension to Samskip's sustainable, multimodal transport solutions.
Separately, it was recently announced that a new direct rail connection between ACT and Yiwu in China has be established, reported the American Journal of Transportation.
The first train set off on its 11,000-kilometre, 16-day journey on March 7 from the intermodal railhead at Amsterdam Container Terminal to the trading hub of Yiwu in Zhejiang province.
Said Mr Matroos: "Amsterdam provides a unique location as the start and end-point. TMA Logistics is well placed to serve multimodal markets.
"Intermodal connections we have by road, barge, short sea shipping and the railhead make it the ideal gateway, enabling us to collect and distribute goods across North Europe and UK to and from China," he said.
The Silk Road service is operated by NUNNER Logistics, an agent of the Austrian-based Rail Cargo Group, which now operates in 25 locations across Europe.
Together with a new rail service from Yiwu near Shanghai to Amsterdam, the fortunes of the Dutch capital as a box port have been revived.
The city fell away as a major player in containers in 2009 when it lost its last scheduled service.
It was said in 2012, that it had no future as a container port. It even declined to divulge box volumes in TEU terms, conceding that 2011 box throughput fell 28 per cent to 600,000 tonnes.
But today's new service to Hull and the China train has revived spirits. The new service, operated by leading short sea container operator Samskip, offers three sailings a week on this new route with vessels departing from Amsterdam on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Said Hutchison Ports Europe chief Clemence Cheng: "Amsterdam Container Terminal offers shipping lines the opportunity to serve their customers in a fast, efficient, reliable and sustainable manner.
"Its central location and excellent hinterland connections by road, rail or inland waterway make it ideal for a wide variety of cargo from across the continent of Europe," Mr Cheng said.
ACT is operated by TMA Logistics in which Hutchison Ports holds 50 per cent. TMA has a variety of general cargo terminal operations together with warehousing, shipping, logistics and project cargo activities at three sites in Amsterdam and one in Antwerp.
Said TMA Logistics managing director Gerben Matroos: "Attracting Samskip to Amsterdam is testament to both the strength of the UK-Netherlands market, and Amsterdam's strategic location.
"It will allow TMA Logistics to demonstrate its full range of value added handling, storage and distribution services. We are delighted that Samskip has entrusted ACT and TMA with this important new link," said Mr Matroos.
Said Samskip chief operating officer Diederick Blom: "Both the Port of Amsterdam and TMA Logistics have shown exceptional commitment to this new partnership, which brings a new dimension to Samskip's sustainable, multimodal transport solutions.
Separately, it was recently announced that a new direct rail connection between ACT and Yiwu in China has be established, reported the American Journal of Transportation.
The first train set off on its 11,000-kilometre, 16-day journey on March 7 from the intermodal railhead at Amsterdam Container Terminal to the trading hub of Yiwu in Zhejiang province.
Said Mr Matroos: "Amsterdam provides a unique location as the start and end-point. TMA Logistics is well placed to serve multimodal markets.
"Intermodal connections we have by road, barge, short sea shipping and the railhead make it the ideal gateway, enabling us to collect and distribute goods across North Europe and UK to and from China," he said.
The Silk Road service is operated by NUNNER Logistics, an agent of the Austrian-based Rail Cargo Group, which now operates in 25 locations across Europe.