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No. 03|17
THE DB CARGO CUSTOMER MAGAZINE
DB Cargo reaches more than half a billion people
with its transport services.
A NETWORK
FOR THE WHOLE
OFEUROPE
Page 08
SERVICE INNOVATION FUTURE
Interview with Jörg Schneider mends Smart data solutions for the
Sebastian Schilling tarpaulins – with a plaster automotive industry
Page 12 Page 32 Page 36
EDITORIAL
ONE NETWORK FOR THE
WHOLE OF EUROPE
Behind DB Cargo lies a network that is unique in rail
logistics, one that covers virtually the whole of
Europe. From Sweden to Italy, from Russia to Spain –
we offer logistics solutions from a single source.
One of our most important tasks is to constantly
develop this network in order to support you. In or-
A SPECTACULAR SIGHT: THE WORLD’S der to transport your products
FIRST 20,000 TEU CONTAINER SHIP IN HAMBURG
reliably and sustainably. In order to plan and realise
your supply chains like clockwork.
With our wagons, locomotives and sidings, with our
WHEN THE WORLD’S LARGEST IT systems and the extensive expertise of our staff we
CONTAINER SHIP DOCKS IN HAMBURG, send your freight on its journey across our wonderful
WE’RE INVOLVED, OF COURSE. Europe.
AGATHA PUNDE, TFG TRANSFRACHT
You can read about some of those journeys in this
issue. Others we have yet to experience together!
A great spectacle in the Hanseatic city: ume transhipped to rail. The Burchardkai is to demonstrate that the city’s port – despite Enjoy the magazine!
At around 9 p.m. on Monday, 15 May, serviced by the AlbatrosExpress trains oper- a pending project to make the Elbe river
DB Cargo subsidiary TFG the MOL Triumph container vessel arrived ated by DB Cargo subsidiary TFG Trans- deeper – is still an attractive and capable op-
Transfracht makes sure at the HHLA Container Terminal Burchard- fracht. “When the world’s largest container tion even in the age of mega-container-ves- Yours sincerely,
the freight on the MOL kai (CTB) in Hamburg, where approximate- ship docks in Hamburg, we’re involved, of sels. One of the Elbe port’s biggest
Triumph container vessel ly 10 ,000 TEU of freight was transhipped. course. The share of transports in Albatros- advantages is its excellent connections to the
is quickly and reliably Measuring 400 metres in length and 59 Express was 556 TEU in import and 258 PAG E S 2 + 3 : T H O M A S R AU PAC H ; D E UTS C H E BAH N hinterland.
PH O T O S: D E U TS C H E BAH N / WO LFG AN G KL E E ;
transported to customers. metres in width, the container ship is owned TEU in export,” says Agatha Punde, the TFG TFG Transfracht is the market leader in con- Raimund Stüer
by the Japanese shipping company Mitsui Transfracht spokesperson. tainerised seaport hinterland transport. With Member of the Management Board for Sales
O.S.K. Lines. The ultra-large vessel can carry This means that 326 containers were tran- its comprehensive AlbatrosExpress network, and Marketing, DB Cargo
more than 20 ,000 TEU standard containers shipped from the MOL Triumph to trains and TFG Transfracht offers daily connections
on board and is one of the biggest container shortly thereafter left Hamburg under the from the ports of Hamburg, Bremerhaven
ships in the world. responsibility of TFG Transfracht. 142 con- and Wilhelmshaven to more than 15,000 Interested in the latest from the
The vessel’s destination was the HHLA Ter- tainers made the opposite journey, and were destinations in Germany, Austria and Swit- world of DB Cargo? Sign up for
minal Burchardkai in Hamburg. With it be- transhipped from the AlbatrosExpress trains zerland. mh the newsletter, so you don’t miss
ing the last port of discharge, the ship was onto the MOL Triumph for customers in out on any news from the railways.
only partially loaded. Around 6 ,000 TEU Asia. Three days later the MOL Triumph left Contact | Agatha Punde Subscribe at:
were unloaded and 3 ,500 TEU loaded with- Hamburg on its journey back to the Far East. Telephone: + 49 40 361 305-733 www.dbcargo.com/newsletter
in a very short time – with some of this vol- The visit was an opportunity for Hamburg agatha.punde@transfracht.com
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CONTENTS
FOCUS MARKETS & INNOVATIONS
08 THE ADVANTAGES OF THE NETWORK 23 AN UNPARALLELED TRANSPORT ROUTE 34 HELPFUL INSIGHT FROM THE OUTSIDE
Jointly with a number of partners, DB Cargo has set up a Trans-Eurasia Logistics is adding new China–Europe routes Marketing expert Professor Klaus Backhaus has been
network that combines rail-based logistics with closely to its network. supporting the rail freight company for more than a quarter
integrated processes and consistently high standards. of a century.
24 PASSION FOR RAIL
12 PERFORMANCE, SERVICE AND FLEXIBILITY The Nuremberg Railport provides access to rail for the 36 DESIGNING THE FUTURE
Sebastian Schilling, Senior Vice President Sales Development metropolitan region. Jan Daniel, Thomas Görtz und Timm Schorsch of DB Cargo
and Marketing, explains in an interview how DB Cargo is Logistics work on smart data solutions for rail-based logistics.
growing with its customers.
COMPANY & PEOPLE
15 A QUESTION OF UTILISATION CUSTOMERS & PROJECTS
DB Cargo is making more wagons available for steel 26 NOISE BUSTERS
customers in Italy – and is reducing the number of WoMen at Work: the freight wagon maintenance staff in 40 INNOVATIVE AND PLANNABLE - FOR VOLKSWAGEN
empty journeys. Mannheim. With a brand new concept, DB Cargo Logistics moves cross-
border deliveries for Volkswagen to rail.
16 FULL SPEED AHEAD 28 HANDLING HAZARDOUS GOODS SAFELY
Ten years ago Deutsche Bahn AG took over a small rail Safety Days in Poland: rail safety takes priority at DB Cargo 42 THE NETWORK TO SPAIN
company in Switzerland. That company’s development into Polska. A smart solution for industrial customers: mega-trailers
DB Cargo Schweiz is a true success story. transported through France on pocket wagons.
