DB and Rotterdam to co-operate

This was agreed by the two companies in a Letter of Intent signed recently by Dr. Norbert Bensel, Chairman of the Transportation and Logistics Division of Deutsche Bahn AG, and Hans Smits, CEO of the Port of Rotterdam Authority. A key focus of the cooperation will be to improve the Port of Rotterdam’s hinterland connections. Smits says: “Despite enormous investments in our infrastructure, the existing resources alone will not be sufficient to handle growing freight volumes. That means we have to make better use of existing resources. This will only be possible by intensifying cooperation across transport chains, because a port’s success is dependent on the capabilities of the hinterland connections.” According to Bensel, “Our Intermodal Business Unit, Europe’s leading company in combined transport services, and the largest port in Europe are natural partners here.