Rail Deviation Surcharge (RDS)

The construction works to maintain and upgrade the rail network for the freight transport on the Rotterdam – Genua corridor are up to date again this year. On the railroad between the Netherlands and Germany, the container trains which link Rotterdam to Strasbourg as well as Duisburg and Rotterdam, will be redirected via Venlo. This deviation engender extra costs that we are obliged to charge in addition.
This surcharge, named RDS (Rail Deviation Surcharge) represents an amount of 11.00 Euro per TEU for following periods:
- from 9th April until 27th May
- from 18th August until 30th September
- from 24th November until 10th Dezember
We thank you for your understanding and remain at your disposal