“Handling coal is an important mainstay for Rhenus Midgard’s business in
Wilhelmshaven. Again and again, we’ve managed to create the conditions to
ensure that vessels are unloaded quickly and reliably. The extension work
completed during the last few years has created one of the most efficient coal
terminals in Europe,” says Matthias Schrell, Managing Director of Rhenus Midgard
in Wilhelmshaven, summarising developments to mark the jubilee.
The BTW is the only facility in Germany that is able to handle fully laden Capesize
vessels with a load-carrying capacity of up to 250,000 tonnes and a draught of
18.50. The equipment there also includes Europe’s most modern wagon loading
unit with a loading capacity of 2,000 tonnes per hour; its technology ensures that
the load factor in the wagons is higher than 99 percent.
“Using the extended and modernised equipment that has been installed, we’re
aiming to gradually increase the annual record handling figure of 3.65 million
tonnes, which was achieved at the site in 2015. Our next goal is to move towards
an annual volume of five million tonnes. Looking even further into the future, it will
be possible to handle double this figure at the BTW,” says Matthias Schrell
emphatically, as he looks forward to the next few years at the terminal in
Wilhelmshaven.
