In a press release, the company says the new locomotives will increase capability at the Northwest Continent terminal and be employed for cross-border freight transport in Europe.
The new locomotives will be deployed within an East-West geographical scope so as to improve connections and capacity between Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Austria and Poland, and landlocked central and Eastern areas such as Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia.
This, claims MsC, will provide customers with a more “flexible, efficient and sustainable way of moving cargo inland”.
In addition, the locomotives shall supplement container transport by ship in serving the eastern hinterland of Antwerp.
The Vectron MS locomotives, manufactured by Siemens Mobility, have a a top speed of 160 km/h.
Commenting on the news, Salvatore Prudente, Executive Director of MEDWAY, said:
“MSC continues to invest at a European level via its MEDWAY arm to strengthen its intermodal offering, improving its capacity to serve clients not only with its core deep-sea solutions, but also inland. Improving these areas provides our customers with a portfolio of services and solutions designed to simplify and support their supply chain. Our teams of experts are constantly monitoring both customer needs and market trends and we see a great deal of sense in investing in our intermodal capabilities, as customers are increasingly encouraged to move overland cargo by rail.”
Albrecht Neumann, CEO Rolling Stock, Siemens Mobility, added:
“With their record for reliability and flexibility, our Vectron locomotives enable sustainable cross-border freight transport throughout Europe.”
