New shuttle train Switzerland - Italian ports for the Combined transport
Basel, 14. May 2013 - IMS connects Basel with Melzo, Genoa, La Spezia and Ravenna
On 15.05.2013, the neutral Basel based operator IMS Rail Switzerland AG is the "Frenkendorf - Melzo shuttle" starts a new shuttle train connection.
The connection is oriented on the unaccompanied combined transport (UCT) between the Swiss container terminal Fenkendorf (just outside Basel) and the Italian container terminal Melzo (east from Milan). From Melzo run several times a day direct connecting trains to and from the Italian offshore terminals Genova Voltri Mare, Genova Sech, La Spezia LSCT and Ravenna.
The shuttle can transport all common maritime intermodal transport units from 20 'to 45' and also Flat-, Open Top Containers and special containers.
But the terminal in Melzo in Milano, with ist container depot, not only ideal condition for containerized maritime transport, but with ist location east of the Lombard capital also ideally located for continental traffic to and from the driving areas between Milano and Venezia. Thanks to the attractive overnight connection of the "Frenkendorf - Melzo shuttle" this connection is ideally suited for alpine transit, which save the trucks the way across the heavily loaded bypass motorway, especially for driving lands east of Milano. A further expansion for the transport of truck trailers is provided for short-term (without trailer). For the delivery and pickup in Melzo a specialized truck fleet is available.
With the "Frenkendorf - Melzo shuttle" a long-cherished wish of the Swiss economy and the Swiss freight forwarders come true, to link the Italian offshore terminals with a continuous rail link to Switzerland. This concern is of particular importance, since it allows to disentangle the strong to the northern ports (Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp) orientated maritime traffic and at the same time to benefit of the massively short sea routes from the Far East to the Mediterranean Sea.
In the final stage of extension each container train is able to transport about 40 truck loads over the long distances and pass for the delivery / collection to the road, of course environmentally friendly.
In addition, IMS Rail offers also the possibility to deliver all served sidings and stations in Switzerland in overnight via the Terminal Frenkendorf
The IMS Rail Switzerland AG already operates the reference trains "Rhine shuttle Basel" (Rotterdam - Frenkendorf BL), "Rhine shuttle Zurich" (Rotterdam - Rekingen AG) and the "Erasmus shuttle" (Rotterdam - Basel Bad Ubf) and also the "Léman shuttle", which connects Genève and
Chavornay via Frenkendorf with rotterdam and from now on also with Italy.
IMS Rail Switzerland AG is a neutral rail transport operator for unaccompanied combined transport (UCT) with headquarters in Basel and is a is a subsidiary company of the IMS-Intermove Systemst GmbH in Vienna, one of the largest private combi operators in Austria.