On November 29, Alinso Group launched the ALLIANSO TERMINAL, in Ploieşti, an independent intermodal railway terminal with Rail Cargo Austria as rail operator.
The first phase of the project has attracted an investment of EUR 7 Million. The terminal has a surface of 19.5 square km, 1.13 km of railways and a total storage capacity of 1,028 TEUs. When finalized, the terminal will measure 10 ha and will have a storage capacity of 5,000 TEUs and a total length of 2,2 km of railways.
Allianso Terminal is located at the junction of the most important roads and railways in Romania, creating a link between the eastern and the western regions of the country, including Black Sea ports.
“We are persuaded that ALLIANSO TERMINAL will contribute to Romania’s economic and industrial development by supporting a traffic which protects the environment. Due to its strategic location, more logistics and industrial companies have expressed their interest to use the area of Ploieşti as main logistics hub for South-Eastern Europe”, declared Ivan Lokere, CEO Alinso Group.
At the same time, the terminal delivers a strategic access to important corridors in Western Europe. “2011 was a very good year for intermodal transport, because last summer we obtained the first intermodal transport strategy in Romania. These terminals are created as extensions of Constanţa Seaport and they will be strong enough arguments for the development of the railway transport in Romania, which has both eco-friendly and financial advantages, with special focus on the latter”, declared Ştefan Roşeanu, Secretary General of the Romanian Railway Industry Association.
Being one of the most important railway operators, Rail Cargo Austria has seized the advantages of consolidating a logistics hub in Ploiesti to connect it to South-Eastern Europe and to facilitate traffic from Middle East, Turkey and Western Europe. “This is a very important initiative, with this terminal we want to develop a corridor to Ploieşti, both for intermodal as well as conventional transport, a corridor that we plan to expand further to Turkey. Through the provided services, we seek to attract road freight traffic to railways and to bring new railway transports in Romania”, declared Erik Regter, Board Member of Rail Cargo Austria.
ALLIANSO TERMINAL will act as a hub for the cargoes delivered in standard TEU containers (both normal and controlled temperature) and for bulk cargoes.
The facilities of the terminal include 24/7 security, video surveillance, customs point, freight container station, container repair station, fuelling station and parking lots for automotive vehicles and trucks.
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