LOGISTICS When looking at the storage facilities, Bertschi has a unique preloading service.
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Terminal expansion In May 2008, logistics service provider Bertschi opened its rail terminal at Valuepark. To meet the growing market demand, the Swiss company has now decided to expand the terminal’s capacity.
short sea and only 10% by truck. These rail figures are more or less the same for our Terneuzen operation. This way, we save around 70% of CO2 emissions when compared with 100% road transport.”
Multi-colour terminal “In the past few years, even during the pandemic, we noticed a growing demand for storage facilities for containers at our
Once completed, the current 12,000m2 will be nearly doubled to 22,000m2. Barry Mol joined Bertschi Rotterdam in 2013 as Junior Manager and has taken various steps throughout the years, which resulted in being appointed as Managing Director of Bertschi’s Dutch locations in November 2020. He explains the expansion plans to us.
CO2 reduction
“Five times a week a train arrives from Antwerp to be loaded at the Bertschi terminal”, Mr Mol explains. “At Valuepark the trains are filled with our (tank) containers, upon which they return to Antwerp, where they are transferred to trains with destinations all over Europe. Most of the cargo entails liquid and dry bulk products from Dow, although there is always room for cargo from other chemical companies.” According to Mr Mol, Bertschi is one of the largest users of rail transport at North Sea Port. “Looking at our European activities, 75% of all our containers and tank containers are transported via rail, 15% per barge/
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Five times a week a train arrives from Antwerp to be loaded at the Bertschi terminal.
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