Located on the Scheldt-Rhine Canal, between the Port of Antwerp-Bruges and the Port of Rotterdam, the terminal will serve as a consolidation hub on the North Sea–Rhine–Mediterranean Corridor, one of Europe’s most important transport axes.
With an investment of €75 million and an annual capacity of 325,000 TEU, H.Essers says it is expanding its commitment to inland waterway transport for European container logistics. The new facility also immediately replaces the existing inland terminal in Bergen op Zoom.
It features 350m of quay, a 6.5ha site, and storage capacity for 2,500 containers, including facilities for refrigerated cargo and ADR goods. An additional 40,000 sqm of warehouse capacity is also available, bringing H.Essers’ total warehouse footprint in Bergen op Zoom to 200,000 sqm.
Two daily inland shipping connections operate from the H.Essers Container Terminal to Rotterdam and Antwerp. The site directly employs 150 people and indirectly creates another 300 jobs.
While the former site was situated inside the dyke, behind the Burgemeester Peters Lock and a narrow navigation channel, the new H.Essers Container Terminal, as it is officially called, is located outside the dyke, directly on the Scheldt-Rhine Canal, making it accessible to larger vessels 24/7.
