voestalpine Rohstoffbeschaffung, LogServ and RCG extend successful partnership
| Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has signed a logistics agreement until 2025 with the companies responsible for the inbound transport of raw materials and the outbound transport of finished goods at the voestalpine site in Linz, voestalpine Rohstoffbeschaffungs GmbH and the voestalpine logistics subsidiary Logistik Service GmbH (LogServ), thus securing the transport order for around 9.5 million tonnes of raw materials and finished goods per year. |
| Extension of long-standing cooperation With the extension of the existing contract for another two years, the contract partners, with headquarters in Austria, are sending a strong signal for supply security. Specifically, the cooperation covers the transport handling of incoming raw materials, including iron ore, hot briquetted iron, coke, coal and scrap for the voestalpine plants in Linz and Leoben-Donawitz, as well as the shipment of finished goods (coils, heavy plate, sheets) from Linz. In addition to an increase in the existing transport volumes, a new supply route is also being established. The transport of ore and coke will be handled in RCG’s own network with RCC Italia via Italian Mediterranean ports. The successful cooperation between RCG and Logistik Service GmbH (LogServ) on the use of TransANT lightweight wagons was also extended by two years. The modular freight wagon innovation creates a new standard in the freight transport market and offers impressively high payloads and flexibility in use. The environment benefits too At the signing of the new logistics package, the contract partners from the voestalpine Group were also honoured for avoiding CO2 emissions in the contract year 2022/23. For the Linz site alone, voestalpine Rohstoffbeschaffungs GmbH was able to save 137,188.18 tonnes of CO2 equivalents in raw material inbound transport on behalf of voestalpine Stahl GmbH. Also noteworthy is the 25,924.05 tonnes of CO2 equivalents saved in outbound finished goods by LogServ, voestalpine’s logistics subsidiary. The CO2 certificates issued by RCG are assessed by TÜV SÜD and are available to all customers who transfer their transports from road to rail and thus contribute to a better climate. |
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