29 “IT’S NOT JUST FIGURES THAT COUNT, BUT ALSO OUR
18 FASTER TRANSPORT TIMES TO THE HIGH NORTH VALUES” 44 COKE DELIVERIES TO THE UKRAINE
Time-consuming transhipments are a thing of the past for The Polish Responsible Business Forum praises DB Cargo For coke transports to the Ukraine, DB Cargo Polska offers
customers in Scandinavia. DB Cargo Denmark now serves Polska again for its responsible business practices. logistics services from one source to its customers.
customers in Norway and Sweden from a single source.
30 DIVERSITY IS THE KEY 45 THE SEAPORT DISTRIBUTOR
19 IMPRESSIVE UPTURN FOR TRIMODAL HUB DB Cargo Polska is the first rail company in Poland to sign The marshalling yard in Maschen near Hamburg was
08
Container Terminal Enns now offers a new direct transport the Diversity Charter. Member of the Management Board for opened 40 years ago. Today, it is still Germany’s largest,
operation to Greece. The transhipment terminal is thereby Human Resources, Tamara Staniowska, explains the import- and the second largest in the world.
positioning itself as an important link to south-eastern ance of this move.
PH OTO : D E UTS C H E BA H N / WO LFG AN G KL E E
Europe.
31 IT’S ALL ABOUT QUALITY 46 FINAL CALL / SAVE THE DATE/IMPRINT
20 “WE OFFER FLEXIBILITY TO MID-SIZED COMPANIES” Once again DB Cargo has carried out a survey asking its
Maarten de Ridder, Head of International Regional Sales at customers how satisfied they are with the rail company’s
DB Cargo, explains what Regional Sales can do for small and services. Dr Jan Busch, Head of Sales Processes, analyses
mid-sized businesses. the results.
22 DB CARGO TRANSPORTS CARS FROM CHINA TO 32 “INNOVATION CAN BE SO EASY!” THE ADVANTAGES OF THE NETWORK
ZEEBRUGGE FOR VOLVO Jörg Schneider has brought to life an idea that is as ingenious Jointly with a number of partners, DB Cargo has set up a
DB Cargo is strengthening its global network with trains for as it is simple. The self-adhesive tarpaulin plaster cuts down- network that combines rail-based logistics with closely
the Swedish car manufacturer. times and improves wagon availability. integrated processes and consistently high standards.
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NEWS
SZCZECIN, POLAND
Equipment for heavy loads
In spring 2017 DB Port Szczecin acquired a new
BERLIN, GERMANY Kalmar forklift and three Yale forklift trucks.
DB Cargo best brand for With this new equipment, the company, which is
owned by DB Cargo, will be able to reload cargo
rail transport services even more quickly. The decision to purchase the
At the end of April 2017 DB Cargo was named 42-tonne Kalmar was already taken last year. The
“Best Brand” in the Rail Transport Services Swedish-built vehicle arrived in Szczecin at the
category. More than 11,000 members of the beginning of April and was assembled on site.
Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL) and readers The forklift can lift cargo weighing between 26
of the Logistik Heute trade journal voted to and 38 tonnes, including granite blocks, steel
decide on the best rail freight brand. “This result products and other heavy cargo. According to
has motivated and inspired us to stay true to our the manufacturer, the vehicle is the only one of
course and to carry on working steadily and with its kind currently in operation in any Polish port.
vigour so that we can continue to offer attractive The Yale forklift trucks are used to reload pulp,
rail logistics solutions in future,” said DB Cargo paper rolls and aluminium coils. Thanks to these
Member of the Management Board for Sales and new acquisitions, DB Port Szczecin is on course
Marketing Raimund Stüer. The second and third for even stronger growth. an
prizes in the rail transport service category were
awarded to Rhenus Logistics and BLG Logistics.
DB Schenker, Deutsche Bahn’s logistics division,
was named best brand in the Contract Logistics
Services category. an
ZABRZE/RYBNIK, POLAND
DB Cargo Polska launches
HAMBURG
environmental campaign
Chemical emissions and fine particles often lead
SZCZECIN to smog in the Silesian industrial region and this
BERLIN can have a detrimental effect on the health of the
local population. Allergy and asthma sufferers in
particular suffer when the concentration of air
BONN/HAMBURG, GERMANY pollutants is high.
BONN
A circus on the railway ZABRZE
At the beginning of 2017, Poland’s biggest private
rail freight company called attention to the issue
At the end of May DB Cargo transported the RY B N I K of climate protection with a particularly emphatic
historic wagons of Circus Roncalli from Bonn to message. As part of its “Turn to breath now”
Hamburg. Over the course of two days DB Cargo campaign, DB Cargo Polska distributed 10,000
staff loaded the 80 classic wagons onto the dust masks and accompanying pamphlets among
specially provisioned wagons. They not only had staff and local residents. The pamphlets provided
to take the loading and unloading direction into information to people living in the Silesian cities
consideration, but also the age of the unique of Zabrze and Rybnik about what to do when there
vehicles. The circus is made up in large part of is a particularly high level of air pollution. DB
old wagons that are no longer allowed to be Cargo Polska used this opportunity to raise
driven on the motorways. As a result, TRANSA BERLIN, GERMANY awareness of the fact that rail is the most environ-
has been transporting all the circus’ wagons
around Germany for the last 16 years. Roncalli DB AG on the right track mentally friendly mode of transport – with
significantly lower levels of harmful emissions. “As
was based in Bonn for three weeks before moving Deutsche Bahn AG has reported good figures for a company that takes its social responsibilities
on to Hamburg Billbrook on a special 700-metre- the first six months of 2017. DB’s total turnover very seriously, we feel it is our duty to support
PH O T O S: AN D R É BA S C H L AKOW; D E UTS C H E BAH N ( 4 )
long train. The wagons were collected from the rose 5.2 per cent to €21.1 billion for the period. environmentally friendly measures,” says Katar-
station by heavy goods vehicles, and taken to The company’s operating profits (EBIT adjusted) zyna Marciniak of DB Cargo Polska. an
Moorweide Park, where the circus tent was rose by 17.1 per cent to €1.18 billion. At DB Cargo,
already set up. By the end of June it was time to which is currently undergoing a process of
move on again, this time to Lübeck. transformation with its Zukunft Bahn programme,
Roncalli not only knows how to entertain circus transport performance was virtually unchanged at
fans, it is also highly conscious of its environ- 98.5 billion tonne-kilometres (tkm). The company
mental impact. The circus wagons are transport- recorded the first slight growth seen in Germany
ed in carbon-neutral operations with the in five years. “The figures from the first half of the
DBecoplus product. an year show that we’re on the right track – the group
programme Zukunft Bahn is delivering better
quality, and our customers are recognising that,”
said DB CEO Dr Richard Lutz. “Further effort is
needed to improve further and to become even
more reliable for our customers. We will continue
to work with discipline and dedication to achieve
that.” an
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FOCUS
I
n the age of globalisation, networks are
a prerequisite for success. Efficient part-
ners, international standards and the
seamless exchange of information guar-
THE
antee reliability, stability and, of course,
high flexibility when adapting to changing
requirements.
