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 |
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Monday/Tuesday | Friday | Maasvlakte 1 + 2 |
Wednesday/Thursday | Monday | Maasvlakte 1 + 2 |
Friday/Saturday | Wednesday | City Terminals |
Departure Neuss Trimodal | Arrival Rotterdam | Terminals Rotterdam |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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02/2021 | 0 | 0 |
01/2021 | 0 | 0 |
12/2020 | 0 | 0 |
11/2020 | 0 | 0 |
10/2020 | 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.
Rhine Level
Date | Rhine level Duisburg-Ruhrort | LWS scale |
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2021/01/27 | 5.98 m | 0 |
2021/01/26 | 6.13 m | 0 |
2021/01/25 | 5.90 m | 0 |
2021/01/24 | 5.44 m | 0 |
2021/01/23 | 4.65 m | 0 |