Service – All around the transport
Basic Principles
We are constantly developing new products and services to transport your containers. With the help of Kombiverkehr’s network and additional reliable partners, we offer our customers ecological and economical container transport throughout Europe.
Our employees – competence and passion. The fundamentals of our service power.
The Optimodal team cooperates closely with leading and established operators and terminals in order to achieve the highest possible quality, flexibility and reliability. Therefore we use the following modes of transport: rail, inland waterway and truck.
Our sister company KombiRail Europe B.V. ensures the high-frequency train connection between Rotterdam and Neuss.
The close cooperation with various barge operators forms an additional pillar to our reliable rail product Rotterdam-Neuss.
Depot services and container repairs complete our comprehensive portfolio at the Neuss location.
Our Europe-wide transport services are complemented by the fact that we act as an agent for rail operators. Together with our agency partner Kombiverkehr Intermodal Services GmbH, Duisburg, we ensure 24/7/360 monitoring of the trains in order to proactively prevent delays.
Efficient
Born in Rotterdam – At home in Europe!
Trains run daily on the Rotterdam-Neuss route, connecting every terminal at Maasvlakte 1 + 2 with Neuss. Starting in Neuss, there is the possibility to connect other European industrial locations by gateway traffic with the western ports. In close cooperation with various barge operators, we complete our high-quality rail product between Neuss and Rotterdam.
We also offer regular inland waterway connections between Antwerp and Neuss. Optimodal also has the competence to connect a huge number of production and trade centres in Europe with the western ports and Hamburg too. We are pleased to be able to cooperate with reliable and established partners in this range as well.
Reliable
Short transit times for the transport of your goods, such as:
Rotterdam -> Budapest in 30 hours
For further connections and possibilities, please refer to the timetables see rail connections.
Eco-friendly and safely
It is scientifically proven that global warming is also due to the increasing CO² emissions. Together with our customers, we ensure that longer distances are covered by the environmentally friendly modes of transport train and barge – if possible, only the short distances by truck.
Therefore we reduce the number of trucks of the roads, reduce the length of traffic jams and increase safety on the motorways.
Agency Activities
Your trains – Our mission
With view to our agency activities we support you with competence and experience in the supervision of your train products. For container- as well as continental trains we offer the following services:
- 24/7 transport monitoring
- Order acceptance
- Dispatching of the cargo/units
- Registration of transport-relevant data in your IT system
- Documentation
From Rotterdam/Antwerp to Neuss v.v.
Gateway via Neuss
Although the focus of our range of services is on the Neuss location, it does not end here. Via Neuss, we connect important industrial locations with the western ports by rail.
In order to perfect tri-modality, we do not only offer our high-quality train products, but also complement them with a reliable barge service. This service connects the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp with Neuss several times a week.
From Rotterdam to Neuss v.v.
| Departure Rotterdam | Arrival Neuss Trimodal | Terminals Rotterdam |
|---|---|---|
| Monday/Tuesday | Friday | Maasvlakte 1 + 2 |
| Wednesday/Thursday | Monday | Maasvlakte 1 + 2 |
| Friday/Saturday | Wednesday | City Terminals |
| Departure Neuss Trimodal | Arrival Rotterdam | Terminals Rotterdam |
|---|---|---|
| Monday (early) | Wednesday/Thursday | Maasvlakte 1 + 2 |
| Wednesday (early) | Friday/Saturday | City Terminals |
| Friday (early) | Monday/Tuesday | Maasvlakte 1 + 2 |
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From Antwerp to Neuss v.v.
| Departure Antwerp | Arrival Neuss Trimodal | Terminals Antwerp |
|---|---|---|
| Monday/Tuesday | Friday | 730 | 869 | 913 |
| Thursday | Monday | 1700 | 1718 | 1742 |
| Friday | Tuesday | 730 | 869 | 913 |
| Sunday | Thursday | 1510 | 1700 | 1718 | 1742 |
| Departure Neuss Trimodal | Arrival Antwerp | Terminals Antwerp |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Thursday | 1700 | 1718 | 1742 |
| Tuesday | Friday | 730 | 869 | 913 |
| Thursday | Sunday | 1510 | 1700 | 1718 | 1742 |
| Friday | Monday/Tuesday | 730 | 869 | 913 |
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Truck Service
The focus of Optimodal’s activities is using eco-friendly modes of transport over long distances. Serving the consignors or consignees in the pre- or post-carriage by truck completes the transport chain. This combination not only provides economic and ecological advantages for our customers. This is also due to the fact that in combined transport a permissible total weight on the road of 44 tonnes is regulated by law.
These advantages are supplemented by the fact that the usual ban on driving for trucks on Sundays/public holidays and during holiday periods does not apply in combined transport.
Furthermore, trucks that are exclusively on the roads in combined transport are excluded from motor vehicle tax.
Of course we also offer our clients trucking services on long distances (direct trucks) if required.
Surcharges
Trucking Fuel Surcharge | TFS
The Trucking Fuel Surcharge is the basis of the diesel price development, which is calculated and determined by the Minerölwirtschaftsverband (Mineral Oil Industry Association) and the official consumption data of the truck Industry.
Bunker surcharge | BAF
The basis is a bunker price of 70.00 Euro per 100 l. If the basic price is exceeded, we are forced to refresh the basis of calculation. These price variations will be compensated by the BAF. Bunker prices are determined by the Centraal Bureau voor de Rijn- en Binnenvaart.
For the specification of the TFS as well as the BAF, the average price of month A is determined, which is applied in month C.
Example: The average price in October 2019 = 1.282 euros, which corresponds to scale 0 and is valid for the month of December 2019.
| Month | Diesel scale (truck) | Bunker scale (barge) |
|---|---|---|
| 03/2020 | 1 | 1 |
| 02/2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 01/2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 12/2019 | 0 | 0 |
Rhine Level Duisburg-Ruhrort
Climate change also means that the water level of Europe’s most important waterway notes huge changes. As a result, the available capacity of inland navigation cannot always be fully utilised. To ensure the economic efficiency of this eco-friendly mode of transport, we are forced to compensate the differences in capacity on a pro rata based surcharges.
Hochwasserlimit, keine Schifffahrt möglich / flood limit, no navigation possible
KWZ/LWS in Kraft / KWZ/LWS in force
Schifffahrt nur auf Anfrage (daily rates / freie Vereinbarung) / Shipping only on request (daily rates / free arrangement)
Tageswerte / Daily values
Rhine Level
| Date | Rhine level Duisburg-Ruhrort | LWS scale |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/02/25 | 6.16 m | 0 |
| 2020/02/24 | 6.13 m | 0 |
| 2020/02/23 | 6.18 m | 0 |
| 2020/02/22 | 6.35 m | 0 |
| 2020/02/21 | 6.36 m | 0 |
