Rhenus is setting up a Green Steel Logistics Hub for steel logistics at the business site in Dortmund. The warehouse is likely to start operating in the autumn of 2024 and the aim is to tranship and transport steel in a manner that is as eco-friendly as possible. It will serve as an important link in a sustainable and low-emissions supply chain for companies operating in the steel sector.
Rhenus is currently modernising one of its existing warehouses there for this project. The measures being introduced include a new roof and the installation of a solar panel unit. The electricity that is generated will supply the energy for the crane equipment, the building itself as well as the charging infrastructure for electric trucks - which will be used for the last mile operations between the terminal and the customers. In addition to modernising the logistics building to make it more eco-friendly, Rhenus is also seeking to introduce an inland waterway fleet that reduces emissions even further.
The trimodal terminal at the Mathieshafen port facility in Dortmund is ideally located for transportation purposes and provides good connections to motorways and waterways. The convenient location makes it possible to transport the steel from the major seaports to Dortmund using shuttle services on waterways – which create less emissions than other means of transport anyway – and then distribute the commodity further inland from there using electric trucks.
"Steel isn’t the first thing that automatically comes to most people’s minds when they talk about ‘sustainability’. But a great deal can be done to manufacture steel in a way that is as eco-friendly as possible and also transport it from A to B. Thanks to our Green Steel Logistics Hub in Dortmund, we’re already providing a green perspective for infrastructure at a time when the proportion of green steel in the marketplace is continuing to grow," says Michael Petersmann, the Managing Director of Rhenus Port Logistics Rhein-Ruhr.
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