DB SCHENKER is spending EUR13 million (US$16.7 million) on the expansion of its logistics terminal in Vienna-Albern operated by Schenker & Co AG. The action is required because the existing facility is said to have reached its capacity limits.
The site primarily serves as a hub for land transport, air, and ocean freight and is also a warehouse logistics location.
"Vienna-Albern is a perfect location for our Eastern European routes and a hub for imports and exports between other parts of Europe and the world. These were the reasons to invest in the future and expand this terminal," said Schenker director Karl Nutzinger, the one responsible for European land transport.
Work on developing the new 4,100-square metre freight-handling hall began in earnest earlier this month. Once the expansion has been completed the site will offer customers a 16,400-square-metre logistics warehouse as well as an 8,400-square-metre freight handling hall, located on a site with about 82,300 square metres in total space, a company statement said.
The freight handling hall is equipped with an under floor chain conveyor system that has a capacity of moving 590 pallets an hour. The new facility will also have the latest equipment to put together and deconsolidate airfreight palettes.
Furthermore, as part of efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions throughout the entire DB Group by 20 per cent by 2020, the previous oil heating unit used at the Albern site will be replaced with a CO2-neutral, wood chip heating system, costing EUR600,000.
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