The positive results for combined transport in particular have played a crucial role in this development. Container handling by ship, rail, and truck is set to grow by 13% to about 3.4 million TEU (2013: 3 million TEU), thereby reaching yet another all time high. “In the container sector, we are registering double-digit growth with all traffic carriers. This gratifying development is based to a great degree on the successful investmentsmade in the last few years and the associated handling volumes,” says Erich Staake, Chief Executive Officer of Duisburger Hafen AG. Essential drivers of the development were the automotive, chemical, and consumer goods industries. The strong growth experienced in container volumes successfully compensated for the market-related downward trend in the coal business in the second half of 2014. Especially pleasing is the development experienced by the combined transport terminal logport III, which started up daily operations at the beginning of 2013. Over 80 trains per week are now handled at logport III. This not only strengthens duisport’s international rail network, but also represents an essential contribution to shifting cargo from road to rail.
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