ADVANTAGES
This is particularly applicable in the field
of logistics. That is why DB Cargo, as Europe’s
biggest rail freight company, relies on an effi-
cient network in order to offer its customers
OF THE
optimised framework conditions. DB Cargo
customers have access to a comprehensive
network of access points, rail freight stations,
transhipment sites and management hubs
NETWORK
that make transport operations from Norway
to Sicily just as easy and reliable as ones be-
tween Nuremberg and Frankfurt.
SERVICES FOR THE
I L L U ST RA T I O N: G ET T Y I M AG E S
WORLD’S THIRD-LARGEST
In collaboration with a number of partners, DB Cargo has POPULATION
built an international cross-sector network that combines
efficient rail-based logistics with interlinked processes and Europe-wide services – what does that ac-
consistently high standards. As a result, Europe’s biggest tually mean? More than half a billion people
rail freight company is able to offer its customers flexible over an area of four million square kilometres:
and tailored solutions that go well beyond transportation after China and India, the European Union
alone. has the world’s third-largest population with-
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FOCUS
FOUR ROUTES TO RAIL
FIVE TIMES The route to the network is short: DB Cargo offers its
AROUND THE customers flexible access to rail.
EARTH!
Europe’s rail network covers 263,432 CUSTOMER SIDINGS
kilometres – which is equivalent to
Many companies have their own sidings and that
more than five times the circumference
is the easiest way of accessing the rail network.
of the earth, with an additional 85,000
Large automotive plants receive deliveries and
kilometres in the Russian Federation.
transport finished vehicles away in this way.
The network is operated by more than
Chemical plants can safely load and unload tank
70 rail and infrastructure companies –
wagons. Advantages include flexible loading and
the Community of European Railway
unloading processes, close integration of trans-
and Infrastructure Companies (CER)
port and intra-plant logistics, and low land usage
association alone has that many
compared to HGV.
members. With a transport perfor-
mance of 98.5 billion tkm, DB Cargo is
the biggest European rail freight
company.
necessary to deliver specialised services on
the ground. “Because we have built this net-
work and are operating it with our various
European partners, we can help our custom- TERMINALS AND PUB-
in a single economic region. In terms of
freight volume, Europe transports more than
initial and final legs by road – from door to
door. The rail freight company collaborates
customers, DB Cargo is able to continuously
optimise processes – from commissioning
ers to access markets across the continent,”
says Sebastian Schilling, Senior Vice Presi- LIC LOADING SIDINGS
2 ,200 billion tonne kilometres annually ac- closely with its partners to offer logistics ser- and tracking to logistical smart data applica- dent Sales Development and Marketing at DB Transhipment stations are an efficient link
cording to an estimate by the European Com- vices at railports and transhipment sites, and tions. Cargo. “That means we can offer our custom- between road, rail and inland waterway vessels.
mission in 2013 . Three-quarters of this it helps customers to make their operations ers comprehensive logistics solutions and Depending on the type of freight, transhipment is
enormous volume is transported by HGV, more efficient and to position themselves To this end, DB Cargo works with a number support their trade channels.” carried out using gantry cranes or reach-stackers.
and 18.2 per cent by rail. more effectively in the market. With an in- of partners across Europe in order to be able Loading sidings offer access for a range of
creasingly digitised fleet and improved inter- to offer customers tailored and flexible solu- IMMENSE TRANSPORT different freight such as wood.
Along with the USA and China, the EU is faces between Production, Sales and tions. This reliable network of partners is PERFORMANCE
one of the top three global players in inter-
national trade. More than 22 million compa- Europe’s number 1 rail freight company can
nies are active in the union. rely on one of the world’s biggest rail net-
works, which extends all the way to the plants
In order to be able to respond to the re- BOX2RAIL: THREE of its customers. A total of 4,200 sidings and
quirements of these companies across the CLICKS TO GO more than 100 railports and logistics hubs
PORTS
whole continent, DB Cargo has developed an Customers who need to transport between Portugal, Belarus, Italy and Den-
efficient network that covers the whole of containers from one of the major German mark provide customers access to DB Cargo’s
Europe and that even extends as far as Asia. seaports to their own door can now book network. With 75,000 freight wagons and At transhipment sites for sea freight, the cargo is
Technical Loading Advisors ensure the safe this service via the online portal box2rail. 2,800 locomotives, customers also have access transhipped onto trains or sea vessels. Gantry
com. The website features an easy-to-use
transportation of freight, while specialist Key to the biggest fleet on the European con- cranes and bridges are used to load containers.
search form and the prospective custom-
Account Managers work in the various re- tinent, in the third-strongest economic region Bulk cargo such as ore and grain is moved using
er only needs to enter their requirements:
gions and maintain close contact with asso- after the USA and China. conveyor belts and suction spouts.
the container’s arrival terminal in the
ciations and companies locally. port, the destination terminal or desti- At DB Cargo around 30,000 members of
nation address, the size of the container staff make sure that cross-border transport
(20 or 40 foot) and the required transport
I L L U ST RA T I O N E N : G ET T Y I M AG E S; M IC H A E L V E ST N E R
As a result, DB Cargo has established a operations are managed in an efficient, cus-
date. After a quick search, the customer
solid reputation as a specialist in rail-based tomer-oriented and environmentally friend-
receives a list of the available connections, including capacity indicator and prices. When the
logistics. The services offered by the rail customer enters chargeable transport information, the price automatically updates during the ly way. They find the best services and prepare
freight company include far more than sim- booking process so that they are always aware of the total cost. added-value offerings for their customers – be
ply transporting freight from A to B by rail. The advantages of box2rail are high cost transparency, a streamlined booking process, intuitive that in Norway, Poland, Spain or southern
The company’s dense single-wagon network,
the only one of its kind in Europe, offers cus-
design and real-time service. Support is provided via live chat. Real-time credit checks mean
that booking is completed instantly. With just three clicks – transport request, quote and
Italy. For the last three years, the 180 mem-
bers of staff at the European Operations Cen- RAILPORTS
tomers the option of transporting small ship- booking – your container can be on its way by rail. tre have been responsible for keeping the These facilities have their own sidings and offer
ment volumes with individual wagons. The digital solution was developed by the DB Cargo subsidiary TFG Transfracht. Its aim is to broad view of all transport operations. They additional services such as storage and commis-
Furthermore, DB Cargo offers frequent train offer customers with small transport volumes fast and easy access to the rail network without manage rail freight transport across Europe sioning as well as the transhipment of freight.
