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DFDS buys the German railway company primeRail
The new Rail division has been established
May 10, 2022
With the acquisition DFDS establishes the new Rail division in to which primeRail activities and activities converge intermodal so far operated by the Danish group. The new area of business will be part of the Mediterranean division of DFDS and will be led by Patrick Zilles, current CEO of primeRail.
"Since mid-2018, since we acquired the our Turkish route network - explained the head of the Mediterranean business unit, Lars Hoffman, referring the acquisition of the Turkish U.N. Ro-Ro ( of 7 June 2018) - we have learned how much value the solutions of Rail transport can add to our model of business and our network. We have expanded our network and, with the centralization of attention on green solutions, the further Development of train-based solutions is a step away natural. Since 2018 we have doubled our number of trains weekly and it is therefore natural to take the next step. We have seen a growth in transport demand Rail combined with our ferry and logistics services. Partnering with primeRail allows us to offer additional solutions intermodal. Customers can deliver units at the our terminals in Turkey and pick them up in Europe very close to the final destinations'.
Samer & Co. Shipping, general agent of DFDS, pointed out that, in this context, the role of of the motorway of the sea managed by DFDS in the port of Trieste through its subsidiary Samer Seaports & Terminals, given that the acquisition of primeRail will make more and more central the Julian port as access of goods to the market European. Already today the goods arrived in Trieste from Turkey through the motorway of the sea reach by train numerous destinations in northern and central Europe for a total of ninety trips a week.
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With the acquisition DFDS establishes the new Rail division in to which primeRail activities and activities converge intermodal so far operated by the Danish group. The new area of business will be part of the Mediterranean division of DFDS and will be led by Patrick Zilles, current CEO of primeRail.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
