QUICK UPDATE

TANK STORAGE • KUBE & KUBENZ HAS RESPONDED TO GROWING DEMAND FOR THE STORAGE OF FILLED TANK CONTAINERS WITH AN EXPANSION OF ITS BERGHEIM FACILITY NEAR KÖLN

PRODUCERS AND TRADERS in the Rhineland chemical region of Germany have had more storage capacity available for filled tank containers since this spring. The liquid bulk logistics company Kube & Kubenz, which operates throughout Europe, recently expanded the storage area of its branch in Bergheim to cater to this business. Safety infrastructure at the location east of Köln was also upgraded.

As part of the investment, the company created 120 new storage spaces for filled tank containers of hazardous material of Classes 3, 8 and 9. “Expanding this location makes us even more attractive to our customers in the chemicals industry because our secure tank containers, monitored 24/7, shorten and make logistics chains more efficient. At the same time, these investments are ensuring jobs at this location in the long term,” says Olaf Fügemann, manager of Kube & Kubenz‘s branch in Bergheim.

There are 25 Kube & Kubenz employees organising multimodal transport and storage services for resilient supply chains in the chemical industry at this conveniently located site. Designed to meet the most stringent safety standards and located near a federal motorway, the site serves as a transhipment hub, meeting the needs of one of the largest chemical regions in the European Single Market and handling incoming tanks from all over the world.

Existing storage capacity for unclassified goods will be available to Kube & Kubenz’s customers in Bergheim as usual. The site’s portfolio also includes 250 storage spaces for empty tank containers and 40 tractor units

“Together with our storage space in the city of Worms, our first storage location for tank containers, we are now even better equipped to meet the needs of our clients from the chemical industry,” says Konstantin Kubenz, managing partner of Kube & Kubenz. “The expansion and modernisation of our Bergheim branch will allow us to perfectly meet the requirements of hazardous materials logistics while at the same time reaching our own growth targets in the coming years.”

A Brief History

The Bergheim branch was opened in March 2016 when Kube & Kubenz relocated from the Knapsack Chemical Park a few kilometres away. At its opening, the site offered forwarding, warehousing and maintenance and repair services for box and tank containers on an 18,000-m2 site, complete with office buildings.

The location was chosen for its proximity to the A1, A4 and A61 motorways as well as a rail connection at the Köln Eifeltor terminal; it is also conveniently located to supply the needs of chemical manufacturers in the Leverkusen, Dormagen and Wesseling centres.

At the time of its opening, Michael Kubenz, former managing director and father of Konstantin Kubenz, explained that the move to the larger site was a response to “excellent business development” in the region in the previous few years, which made it important for the company to be able to continue to offer the best service possible and flexible logistics solutions for liquid and gaseous chemicals.

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