connections and specialised industry-sector having to worry about the initial or final legs. The containers are transported from “port to door” 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They pull the Railports are operated by DB Cargo and partners
in TFG Transfracht’s AlbatrosExpress network. The network has daily trains linking the ports of and offer customers a high level of flexibility.
trains across the whole continent and beyond strings of this incredible network and make
Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven with more than 15,000 destinations in Germany,
– all the way to China and no matter what sure that the freight sent by DB Cargo cus-
Austria and Switzerland. mh
kind of freight. DB Cargo also works with tomers arrives reliably and safely at its desti-
www.box2rail.com
customers to organise transhipment and the nation. an
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DB Cargo’s SCHILLING______For us, the access points to rail are
pan-European key. You have a range of possibilities: in addition to the
single-wagon sea and inland ports, transhipment stations also bring
system is the only
freight onto rail. Furthermore, you have private sid-
one of its kind.
ings and railports. We use several different models,
where we have our own railports but we also cooperate
with other operators and service providers. Our goal is
to increase the number of access options for our cus-
tomers and drive forward the development and con-
struction of sidings. We operate a very diverse
network, which covers the whole of Europe, and we
PERFORMANCE,
work closely with around 3 ,000 service providers and
partners.
SERVICE AND The single-wagon network is one of DB
Cargo’s key advantages. Will you continue
FLEXIBILITY
to offer that service?
SCHILLING______With the single-wagon network
our message is and always will be that we are sticking
with it! Our Europe-wide single-wagon system really
In the following inter- makes us unique. We provide this for our customers
view, Sebastian Schilling, and will continue to do so. We have accomplished a lot
Senior Vice President over the last few years: the Polish network is growing
Sales Development and constantly, which is leading to solid growth in volumes
Marketing, explains how in multimodal transport. We have added links to the
DB Cargo is growing with Paris metropolitan region and we have strengthened
its customers. transport operations to the Nordic countries via the
Aarhus hub in Denmark. We intend to build on that in
future and further develop single-wagon transport in
INTERVIEW: _____Axel Novak Europe. And, last but not least, our shuttle transports
have been well received by customers because of the
faster transport times.
The trend towards smaller batch sizes in
containers continues in the logistics sector.
The reasons behind this development are
Mr Schilling, DB Cargo has at its disposal lic terminals and railports, to which we transport the Because we offer end-to-end processes, our cus- the growing need for flexibility in manu-
Europe’s biggest network for rail-based cargo by HGV , we are also able to offer door-to-door tomers have access to all our partners and service pro- facturing and the increasing customisation
transport solutions. What does that mean solutions to customers who do not have sidings. viders across the whole of Europe via a single contact of industrial products. What effect is that
for your customers? These logistics sites are ideal for multimodal trans- point. We are the only transport providers who have having on DB Cargo?
SCHILLING_____It means that we are in a position to port solutions. that coverage. SCHILLING______It is a clear growth area for us.
offer our customers comprehensive logistics solutions Working with our customers, we intend to develop
– and that on the basis of transport solutions in all sec- Why is DB Cargo’s network so Can we expect further expansion to the intermodal solutions to respond to these flexible re-
tors. We offer wagonload transport, multimodal solu- important? international network? quirements in a targeted way. We are working on this
tions, block trains and single-wagon transport SCHILLING______Our customers benefit from a number SCHILLING______The key question for us is how in all the areas in which the container is superior to
operations from a single source. With this broad ser- of advantages with rail freight transport. One of the net- do our customers benefit if we further expand our other solutions. With Novelis, for example, the
vice offer, we support our customers’ inter-plant and work’s fundamental advantages is its enormous capacity, existing offer of “logistics services from a single world’s biggest manufacturer of aluminium rolled
sales logistics. which is a basic requirement for our major customers. On source”? We focus on three things here: simpler ser- products, we are introducing newly developed, multi-
In addition to that, we have the European com- top of that, you need less space in the plants – sidings vice offerings, faster transport times and more exten- functional 40 -foot special containers, which are de-
ponents, which are unique in this form. Because we and their logistics areas are smaller than the equivalent sive coverage. These three parameters are critical for signed to allow products to be transported in both
offer different solutions in all the various countries, we HGV loading stations. Sustainability is another advan- us because our goal is to support our customers local- directions. We have also developed similar solutions
help our customers access markets across the whole of tage: rail is the most environmentally friendly mode of ly with our pan-European services and to further for other customers.
Europe. Our transport services to and from China, transport on land and this carries great weight with cus- expand our offer to meet the needs of our customers.
PH O T O : K AT R I N BI N N E R
which are becoming more and more popular with tomers who value sustainable transport operations. To that end, we are going to develop our internation- What about medium-sized companies?
customers, are also important, of course. And of course, flexibility is also very important. Small al network in line with the logistics chain require- SCHILLING______We also cater to small and medium-
So through DB Cargo, customers have access to a and medium-sized companies, in particular, can design ments of our customers. sized companies, offering customer-oriented solutions.
Europe-wide network and more. For those who do their processes more flexibly with DB Cargo and optimise Terminals and railports are important Our Regional Sales Division is responsible for these
not have sidings of their own, we offer services, which their loading logistics, for example, because, in compari- access points for customers. How are you customers and has a wide range of services on offer for
close that gap. Via our rail access points, such as pub- son to HGV, we can guarantee longer loading times. strengthening this area? them. Because we have a comprehensive European
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accessing the rail network. Santarella trans-
ports steel scrap from Sacconago to Terni,
where the metal is recycled and formed into
stainless steel. The transport operation is car-
ried out using wagons that originate from
Germany and that are unloaded in the Brescia
hub. The wagons are then loaded in Saccon-
A QUESTION
ago with scrap for Santarella and are trans-
ported to Terni, from where they return to
Germany empty.
