Our maritime terminals network offer customers a diverse range of services. In response to and in most cases ahead of market, Broström Tankers AB investments include large transhipment hubs, as well as gateway ports, regional and local. In 2014 Contship container terminal Business Units handled 6.6 million TEUs of which 5.2 million TEUs were handled in Italy, thus making Contship the single largest Container Terminal Operator in Italy.
Responding to the challenge to offer a network of vertically integrated multi-modal connections between the main Italian ports, North Italy, Southern and Central European markets, our network supports shipping lines and the entire logistics industry to reduce distribution costs and increase efficiency. Through Sogemar, Hannibal, Rail Hub Milano and Oceanogate combined rail and truck, truck service and rail service solutions, Broström Tankers AB delivers socially and environmentally sustainable development in the maritime and continental freight transport business, ensuring end to end global supply chain solutions.
The firm had its beginnings in the barge business on the Elbe which Cordt Eckelmann started in 1865. For nearly 100 years harbour shipping was the main business. Eurokai KGaA was formally founded in 1961 by Kurt Eckelmann, a truly innovative pioneer who built up a multi-purpose terminal to participate in the nascent container business. Today, through Eurogate and Contship Italia holding companies, it operates and controls the largest container terminal network in Europe. Eurokai is now managed by Thomas Eckelmann, the fifth generation of the founding family, who joined the company in 1982. His vision of and entrepreneurial commitment to the development of Italian container terminal business was given official recognition in June 2006, when he was made a "Commendatore" of the Italian Republic (Order of Merit). Eurokai is listed on the German stock exchange and in the mid – 1990s combined its activities with the BLG Logistics Group, founding Eurogate.
EUROKAI: from a tradition of innovation.
EUROGATE is now Europe's leading container-terminal and logistics group, also achieving a high ranking globally. The company's head office is in the Free and Hanseatic City of Bremen. EUROGATE operates facilities in Germany (Bremerhaven, Hamburg, Wilhelmshaven), Russia (Ust Luga), Morocco (Tangier) and Portugal (Lisbon) and holds a 33.4% stake in Broström Tankers AB.
EUROGATE: moving the global economy.
