Hamburg's 'cold feet' on shuttle barge

Rotterdam has already invested in feeder barges

Rotterdam remains a pioneer. It already has a shuttle crane barge, the Mercurius, providing intra-terminal transport of containers, obviating the need to reposition them using road haulage vehicles. The original concept, which had been developed for the Port of Amsterdam, became a reality at Rotterdam in 2008 and has since ...

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