OF UTILISATION
This transport operation has been in place
for a while, but it is constantly being devel-
oped further. DB Cargo Italia has been able
to integrate the Terni station even more
DB Cargo is making more This growth was possible because the firmly into the network. While Terni was
wagons available for steel loaded wagons arriving from the north are initially only serviced by block trains, DB
customers in Italy and is now reloaded also for the domestic traffic. Cargo, in response to specific customer de-
developing domestic traffic. They are subsequently transported to other mand, now also transports empty wagons
destinations in Italy, before leaving the coun- there for loading.
T
try again and returning to DB Cargo’s net- Working with another customer, DB Cargo
he single-wagon network de- work in Germany. “This has allowed us to has been able to reduce transport times by
pends on a strong system and significantly improve the deployment of improving route management. Trains trans-
high utilisation. That is one rea- wagons in the Italian single-wagon network,” port scrap from Lecco to Brescia on behalf of
son why DB Cargo is working says Caglio. the Battazza company. “To achieve really fast
particularly hard on increasing transport times, we take the wagons directly
utilisation rates through new customers, NEW CUSTOMERS AND to Cava Tigozzi and avoid the Chiasso hub,
and on improving the availability of wagons. MORE TRAFFIC where we would normally bundle our single-
The rail freight company’s Italian sales divi- IN THE NETWORK wagon transport operations,” explains
sion has made considerable efforts to expand Caglio.
inland transports for the Italian steel indus- The concept has been warmly received by Good figures for the first quarter of 2017
try over the last twelve months. Until re- customers. DB Cargo is now transporting prove that the inland transport concept is on
network, we can offer intelligent and economical solu- road-based HGV, but we do offer excellent services, cently, the division relied 100 per cent on coils from the port of Ravenna to Ospitaletto. a solid footing. At least 10 per cent of all the
tions. As a result, our customers benefit from shorter which are simple and environmentally friendly. We, in international transport operations that From Korea, the high quality steel coils are steel transported by DB Cargo in Italy today
routes and faster local accessibility. the company, all know that customers, once they get to flowed in and out of Italy on the DB Cargo transported to Italy by sea and are now tran- is distributed in the country based on this
know us and use our services, appreciate and value network from neighbouring European coun- shipped to rail on behalf of the Tecnoservices model. an
Competition has become more fierce on what we do here. tries. Today, however, the DB Cargo Italia company.
rail and between the various transport With this knowledge, we are also approaching managers are using the wagons to improve It’s a similar story for Santarella, a major
modes over the last few years. How is DB more new customers to get them interested and enthu- the service they provide for domestic cus- trader of premium steel products based in Contact | Massimiliano Caglio
Cargo responding? siastic about rail. As we do that, we draw from the ex- tomers – and thereby transport more freight Lombardy. With its single-wagon product, Telephone: +39 02 367067-28
SCHILLING______That’s true. Competition is getting perience of working closely with various universities by rail. DB Cargo offers the company a great way of massimiliano.caglio@deutschebahn.com
tougher, and that’s the case both for rail and intermod- and other market players, which makes it easy for us to “In the past, we’ve focused mainly on de-
al transport operations. HGV currently enjoys the ad- open up to even more sectors. Conversely, we are see- veloping international transport operations
vantage of having enormous scope for reducing costs, ing that our excellent service offers are attracting more by reloading the wagons coming in from the
especially in terms of staff and fuel. and more interest from customers who have, until north. Today, we’re using the capillary effect
We are responding in a number of ways. Firstly, now, relied on HGV . That brings with it advantages and the efficiency of the single-wagon net-
with our Zukunft Bahn programme we are working in- for us all. With more transport operations we can ex- work to offer national services that we’ve not Lecco
tensively on our cost structure. Secondly, we are focus- pand our network – and with a larger and denser net- been able to offer until now,” says Massimil- Maggianico
ing on digitisation and innovative solutions in order to work we can offer our customers even better services. iano Caglio of the DB Cargo Steel Team in
Chiasso
Brescia Verona
make further improvements to our services. Finally, Novate Milanese. “The Italian network now Scalo
Sacconago P. Vescovo
we are making it easy for our customers to access even offers the best transit times for national trans-
the most complex services. port operations and the highest levels of Ospitaletto
. MULTIMODAL RAILPORTS wagon availability for our customers. This
The rail freight company represents some- Railports offer access to rail for customers who do not great result was achieved through close col- Cava Tigozzi
thing fundamentally positive: it is environ- have sidings of their own. Railport facilities are laboration between Sales, Production and
mentally friendly, it is the backbone of available across the whole of Europe, conveniently Wagon Management.”
PH O T O : D E UTS C H E BAH N
industry in Europe, and it takes a heavy located to offer good transport links between road and As a result of this change, DB Cargo has
burden off our roads. Why is that message rail. In each issue, railways presents a different railport increased the volume of freight transported
and its services. In this issue, we feature the Nurem-
not getting through to the public? for the steel industry – which was previously CONNECTION AMOUNT PER WEEK GOODS
berg railport (see page 24).
SCHILLING______ It’s true that rail has a certain pub- around 600,000 tonnes a year – by around Ravenna
Ravenna–Ospitaletto 12 wagons Coils
lic image that we, unfortunately, have limited power to 50 per cent. The company expects to trans-
change. In rail freight transport, we are not as visible as port around 900,000 tonnes of steel products Sacconago–Terni 18 wagons Inox scrap Terni
by rail through Italy or to customers abroad
Lecco–Cava Tigozzi 12 wagons Inox scrap
this year.
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FOCUS
GOTTHARD
TUNNEL: crossing
the Alps by rail
is fast and
environmentally
friendly.
FULL SPEED
AHEAD
TEN YEARS OF
DB CARGO SCHWEIZ
2005
Martin Brunner founds Brunner Railway
Services GmbH (BRS). BRS operates
Ten years ago Deutsche Bahn international block trains to and from
AG took over a small but agile Switzerland, and establishes internation-
rail company in Switzerland. al partnerships.
