ERS Railways
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| Company type | Logistics |
|---|---|
| Industry | Transport |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | ISO container inland transportation |
Number of employees | less than 100 (2006) |
| Parent | A. P. Moller-Maersk Group |
| Subsidiaries | ERS Railways (founded 2002) |
European Rail Shuttle B.V. is a railway transport company headquartered in Rotterdam, providing cargo transport, mostly intermodal ISO containers.
Since 2002 a subsidary company ERS Railways (or ERS) has been the rail provider for the organisation; the company started operating in the Netherlands in 2001 and holds a EU license to operate trains in other EU states.
History
The European Rail Shuttle B.V. was founded in 1994 as a joint venture between Sealand Service, P & O Containers and Royal Nedloyd, later Maersk joined the venture. Initial trains ran from Rotterdam to Germersheim and Melzo (Milan).[1]
The company boxXpress.de GmbH was founded 2000 by shareholding partnership with Eurogate[2][3] and TX Logistik AG[4] specifically for intermodal services to the German hinterland.[5]
In 2002 the full subsidary ERS Railways was founded, which acts as a 'traction provider' employing drivers, and supplying rolling stock.
In 2006 the company became a fully owned subsidary of A. P. Moller-Maersk Group.[1]
Activities
The companies main line of business is the transportation of ISO containers by rail from the Port of Rotterdam to various locations in Europe; including Germany, the Benelux countries, Italy and Central European states[6]
Much of the companies business has come from its shipping shareholders, but the company has also offered it's services to third parties from its inception.
Statistics and further information
ERS Railways is headquartered in Rotterdam (Netherlands).
Starting from 7 trains a week (~ 22.000 TEU) in 1994 the company grew to 363,000 TEU in 2002 and then 494,000 TEU in 2004. (~280 trains per week by the mid 2000s)[1]
Rolling stock
The subsidary ERS Railways has made substantial use of hired EMD Class 66 as a source of traction, hiring from CB Rail, HSBC Rail and MRCE[7], ERS has it's own livery - half blue and half silver, divided longitudinally with curved bands.
Additionally MaK/Vossloh locomotives have also been used, including the Vossloh G 2000[8] and Vossloh G 1206[9] The company also has a fleet of Siemens EuroSprinter freight version multivoltage electric locomotives (Siemens ES64F4).[10] Additionally over 1000 container wagogns are operated.
Approximately half of ERS Railways staff are train drivers.
References and notes
- ^ a b c ERS "An approach from the opportunity angle" ersrail.com
- ^ A container logistics company operating terminals in Hamburg and Bremerhaven
- ^ Eurogate company website
- ^ Majority (51%) owned by Trenitalia as of 2009
- ^ boxXpress.de GmbH : company website
- ^ Destinations include Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia
- ^ The Definitive Fleet List of Euro Class 66 locos - giving works numbers, running numbers, names, operators and international IDs. (up to November 2007) therailwaycentre.com
- ^ G 2000 BB List of Vossloh G 2000 BB including user data richardkrol.nl
- ^ Photograph of ERS G1206 locomotive nr. Helmond (Netherlands), railpictures.net, Image copyright : Bram Hakstege
- ^ Fleet ersrail.com
Sources
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