01.02.2021
Artikel Nummer: 35006
Rotterdam: Innovation boosts railway
The C.RO Ports terminal in the Botlek in Rotterdam will be the first terminal to add ‘VEGA-VTG plates’ to its portfolio. These platforms can be used for transporting non-craneable trailers by rail. The trailer is driven onto the platform, after which it can be loaded on board the train wagon by the four “ears” of the VEGA-VTG plate – very much like a piggyback.
In the Netherlands, GVT was the first party to use this innovation. Since mid-2020, this Tilburg (UK)-based company has successfully deployed sixteen units.
Rotterdam will be the second logistic hotspot from where the VEGA-VTGs will operate - five units are available three times a week on the route between the UK and Rzepin in Poland, operated by Retrack. (ben)