That company’s development
2007
into DB Cargo Schweiz is a true
success story. Railion Deutschland AG takes over BRS
and changes its name to Railion Schweiz
GmbH. A single-wagon network is
A
established in Switzerland.
question existing and potential
customers often ask the dis- 2010
patchers at DB Cargo Schweiz is:
The Xrail Allianz is founded and, in a
“Do you also transport contain- related development, single-wagon
ers?” The staff at the headquar- transports are carried out again by state
ters of the Swiss subsidiary of DB Cargo, rail companies. Transfer of single-wagon
Europe’s biggest rail freight company, then transports to SBB Cargo.
answer with a smile: “If there are enough to
2012
P HO T O : D PA PICT U RE AL LI A NC E /C H RI ST I A N B E U T L E R
fill a whole train then yes, of course.” Not
everyone can always get the service they’re Launch of Basel–Chiasso transit oper-
ations via Gotthard.
looking for from DB Cargo Schweiz – it’s too transport even more intermodal freight by tre ensures continuous operative produc- ly succeeded in positioning itself on the mar- the powerful multi-system locomotives, of
small in comparison to major Swiss players rail. DB Cargo Schweiz recorded a significant tion and transport management around the ket for international single-wagon transport which around 100 can be deployed in Swit- 2015
such as SBB Cargo and BLS Cargo. But that growth in turnover for the third year running clock. operations. Today, DB Cargo Schweiz is also zerland. This offers DB Cargo the opportun-
DB Cargo Schweiz GmbH operates block
will not be the case forever. in 2016 , and planning for the coming year strongly positioned in the block trains mar- ity of producing trans-European transport trains in cross-border transport oper-
“We are responding like an agile speedboat also gives cause for optimism. Over the past THE EUROPEAN NETWORK ket and specialises in trans-Alpine transits operations from a single source in Switzer- ations to and from Germany. The
that is still picking up on speed,” says Manag- few years the company has also developed a AS A BACKBONE via Gotthard, customer-focused rail logistics land in future. DB Cargo Schweiz will play transport operations – both the transits
ing Director Martin Brunner. With excellent team that is able to meet all the challenges it solutions and mineral oil transports. DB an important part in that – and also offer through Switzerland, and import and
prospects for rail, Switzerland is becoming faces. DB Cargo Schweiz emerged from Brunner Cargo Schweiz has all the safety certifications container transports. mh exports to and from Switzerland – are
continuously developed and expanded.
quite a favourite with rail companies. The Around 60 members of staff, a third of Railway Services GmbH, which was founded required to make independent use of exten-
new Gotthard Base Tunnel and the New Rail- those locomotive drivers and wagon techni- in 2005 . The company’s success aroused the sive parts of the Swiss normal-gauge net-
way Link through the Alps (NRLA ) are al- cians, are employed at the company head- interest of the German rail freight company, work. Through its work at the heart of Europe,
ready leading to a significant switch from quarters in Glattbrugg and at other locations which took over BRS shortly thereafter and For international transport operations, DB DB Cargo Schweiz GmbH strengthens DB
Contact | Martin Brunner Cargo’s European network.
road to rail. When the Ceneri Base Tunnel is in Basel, Muttenz, Erstfeld, Bellinzona and changed its name to Railion Schweiz. Thanks Cargo Schweiz has access to the resources of Telephone: +41 44 807 59-00
completed in 2021 , it will be possible to Domodossola. The company’s control cen- to its extensive network, the company quick- DB Cargo’s European network – including info.ch@dbschenker.com
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NORWAY:
FOCUS DB Cargo offers
customers trans-
port operations Wilhelmshaven
to the land of the Hamburg
Rotterdam
fjords from a
single source. Antwerp
IMPRESSIVE
ENNS
CTE: trimodal handling
between northern
and southern Europe
UPTURN FOR
TRIMODAL HUB LINK TO SOUTH-
EASTERN EUROPE
Piraeus
FASTER
Container Terminal Enns is being expanded further. With a new 2015 . By reducing light and noise emissions
direct transport operation to Greece, the transhipment terminal is in the terminal, CTE has been making an
also positioning itself as an important link to south-eastern Europe. important contribution to environmental
TRANSPORT protection since it went into operation.
C
The Austrian Ministry for Transport, In-
TIMES TO THE
ontainer Terminal Enns (CTE ) in ners, it is developing and testing various au- novation and Technology awarded CTE the
DB CARGO DENMARK Upper Austria is becoming an im- tomation options for equipment in terminals 2015 State Prize for Mobility, with the con-
portant hub in DB Cargo’s net- and logistics hubs. nections established between the multi-
HIGH NORTH
The Danish DB Cargo subsidiary was
work. With around 2 1 0 , 0 0 0 Enns is not only positioning itself as the modal terminal and industrial centres across
founded in 2009 and is responsible for all
sales and customer contacts relating to transhipments (300 ,000 TEU ), perfect hub for rail transport operations to Europe being deemed particularly praise-
rail-based logistics to and from Denmark. the facility has seen a significant growth in south-eastern Europe, the terminal is also an worthy. mh
The company is organised into two volume over the 2016 financial year. Fur- important hub for transport operations from
Time-consuming tranship- out by road using the same HGV without departments. The single-wagon depart- thermore, new services and digitised operat- the northern and western ports to the Aus-
ments are a thing of the past needing further transhipment. ment is for customers who are looking ing procedures are attracting new customers trian market. The facility is located in one of
for conventional wagon-load transport of
for customers in Scandinavia. The new concept has injected some dyna- and more freight volume. As a result of this Austria’s most important economic centres
freight such as steel or paper to and from
DB Cargo Denmark now offers mism into the Scandinavian logistics market their production sites. The intermodal outstanding performance, the Austrian Min- and lies right on the main rail route to Vienna Contact | Otto Hawlicek
customers transports to because customers looking to transport istry of Transport is making development and Bratislava. With the connection to the Telephone: +43 662 85886510
department offers transport solutions
otto.hawlicek@ct-sbg.at
Norway and Sweden from a freight to Norway or southern Sweden can via the two combi-terminals Høje funds available to further expand the facili- Danube it offers transhipping options be-
single source. now get an extremely competitive and fast Taastrup and Taulov to customers with ties at CTE . The extent of the support pro- tween rail, road and inland waterway vessel. Contact | Michael Heinemann
quote from the European rail freight com- swap bodies, trailers and containers. vided by the agency confirms the importance DB Cargo and Kaindl Invest KG have been Telephone: +49 6131 153566
R
pany compared to local providers. “Now that www.dk.dbcargo.com of the Enns terminal in the central area of operating the trimodal terminal since 1 April michael.heinemann@deutschebahn.com
ed wine and tomatoes from Tus- the port of Aalborg in Jutland has been con- Upper Austria. Further development of the
cany for Oslo. Mineral oil from nected to the European single-wagon net- terminal is planned for 2018 .
