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Duisport invests € 100 million in infrastructure

duisport is investing around € 100 million in infrastructure this year alone, of which a double-digit million amount has gone into the construction of the DGT bridge. The aim is to increase the efficiency of maintain and expand the capacity of Central Europe's largest logistics hub. 

The route to the terminal will in future be exclusively via Schlickstraße in Meiderich. The new, almost eleven meter wide DGT bridge, which is almost eleven meters wide. "Our aim from the very to control the flow of traffic around the DGT right from the start. It's not the truck drivers who decide the best route, it's us," says Matthias Palapys, Head of Construction and Technology at duisport.

Before the bridge over harbor basin A was put in place, the tip of the tip of the former coal island had been extended. 11,600 m² of land was newly filled in with the help of a so-called box cofferdam - an area the size of around 1.5 soccer pitches. "200,000 cubic meters of meters of sand, earth and other materials were moved here," explains Palapys.

The DGT is expected to open in summer 2024, when the first containers will be first containers will be handled at the trimodal terminal. The work is reportedly fully on schedule. Currently the first two crane systems are being set up.