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Volkmar Müller Appointed new Managing Director of trac-x
Leipzig, 10 September 2009 – trac-x, the Leipzig-based European trading platform for gas transport capacity, today announced that it has appointed Mr Volkmar Mülller (52) as new managing director as of 2 September 2009.The chartered engineer has been the head of the contract implementation department of one of the leading German Transmission System Operators, the Leipzig-based ONTRAS VNG Gastransport GmbH since 2006. His extensive background in IT process development and operations have sensitised him for the forthcoming tasks at the secondary trading platform www.trac-x.de.
Mr Müller succeeds Bernd Protze, who lead trac-x from its very beginnings and is leaving the platform after more than five years at his own request. “Over the past five years we have made trac-x the most important internet platform for secondary transport capacity trading”, Protze explains. “I am sure that Volkmar Müller will continue the platform’s positive development and, by bringing forward new ideas, will take it to the next level on the secondary market.”
trac-x Transport Capacity Exchange GmbH was established in order to create a transparent and non-discriminatory trading platform for trading secondary natural gas transport capacity. It has operated a trading platform for European gas transport capacity since March 2005. Currently, there are around 430 users from 19 countries registered on www.trac-x.de. 123 of the registered users are authorised to trade capacity rights on www.trac-x.de. They can trade secondary capacity rights across Europe and in the transmission grids of the following network operators: Dong Energy Pipelines GmbH, E.ON Gastransport GmbH, EWE NETZ GmbH, Thyssengas GmbH, Gasunie Deutschland Transport Services GmbH, Ontras GmbH and WINGAS TRANSPORT GmbH & Co. KG.
In addition to long-term trading, firm day-ahead capacity rights at the cross-border point Bunde/Oude Statenzijl (between Germany and the Netherlands) have been tradable on the platform since May 2008. Moreover, due to close collaboration with European network operators, it is possible to trade day-ahead capacities at further cross-border points as well as German interconnection points. Thus, day-ahead capacities can also be traded at the cross-border points Eynatten/Raeren, Ellund, Emden EPT, Emden NPT, Bochholtz, Medelsheim, Oberkappel, Vreden and Wallbach as well as at the German interconnection points Reckrod, Bunder Tief, Lampertheim, Drohne, Emsbüren, Steinbrinck und Steinitz.
trac-x Transport Capacity Exchange GmbH
Föpplstraße 3, 04347 Leipzig, Germany
Katja Beckert
Phone: +49 341 443-907121
Email: katja.beckert@trac-x.de
Web: www.trac-x.de
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