A2B-online Container increases number of sailings from Moerdijk to Immingham to 11 x per week
A2B-online Container increases number of sailings from Moerdijk to Immingham to 11 x per week
‘Unique concept demands more capacity’
The MS Vanquish, 320 Teu container vessel, has been chartered.
“In addition to the acquisition of the MS A2B Comfort earlier this year we have now decided to charter the MS Vanquish to guarantee capacity at the short sea ’ says Gerard de Groot, Managing Director of A2B-online Container B.V.
“Taken into account all the intermodal developments that have been achieved; with the start of Kombiverkehr with a new rail connection from Duisburg to Moerdijk earlier this year and recently G.T.S., the Italian rail operator who started a new rail connection from Piacenza to Moerdijk. The growth of volume is substantial”.
“Besides the above the volume has increased as well due to new barge services that has been initiated by Alcotrans from Krefeld/Cologne to Moerdijk and the daily barges organized by DP World and Versteijnen, that call upon Moerdijk from Tilburg and Oosterhout” adds André Mast, Sales Director A2B-online Container B.V. “With our high frequency, the transit time of the goods and the containers is very fast and very effective. This is a unique concept that we offer to our customers!”
Michael van Keulen, Operations Director A2B-online Container B.V. continues: “The MS Vanquish, a Sietas type 157 with an intake of 320 teu, will come in charter as from the 28th of February. She will be deployed at our Immingham service initially and depending on the growth of volume we have spare capacity during the weekend so we could choose for an additional sailing into either London Thamesport or Teesport. The additional capacity is estimated around 50.000 teu”.
“We do not experience any downfall following Brexit, to the contrary our volumes have risen with nearly 12% in comparison to the same period last year”, concludes de Groot.