New Centre Based at Nordfrost’s Terminals at Wilhelmshaven
Project freight forwarder deugro and logistics company Nordfrost have paired up to launch a new sustainable energy logistics centre at Germany’s port of Wilhelmshaven.
Operating out of Nordfrost’s terminal facilities at Wilhelmshaven, the Green Energy Logistics Hub is aiming to meet the rapidly increasing demand for transport and storage solutions linked to large-scale renewable energy projects.
The hub will be tailored towards clients in the onshore and offshore wind industry, as well as those involved in shipping converters, substations, cables, transformers and other grid-related components, deugro said in a statement.
Nordfrost will be in charge of handling cargo using its own heavy-lift cranes, reach stackers, forklifts and other equipment. It will also provide a 150,000-square-metre logistics area at two of its port locations, unrestricted access for ocean-going vessels and direct hinterland connections to Germany’s freeways and the European rail network.
Additional services at the hub include condition inspections, packing and stowage of containers and import and export clearance.
“Nordfrost and deugro are combining their strengths to serve the sustainable energy industry to and from Wilhelmshaven,” said Christian Schulz, regional sales director for Europe at deugro.
“We are pleased to make our contribution to the energy transition with the development of a new gateway to Central Europe and the North Sea and to help our clients maintain and further improve their supply chains.”
Over the last two decades, Switzerland-based deugro has successfully completed more than 190 onshore and offshore wind projects in over 40 countries worldwide.
The company, a sponsor at Breakbulk Middle East 2023, recently received the Project Forwarding Award at the BIFA Freight Services Awards 2022 for successfully transporting 155 breakbulk shipments of critical oversized and heavy-lift components weighing a combined 178,000 freight tonnes using 55 chartered heavy-lift vessels.
The move was carried out “in times of widespread, ever-changing Covid-19 restrictions, coupled with skyrocketing freight rates and severely limited vessel capacities”, deugro said.
PHOTO: The Nordfrost Seaport Terminal at the port of Wilhelmshaven. CREDIT: deugro