Bergen for customers in central work, we are able to offer our customers a Since April 2017 , a direct rail connection
Europe. Steel and industrial range of new possibilities,” explains Thomas NO to Greece with the Cosco shipping company
freight to supply production Vestergaard, Head of Sales at DB Cargo in Bergen Oslo is offered up to three times a week via CTE . ENNS: cargo is
plants across Europe – all these goods are Denmark. Since the beginning of 2017 , two “The DB Schenker-operated train to Piraeus transhipped
SE between road,
P H O T O S: G ET T Y I M AG E S; P RO C K U ND P ROC K M A RKT KO M M UN I KAT IO N GM B H
transported safely and reliably by rail across trains per week have been operating between Stavanger Larvik represents a significant expansion of the ser-
Langesund rail and inland
the continent. All of DB Cargo’s single-wag- Fredericia in southern Denmark and Aal- vice offering to south-eastern Europe, and it
Kristiansand waterway vessels
on transport operations are woven into one borg. Fredericia is linked to DB Cargo’s Euro- has increased the attractiveness of our termi- at the CTE.
Gothenburg
network that covers the whole of Europe. pean single-wagon network. “We can trans- nal as a transport option,” explains the Man-
Since summer 2016, DB Cargo customers port all kinds of containers,” says Vester- Hirtshals aging Director of CTE , Michael Heinemann.
Frederikshavn
in Norway and Sweden have also been able gaard. “Even swap bodies or trailers from DK The route leads from Enns to Piraeus via
to benefit from this service. Those who pre- Italy come from Aalborg and continue on- Slovakia, Serbia and Romania.
viously lost a lot of time repeatedly tran- wards to Norway and Sweden.” To cope with the additional volume of
shipping goods in operations to Scandinavia The potential for these transport oper- freight, new digitised processes have been
can now make use of a fast, easy and eco- ations is huge. It is mainly consumer goods introduced, delivering better efficiency and
nomical solution developed by DB Cargo that are transported to the region around quality. With the FASTLANE pilot project,
Denmark. Rather than transhipping the Oslo, Norway’s capital city. Industrial, steel Norway,” says Vestergaard. DB Cargo is the operators are also introducing paperless
freight again to local service providers in and chemical products are transported to thereby establishing a clear position for itself HGV and rail dispatching at the terminal.
Norway and Sweden, DB Cargo Denmark Westland, an important industrial region in in the competitive market. “We now ship our “By handling operations through FAST-
now organises the whole final leg all the way Norway. And finally, the port of Bergen, own HGV to Norway complete with drivers, LANE , we can reduce cycle times in the ter-
to the customer’s door, including the cross- which is serviced directly from Hirtshals, is and we carry out the last mile ourselves,” minal and improve quality for our customers,
ing over the Skagerrak. Freight is tran- an important destination for mineral oil explains Vestergaard. mh especially at busy times,” explains Otto Haw-
shipped to Danish HGV at the Aalborg transports thanks to the oil production and licek, Managing Director of CTE . With
railport. Via the ferry ports in northern refining industry in the region. Contact | Thomas Vestergaard “DigiTrans”, CTE is the project partner for
Jutland they reach northern Scandinavia, “We are able to offer particularly compet- Telephone: +45 88 30 09 44 the automation of operating processes at the
where the final leg to the customer is carried itive connections to the industrial country of thomas.vestergaard@deutschebahn.com terminal. Working together with other part-
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REGIONAL
SALES: THE LOCAL
EXPERTS
How well known is DB Cargo in Europe?
The Regional Sales Division offers
DE RIDDER_____Deutsche Bahn is a well-known
personal support locally – for
brand in Germany, and so is DB Cargo as a result. companies of all sizes. The DB Cargo
That’s not yet the case in south-eastern Europe and experts can offer advice on optimis-
Italy. We still need to raise our profile there and do ing logistics concepts, and they have
much more to win customers. As a result, the role links with associations, ports, rail
played by Regional Sales in Europe will become more companies, chambers of industry
and more important – providing highly customised and commerce, and other regional
partners. The Regional Sales staff
customer support that is tailored to the structures in
have developed extensive know-
the relevant country. ledge of the region and its logistics
facilities over many years, and they
How can DB Cargo support small and mid- – in a personal dialogue with
WE OFFER
sized companies? customers – develop and implement
DE RIDDER_____We are still a long way off having suitable solutions for the logistics
challenges along the whole supply
FLEXIBILITY TO
sidings everywhere – we don’t always have direct ac-
chain, reliably and from a single
cess to rail. Instead we have an extensive network of source. The Regional Sales Division
railports and a single-wagon system that enables us to also offers international support for
MID-SIZED
transport smaller shipments. To that end we offer our customers across the whole of
customers supplementary logistics services. We organ- Europe.
ise the initial and final legs by road all the way to the Link to the direct points of contact
COMPANIES customer’s door, often in close collaboration with col-
leagues at DB Schenker. We also offer supplementary
services at the railports, such as interim storage, sort-
in Germany: www.dbcargo.com/
kontakte-national
Link to the direct points of contact
ing pallets, repacking and commissioning cargo. in Europe: www.dbcargo.com/
kontakte-international
The Regional Sales Division is an
important link between customers What is the role of the railports in this? Click on the Union Jack there to read
the information in English.
and the DB Cargo network. Maarten DE RIDDER_____As a rule, the railports are operated
de Ridder, Head of International as independent companies. We work closely with the
Sales at DB Cargo, explains its role operators – for example, with our partner Cabooter in
in supporting customers locally and Blerick in the Netherlands. We send wagonloads of
what it can do for small and mid- paper products from Italy to the Netherlands and the
sized companies. wagons are filled right to the top. At Cabooter, the
freight is repacked and loaded onto pallets. They are
then transported onwards to the stores to be sold. transhipping its cargo to rail via a local railport. In the work with companies to organise presentations and
INTERVIEW: _____Mirko Heinemann past it has even transhipped its freight onto block hold networking meetings. We do this not only in Ger-
What are the advantages of the single- trains going to Cuxhaven, where the freight was then many but across Europe, working with our partners in
wagon system for mid-sized companies? loaded onto cargo ships. The customer has now be- DB Cargo’s national subsidiaries.
