Germany’s largest steel producer Duisburg based ThyssenKrupp Steel is also the country’s second largest logistics provider with 142 million tonnes transported. In the future this strength is to be developed more effectively with a partner in order to participate more strongly in the logistics market, in particular on the strategically important Rhine water axis. As part of its Strategy 20-30, ThyssenKrupp Steel has therefore decided to position the port unit as a ThyssenKrupp subsidiary, independent of the steel business. All employees will be kept on. Together with the trade union IG Metall, ThyssenKrupp Steel has arranged the transfer of undertakings for the employees concerned in order to retain the experienced staff and give them maximum job security in the logistics subsidiary. ThyssenKrupp Steel Logistics GmbH, which will initially be a wholly-owned subsidiary with 300 employees, will become independent at the beginning of July 2022.The complete port complex comprising the Schwelgern plant port to which raw materials are delivered and the Walsum port where general cargo is handled as well as associated units will be transferred to the new companyOnce steel production in Duisburg has been switched from the conventional blast furnace route to direct reduction using hydrogen, large parts of materials supplies will no longer be needed: Coal, for example, which is transported by ship on the Rhine to the Schwelgern port. This would unlock further capacity. The logistics hub in Duisburg connects ship and rail especially for sustainable transport development and thus also contributes to the transformation to climate-neutral steel production. Logistics would become more independent of steel and would gain strategic importance along the Rhine.
Germany’s largest steel producer Duisburg based ThyssenKrupp Steel is also the country’s second largest logistics provider with 142 million tonnes transported. In the future this strength is to be developed more effectively with a partner in order to participate more strongly in the logistics market, in particular on the strategically important Rhine water axis. As part of its Strategy 20-30, ThyssenKrupp Steel has therefore decided to position the port unit as a ThyssenKrupp subsidiary, independent of the steel business. All employees will be kept on. Together with the trade union IG Metall, ThyssenKrupp Steel has arranged the transfer of undertakings for the employees concerned in order to retain the experienced staff and give them maximum job security in the logistics subsidiary. ThyssenKrupp Steel Logistics GmbH, which will initially be a wholly-owned subsidiary with 300 employees, will become independent at the beginning of July 2022.The complete port complex comprising the Schwelgern plant port to which raw materials are delivered and the Walsum port where general cargo is handled as well as associated units will be transferred to the new companyOnce steel production in Duisburg has been switched from the conventional blast furnace route to direct reduction using hydrogen, large parts of materials supplies will no longer be needed: Coal, for example, which is transported by ship on the Rhine to the Schwelgern port. This would unlock further capacity. The logistics hub in Duisburg connects ship and rail especially for sustainable transport development and thus also contributes to the transformation to climate-neutral steel production. Logistics would become more independent of steel and would gain strategic importance along the Rhine.
