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Growing wood exports in Croatia have triggered the start of an intermodal rail service from the production plant to Adriatic Gate Container Terminal in the Port of Rijeka
The intermodal rail service connects ICTSI-operated AGCT to one of the country’s largest wood producers. AGCT has partnered with Cedar Ltd and rail freight services provide AGIT (HŽ Cargo Group ) to facilitate the export of beech wood products from Cedar’s production facility in Vrbovsko.
Cedar recently inaugurated an intermodal facility at the plant and AGIT transports the bulk of Cedar’s wood exports. From Rijeka, the products are exported to North Africa, Middle East, India and the Far East.
“The collaboration of Cedar, AGIT, and AGCT is a perfect example of how intermodal solutions are supporting the success of large scale production projects," said Wojciech Szymulewich, AGCT CEO.
"We are very pleased that with increased share of intermodal transport at the Port of Rijeka, road traffic is reduced while more efficient and environmental friendly transport by railway and sea is increased.”
In 2012, Cedar acquired an 180,000 m2 old saw mill in the west Croatian town of Vrbovsko, which sits along the transit lines halfway between Zagreb and Rijeka with good road and rail access. Cedar’s Vrbovsko facility has become one of the largest and most modern beech wood manufacturing facilities in Europe.
“Part of the project was to build an intermodal container yard on our land connected to the Vrbovsko rail tracks and purchase container handling equipment such as reach stackers and automated container stuffing machines," said Darko Prodan, Cedar Director.
"The new and direct intermodal link with AGCT via rail enables sustainable and cost-effective logistics. I am very happy with the results and fruitful efforts of involved business partners.”
The Port of Rijeka has experienced an increase in container traffic due to the growing wood exports, with volume for the first eight months in 2017 exceeding the overall volume in 2016.
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