Moerdijk Port wants to grow its rail links ‘by planning smarter’

Moerdijk Port wants to grow its rail links ‘by planning smarter’

The Dutch port of Moerdijk wants to increase the existing 60-70 weekly trains to 100 per week. The goal is to see if it can increase the efficiency of its infrastructure by planning smarter, as there isn’t much room for more railways.

The motivation of the port to increase its rail transportation share is not new, it opened a new terminal operated by Combined Cargo Terminals in April. The port invested more than 20 million euros in broader facilities for freight trains on the Moerdijk industrial estate. The port of Moerdijk is working together with infrastructure manager ProRail, and the plan is titled ‘Lean Moerdijk 2.0’.

Jayand Baladien, commercial director of Port of Moerdijk, said: “The focus of this project is mainly aimed at making better use of existing infrastructure. We do this, among other things, by using smarter planning tools.”

The locomotive disconnects from the wagons after entering and drives away again on the third track in the new terminal. It has a short-sea connection to the UK, and many of the goods that arrive in the port of Moerdijk are moved further into Europe by rail. The two existing tracks were replaced by three new ones. An extra switch connection and a ‘reversing track’ were added. Previously trains were pushed in and that took a lot of time. 

Situated in the province Zuid-Holland, the Port of Moerdijk is operating for a variety of customers in the field of short sea, inland shipping, rail and road. 

For more information visit www.portofmoerdijk.nl

21st June 2021