DB Cargo to invest in logistics for steel giant
DB Cargo has signed a ten-year contract with Arcelor Mittal, the world's largest steel company, to supply its blast furnace in Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany.
By next summer, DB Cargo will purchase 352 multi-functional double wagons and 1,408 special containers to transport ore, coke and limestone. Its partner, logistics provider Innofreight, designed the wagons and optimised their load volume specifically for these raw materials.
Innofreight will also build two semi-automated loading and unloading facilities at the Eisenhüttenstadt plant by summer 2021 and take charge of their operation. The new transports will begin as soon as the facilities are completed. DB Cargo will then be able to transport up to 4.2 million t of raw materials a year. (ben)