Weser Mittellandkanal Container Service (WCMS) is a new container barge shuttle service being offered by nine companies based in Bremen, Lower Saxony and North Rhine Westphalia Bremische Hafenvertretung, Hafenbetriebsgesellschaft Braunschweig mbH, Mindener Hafen GmbH, Städtische Häfen Hannover, Bremer Rolandumschlagsgesellschaft, NWL Norddeutsche Waserweg Logistik, EVB Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser GmbH, ISL Institut für Seeverkehrswirtschaft und Logistik and Rhenus PartnerShip AG & Co KG, Duisburg.
WCMS will provide a weekly service with a 60 TEU barge between Brunswick, Hanover, Minden and Bremen and Bremerhaven. Various container-related services are also available. Last year the Bremen ports handled 6300 inland navigation vessels carrying 5.6 mill tonnes of cargo (+10.5 percent) . Of this, 4.7 mill tonnes (+11.7 percent) moved via the city while 0.9 mt (+4.6 percent) went through Bremerhaven....
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Approx 250 words from WorldCargo News, May 2002,
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