Eurogate is well positioned to meet market challenges

According to the company, the current market is characterised by continued growth of container transportation but it is being significantly slowed by weak consumer demand in the Eurozone. This weaker demand coupled with increased load space due to more 10,000+ vessels in service, has prompted shipping lines to restructure their scheduled services resulting in a steady decline in port calls in recent years which has particularly affected the Far East/Northern Europe route.

With it facilities in Europe, Eurogate believes that it is in a unique position to offer customers a variety of container handling and intermodal transport alternatives depending on the demands of their transport chains.

At Eurogate Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven (ECTW), described as Germany’s only deep-water container terminal, the September 21 2012 start up went smoothly and it is now fully operational. Major advances have been made in developing hinterland connections with three rail operators TFG Transfracht, EUROGATE Intermodal and ACOS Group, including Wilhelmshaven in their network allowing the company to offer customers any route they require.