DE RIDDER_____With single-wagon transport we come very fond of our single-wagon system because it
Mr de Ridder, how has the role of the have an open system that is available every day. On top gives them more flexibility and allows them to trans- How do you get companies interested in
Regional Sales Division changed over the of that, the wagons are available for flexible time port smaller volumes. To gain even more flexibility in your rail services?
last few years? periods. The customers can take delivery of the wagon future, the customer is now considering building DE RIDDER_____You can only do that when you
DE RIDDER_____Up to around ten years ago we were and take their time to load or unload it, day or night. their own sidings. We – the Regional Sales Division – have a personal relationship with them. We have to be
mainly working with key accounts that brought large You don’t have that kind of flexibility with a HGV are the customer’s first point of contact for that. Any honest and explain our business model to companies.
volumes to our network. This has changed. We are now driver. And of course we can also transport much heav- customer who is interested in building new sidings or We must make it clear to them that we are a large com-
increasingly also focusing on small and mid-sized cus- ier loads than HGV can. I should also mention the en- reactivating closed sidings can come to us for advice. pany in which all our staff collaborate to find solutions
tomers. However, in comparison, these customers re- vironmental aspect: an 80 per cent reduction in CO2 We liaise with the competent authorities – the gov- for our customers – we all pull together here.
quire more intensive support. The role of the Regional emissions compared to HGV , and a huge burden taken ernment supports sidings with very attractive condi-
PH O T O : D E UTS C H E BAH N
Sales Division is to provide that. Incidentally, that these off our roads. tions.
customers need more support is perhaps even more true
in other countries than it is in Germany. While in Ger- Is it worth it for a small company to set up How do you establish a close exchange
many it is the major industrial companies that have their own sidings? with companies and industry sectors?
traditionally worked with rail freight transport, in other DE RIDDER_____I’ll give you an example. A com- DE RIDDER_____In addition to face-to-face customer Contact | Maarten de Ridder
countries – such as Italy – we mainly deal with mid- pany in southern Germany that exports paper to Eng- discussions, we are also represented at events organ- Telephone: +49 6131 15 60111
sized structures. land for the packaging industry has, until now, been ised by the chambers of industry and commerce. We maarten.de-ridder@deutschebahn.com
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of Heilongjiang was managed by the Chinese air freight, and it also represents a far more could rise to five trains a week before the end
automotive logistics experts Changjiu Logis- environmentally friendly option for car of the year.
tics, the rail operator HAO Logistics and DB manufacturers. The Volvo S90 vehicles are transported in
Cargo on its journey to the Belgian port of containers using rack systems, and they cov-
Zeebrugge. From there, however, the vehicles CHINA TURNS TO er the 9,800-kilometre journey between
are not exported onwards by ship – they are THE DB CARGO NETWORK China and Europe via the northern route.
delivered overland to customers and distribu- Over the course of 18 to 20 days, the train
tion centres around Europe. The intercontinental network is also receiv- passes through Russia, Belarus, Poland, Ger-
“We are delighted to have been able to ing support from the Chinese. “Changjiu is many and Belgium. DB Cargo Logistics takes
AN UNPARALLELED
work with Changjiu and HAO to significant- pursuing a growth strategy in Europe, offer- over responsibility for the train from the
ly expand the overland rail connection be- ing customers integrated solutions through China–Russia border until it reaches Zee-
tween China and Europe for the automotive
industry. Other sectors of industry are also
logistics hubs, transport networks and cre-
ative value-added services. This can only be
brugge, but it works with Far East Landbridge
(FELB) over the Russian part of the route. TRANSPORT ROUTE
increasingly recognising the opportunities achieved in close collaboration with partners The DB Cargo subsidiaries in Poland and Ger-
and advantages of the rail bridge between who have earned a solid reputation in their many carry out the European legs from the
China and Europe, and we are expecting de- sector by offering the best possible service,” Poland–Belarus border in Brest, and partner Trans-Eurasia
mand for this connection to grow strongly,” says Dr Chen Gang, Managing Director of company Lineas takes over the Belgian leg to Logistics is
says Jens Nöldner, Managing Director of DB Changjiu Logistics. “We strongly believe the unloading terminal. an adding new
Cargo Logistics GmbH. On this route, rail that DB Cargo will help us achieve our goals China–Europe
freight transport is twice as fast as sea freight; with its excellent European network and routes to its
the journey from northern China to the coun- high profile.” Several trains a week, each car-
Contact | Christian Lang network.
try’s seaports alone can often take up to three rying up to 200 vehicles, will now operate Telephone: +49 6107 509 720
weeks. Furthermore, rail is half the price of between China and Zeebrugge, and this christian.ch.lang@deutschebahn.com
DB CARGO M
anaging rail journeys of over 12 ,000 kilometres
is no easy undertaking. Yet the routes offered by
DB Cargo between Asia and Europe for many
TRANSPORTS
years now have developed very successfully – and will
be expanded further in future. “The train transports
CARS FROM
CELEBRATIONS: between China and Europe are still growing dynami-
the train from cally in 2017 ,” says Andre Hempel, CEO of Trans-Eur-
China arrives in asia Logistics, or TEL . As an international operator, the
CHINA TO
Belgium to com- company is benefiting from a strong market position and
plete its 10,000-
growing demand for container transports. The operator
kilometre journey.
is expecting growth of up to 50 per cent for its European
ZEEBRUGGE train products in 2017 compared to the previous year.
TEL, working in close collaboration with its partner
FOR VOLVO
Beijing Trans Eurasia International Logistics, is con-
tinuously developing new routes for transport oper-
ations between China and Europe. In addition to
increasing the frequency of services from Duisburg and
DB Cargo is strengthening its Hamburg, in April 2017 it also began offering the hub
global network with trains for the in Nuremberg as a non-stop service for public trains,
Swedish car manufacturer. with a weekly connection to more than 48 destinations
to/from China.
F
“For transports to and from Poland and the Czech
PH O T O S : XI NH UA / FOTOF I ND E R .CO M ; D E U TS CH E BAH N
or DB Cargo, globalisation means Republic we also have an additional hub in Swarzędz in
making intercontinental supply the Poznań region,” adds Hempel. Customers have the
chains possible. The rail routes option of using this hub for a weekly service to and from
between Europe and Asia are now China.
important links in the supply TEL also carried out the first test transport operations
chains of globally operating sectors of indus- for company trains to Budapest recently. Production in
try. Car manufacturers in particular are mak- Europe is carried out on the basis of DB Cargo’s cap-
ing use of fast and reliable rail connections acity, in close collaboration with the Intermodal Div-
in view of the volatility of sea freight. ision and the national subsidiaries. an
The latest example of this is Volvo. The car
manufacturer sent the first train carrying fin-
ished vehicles on its way from China to Eur-
ope in July 2017. The train from the Volvo Contact | Wencke Zessin
plant in the north-eastern Chinese province Telephone: +49 30 29 754 804
wencke.zessin@deutschebahn.com
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