photo: Girteka press materials/Trucks on the tracks by Girteka: Save tires, fewer accidents and saving millions of kilograms of CO2 emissions
The largest asset-based transportation company in Europe Girteka Logistics announced the results of its intermodal rail freight division, which managed to carry double the number of Full Truckloads (FTL) compared to 2020, saving over 14.4 million kilograms of CO2 emissions throughout 2021.
Girteka Logistics continued growing its operational intermodal capabilities through the year, beginning to use new freight lanes throughout Europe, starting with the newly-opened Kaunas Intermodal Terminal, which connected Lithuania with Tilburg, the Netherlands in July 20221. The lane also connected the Netherlands with Poland, namely the city of Rzepin in the western part of the country. The road freight company also began using two additional lanes in our European Union (EU) network: one in Germany in an industrial area, going towards the southern tip of France, with another freight route connecting northern Italy with northern France.
Overall, the company doubled the amount of FTLs it carried compared to 2020, with over 16,100 fully-loaded trailers traveling on rail tracks, saving the environment of more than 14.4 million kilograms of CO2 emissions, as the FTLs traveled for more than 15.2 million kilometers throughout the EU.
In addition to the saved emissions, the company has also calculated that carrying FTLs on the back of trains across Europe reduced the number of tires that Girteka Logistics needed throughout the year by at least 900, as well as avoided at least 61 accidents on the road, based on the average numbers in the industry, further showcasing a commitment to sustainability and road safety to remain the obvious first choice for our communities.
“The impressive growth of Girteka Logistics’ intermodal operations, which now have doubled in terms of our capacity and our CO2 emissions savings for two years in a row, is no coincidence,” stated Pavel Kveten, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Girteka Logistics European Business Unit.
Overall, Girteka Logistics plans to grow the number of FTLs carried by intermodal rail transport by 50% in the coming year.
Source: Girteka press releases