Aschaffenburg directly connected with Rotterdam
Reliable and sustainable, at competitive rates Importing and exporting to and from North-west Bavaria will become more efficient. From now on, European Gateway Services (EGS) connects Aschaffenburg with the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp by barge and rail several times a week. Reliable, sustainable and at competitive rates. This offers you a serious alternative to transport via the North German ports. Did you know that Rotterdam is closer than Hamburg and Bremen?
Comprehensive service rendering
To and from your front door
The starting point and end point of the EGS connections
Our service rendering extends all the way to your front door.
in Aschaffenburg is the Trimodales Containerterminal
Just leave everything up to us. When booking, all you need
Aschaffenburg (TCA), part of the Bayernhafen Group. In
to do is specify the pick-up location, the delivery location and
addition to transhipment, we offer the following services here:
the pick-up and delivery window. EGS next takes care of
• intermediate storage;
the rest. We call this synchromodality. Off course we serve
• pre-transport and post-transport;
all container terminals in Rotterdam.
• handling of all customs documents; • return to empty depot.
Fiscal advantage as well Furthermore, importing via Rotterdam yields important cash
Part of a wider service provision for Bavaria
flow advantages. Through so-called fiscal representation, VAT
From Nuremberg and Munich, EGS maintains daily rail
payments can be deferred to the moment the cargo is
connections to Rotterdam (the Rotterdam-Bayern Express).
delivered in (Southern) Germany. When importing through the
With the addition of Aschaffenburg, we are expanding our
North German ports, VAT is already due immediately upon
transport options, offering you even more services from and to
arrival and this is not reimbursed until later.
Bavaria. As a result, importing and exporting via Rotterdam is thus becoming an increasingly more attractive alternative for Bavarian companies.