Go global with ease
With a complete portfolio of intermodal options, we connect our local terminals to global trade. We offer full-service solutions with a single point of contact, increasing the simplicity and reliability of your supply chain from end to end. By offering various modes of transport, we add flexibility and resilience to your supply chain, ensuring your shipments arrive safely and on schedule.
Barge
Reducing your shipment’s carbon footprint
With a low fuel consumption and a high carrying capacity, barge is one of the most environmentally friendly, economical modes of inland transport. In cooperation with Danser Group and DP World, Swissterminal offers frequent barge connections between Switzerland, France and Europe’s largest container ports, helping you flexibly design your business’s supply chain flows.
Product overview
Swissterminal’s barge service directly connects the tri-border area of Switzerland, France and Germany with Europe’s container ports in Antwerp and Rotterdam.
Birsfelden / Basel / Ottmarsheim «» Rotterdam / Antwerp
Our barge service links the Port of Switzerland in Basel-Kleinhueningen and Basel-Birsfelden as well as Ottmarsheim in France, located in Eurorheinports, twice weekly with deepsea terminals in the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp.
Why Swissterminal barge?
- Twice weekly roundtrip from Basel, Birsfelden and Ottmarsheim to Rotterdam and Antwerp
- Door-to-door solution in Switzerland
- Reliable, sustainable and cost-effective connections
Key benefits of Swissterminal barge
Sustainable and eco-friendly solution
Barge is an environmentally friendly form of inland transportation. CO2 emissions are relatively low due to the high-volume capacities and low fuel consumption. In terms of noise pollution, the barge also performs well in comparison, while the impact on surrounding nature is reduced to a minimum. The use of this mode of transport thus supports sustainable supply chains with a low footprint, and offers an attractive and economical alternative to rail transport between the tri-border area and the Western seaports.
In addition to transporting containers, barges are also ideal for transporting bulk goods.
High transport capacity
Barges are able to carry more cargo than any other mode of inland transport. With this, we provide our customers sufficient space for cargo.
Reduced cost
Due to its high carrying capacity and low fuel consumption, barges are one of the most economical forms of intermodal transport.
Technical details about the inland vessels
- The barge service operates with four coupled barges.
- Each vessel has a capacity of 342 to 348 TEUs and 24 to 32 reefer slots available.
Rail Schweizerzug
Keeping your cargo on track
As an individual service between seaport and inland terminal or as part of a multimodal solution for the first or last mile, Schweizerzug combines efficiency, cost advantage and sustainability. Customers benefit from frequent departures, flexibility, and short transit times. Wherever your cargo is headed: Schweizerzug ensures that your goods arrive safely, directly, and fast at the European seaports.
Product overview
Schweizerzug connects the largest industrial regions in Switzerland with the European seaports.
Rotterdam / Antwerp «» Frenkendorf
Schweizerzug offers regular connections to Europe’s most important container ports in Rotterdam and Antwerp from our terminal in Frenkendorf near Basel.
Your benefits:
- Direct train to Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG), APM, Euromax and ECT Delta with 4 roundtrips/week Frenkendorf – Rotterdam
- Direct train to DP World Antwerp Gateway (K1700) and K1742 with 5 roundtrips/week Frenkendorf – Antwerp
- Door-to-door solution in Switzerland
Key benefits of Schweizerzug rail
Reduced supply chain costs
With single trains able to carry 50 truckloads worth of cargo, rail reduces the number of people needed to manage transport, lowering costs and improving efficiency. At Schweizerzug, no Currency Adjustment Factor (CAF) is added to our tariffs – our customers do not have to pay any surcharges to compensate for exchange rate fluctuations.
Sustainable and eco-friendly solution
Rail transport has a much lower environmental footprint than road transport or air freight. Schweizerzug’ s dispatching also aims to significantly reduce empty runs in combined transport. In this way, greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced across the board.
Reliability and flexibility
Able to avoid bottlenecks and operate even during times of crises, the rail services of Swissterminal offer reliable point-to-point connections. No intersections, traffic jams or time losses. For maximum flexibility, Schweizerzug offers same day booking and departure for export cargo. Any container booked by 10 am for Antwerp or by 12 noon for Rotterdam can start its export journey on the same day, provided there is still capacity.
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Truck
Driving first and last mile success
Trucks provide flexible point-to-point service. At Swissterminal, our trucking service is used for first and last-mile logistics. By embracing this combined transport approach, we prevent harmful emissions while ensuring your shipment arrives in the right place, right on time.
Our Partners
Joining hands to take customers farther
Our comprehensive intermodal network is the result of our network of strong partnerships. To connect your cargo globally, we work with a number of reliable partners.
