Chemion expands container terminal

STACK THEM UP

TERMINAL • CHEMION HAS BROUGHT ADDITIONAL TANK CONTAINER STORAGE SPACE INTO SERVICE AT THE CHEMPARK DORMAGEN SITE

AFTER MORE THAN a year of work on approvals and some 18 months of construction, a second container storage area has been commissioned by Chemion at the Chempark Dormagen site, located close to the Rhine south of Düsseldorf, Germany. The €10m investment project is designed to meet the needs of the local chemical manufacturing sector, which is increasing its use of tank containers for both transport and storage, and reducing the use of drums.

The new site, dubbed ‘Container Terminal Dormagen II’ or ‘CT DOR II’ for short, covers some 15,000 m² and has space for around 1,000 freight and tank containers. The project began in the summer of 2018 with the submission of approval documents. Construction began in September 2019 and, after around a year of construction and subsequent trial operations, the new container terminal has now started regular operation.

“Together with our partners, we have worked towards this moment in a targeted manner - the ‘Dormagen II container terminal’ is starting regular operations,” says Chemion’s managing director, Dr Hans Richter, who took on the role in late 2019, after the work had started. “This is an important milestone for us and our customers, the manufacturing companies on site, and an important investment in the future. We would have liked to have celebrated the commissioning with our customers, partners and the public, but unfortunately the inauguration has to be canceled due to the coronavirus.”

Chempark Dormagen’s manager Lars Friedrich emphasises the importance of the container terminal for the location: “We are delighted with the investment from Chemion, because it creates an infrastructure for the entire Chempark Dormagen and supports its healthy growth. The manufacturing companies in the plant continuously invest in their operations and need well-developed, efficient logistics for this.”

SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE “Safety is an essential core of our company’s mission statement,” says Günther Schoofs, the project manager. “With our partner Köster GmbH, we have implemented safety and quality standards that are far above the legally required requirements.” The new container terminal, for example, has extensive collection and retention capacities as well as a highly efficient fire alarm and extinguishing system. In addition, there is comprehensive monitoring by measuring sensors across the terminal.

With the commissioning of the new system, two Chemion container terminals are now available in Chempark Dormagen to safely store raw materials as well as intermediate and end products for the logistics service provider’s customers. It is designed to act as an internal hub for the Chempark, reducing the use of intermediate storage in external facilities and so leading to a reduction in local road traffic.

Chemion Logistik was founded in 2001 out of parts of Bayer Group’s central logistics division and other logistics facilities. Its first container terminal at Chempark Dormagen was inaugurated in 2007, offering space for 360 freight and tank containers on a 7,000-m² bimodal plot. www.chemion.de

CT DOR II OFFERS STORAGE FOR 1,000 CONTAINERS

WITH SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION