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1983 / 1984
- Dec. 1983: Foundation of CTS GmbH
- Jan. 1984: Terminal Cologne Niehl is put into operation with a storage capacity of 8.000 sqm, handled by one gantry crane
- barge connection 2 x per week to seaports Rotterdam and Antwerp
1989
- rail connection “Albatros” is relocated from Cologne Eifeltor to CTS in Niehl, thus direct connection to seaports Hamburg and Bremerhaven
1991
- enlargement of terminal size by additional storage capacity of 10.000 sqm
- installation of container gantry crane EK17
1996 / 1998
- opening of the “Depot-Service-Center” at Terminal Molenkopf, operations handled by one gantry crane
- regular departures to the Belgian seaport Zeebrugge are added to the barge schedule
- implementation of several load-and-hold-accounts for manufacturers dealing in the plastics industry
1999
- establishment of "Rail-Service-Center" at Terminal Westkai, commissioning of further gantry crane
- April: implementation of block train transports to and from Rotterdam
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| 2000
- beginning of operations at the so-called Antwerp Pier with gantry crane EK18 (span width of up to 12 ISO containers => EK18 is reckoned as largest crane facility along the River Rhine)
- expanding of operation hours to a 24/7 service
- satellite terminals M-Real in Bergisch Gladbach and Container Terminal Chemiepark Knapsack, Huerth are connected via overnight rail shuttles
2002
- satellite terminal M-Real, Dueren is connected with Terminal Cologne via another overnight rail shuttle
2003 / 2004
- CTS provides container stuffing and stripping services in the Packing-Center Cologne, operated by neska Koeln
- fumigation center is placed into operation at the Terminal Molenkopf, where containers are fumigated according to international standards
2005
- introduction of new barge link to seaport Amsterdam
- October: installation of gantry crane EK19, in construction identical to EK 18
2006
- April 1st: Rotterdam train shuttle Koeln-Duesseldorf-Express (formerly operated by Conliner BV) is now affreighted and operated by CTS
- perspective October 2006: implementation of block train to and from Antwerp
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