The dry weather in Europe, which caused the water level in the Danube River to drop to a critical level, does not affect voestalpine's logistics, the company's executives said at a press conference on Wednesday. According to voestalpine CEO Herbert Eibensteiner, despite the fact that voestalpine's main plant in Linz is located on the river, raw materials are mainly supplied by land.
"A relatively small percentage of our logistics transportation is carried out via the Danube, so we can compensate for this by increasing rail transportation," he told Kallanish. The steel mill operates its own rail freight company, LogServe, which, according to Eibensteiner, has paid off in the current situation. According to Gerald Mayer, voestalpine's chief financial officer, the annual volume of raw material consumption is 17 million tons, of which about 10% is accounted for by the Danube.
"A few years ago, we decided that we needed several alternatives for each material and each type of transport," Eibensteiner said. "Of course, in the current situation, everyone wants to switch to rail transport. But, of course, it would be good if we had more rain in September."
Eibensteiner added that the plant also does not lack cooling water, as is currently the case with a nuclear power plant in Hungary located on the Danube.
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, ,, Author: Christian Kel Germany
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