Logistics Webinar 'Transporting containers efficiently? Ship or rail!'

Reliable, efficient and sustainable; that is transport by ship or train. Zelissen Logistics Services, which has been transporting its containers by barge for several years, also knows this. Director Nick Zelissen talks about it during our webinar 'Efficient container transport? Ship or rail!' On 2 July, from 1pm to 2pm. And you will hear much more about the advantages of transporting by ship or rail.

Practical information

• Where: online
• When: 2 July, 1 pm - 2 pm
• Cost: participation is free
• For whom: companies that (have) products transported by container by trucks, for example from or to the port of Rotterdam to Limburg. Or from Limburg to Germany, Poland, Italy and Eastern Europe.

Content webinar

Transport by water or rail offers great advantages for transporting almost all goods. It is reliable, cost-effective, efficient as well as producing substantial CO₂ reductions. The question is therefore not whether inland shipping or rail is interesting for you, but how you use it. You will hear more about this during our webinar. Experts and entrepreneurs explain how the switch to water works in practice.

Zelissen Logistics Services on the benefits of inland shipping

Zelissen Logistics Services transports more than 1,000 containers of car parts from the port of Rotterdam to South Limburg every year. Until a few years ago, this was done by truck, now by barge. "Price-wise, barge transport is more interesting for our customer from China," explains director Nick Zelissen. "For ourselves, it is an advantage that we know exactly when the containers arrive. With road transport, that was much harder to predict. Through good agreements with the port terminal Barge Terminal Born, we can better manage our daily unloading traffic." During the webinar, you will hear, among other things, what was the most difficult part of the process from road to water, and what was actually easier than expected. You will also hear about the advantages and disadvantages of transport by ship.

By Nick Zelissen of Zelissen Logistics Services and Loek Huijnen of Barge Terminal Born

What does transport by ship look like in practice?

With information on the following topics:

• After how many containers per week or time is barge or rail interesting?"
• Is transport by barge or train also interesting if your company is not located by water or rail? What does the pre- or on-carriage look like in that case?"
• What storage options are available at the port or rail terminal?
• What are the most common objections of customers to transporting by ship or train and what are the solutions to them?
• Concrete examples: for which customers / cargo types does transport by ship or train work well?
• What does the logistics service provider take care of and what do you, as a company, no longer have to do yourself?

From information to action

Have you become interested in transport by ship or train? Then of course you first want to know what that could look like in concrete terms for your company. The experienced logistics brokers of Logistiek Bereikbaar and the province of Limburg can work out technical and business scenarios for you for transport by ship. This way, we know what savings it can bring your company, which port you can best use and what type of ship. We guide you from the first exploration to the first voyage. You will also learn more about the modal shift subsidy, which makes transport by ship even more attractive.

By Miranda Volker of Logistiek Bereikbaar and Ivo Schepers of Limburg Province