Railion Becomes DB Schenker Rail

Railways No 1 | March 2009 Information around rail logistics

New course is set: Railion becomes DB Schenker Rail

Focus on DB Intermodal Technology & Trends Logistics There‘s news in Order for a steel giant the west processing 2.0 „Particularly in these economically difficult times, we want to set a positive signal and act as a reliable partner.“ Karsten Sachsenröder

2 Editorial

Karsten Sachsenröder Member of the Management Board

Dear Readers,

for years now we have been using the lib- ThyssenKrupp Steel AG is one of those cus- eralisation process in European rail freight tomers who have been using our railway transport to grow through cooperation and services for years now to supply their con- takeovers. The aim is to further expand our signees throughout the whole of Europe. We position as Europe‘s leading freight railway have now concluded a framework transport and to offer our customers services that agreement with ThyssenKrupp Verkehr are superior to our competitors. The new GmbH as the unit responsible for organising business area DB Schenker Rail, which has the company‘s logistics services. The agree- emerged from the Railion companies, will ment cements our good cooperation over a bring us a decisive step forward towards longer period of time. Particularly in these this aim. Alongside Sales Management economically difficult times, we have thus which has been placed on a European foot- set a positive signal. Please turn to page 18. ing, we want to optimise our services for you in future on a European scale with Our products also continue to forge ahead altogether five organisation units: three on an international scale. This also includes regional units for West, Central and East Eu- DB Schenker paper-solution, an innovative rope, together with the two dedicated units branch solution for the paper and cellulose Automotive and Intermodal with a structure industry. Already since 2003 we have been encompassing all regions. Please turn to offering fast, transparent transport services page 8 to see what our new company struc- throughout Germany. Since the start of the ture looks like in detail. year, we have expanded the services to selected routes in the Netherlands and Aus- The fact that we want to continue growing tria, as you can read on page 24. this year in spite of the economic crisis has been demonstrated by our purchase of the Have fun reading the new issue of Railways! private Polish freight railway PCC Logistics. With turnover of 350 million Euros last year With kind regards, and a market share of around 8%, this is the largest private railway undertaking in Poland. Poland in turn is the EU‘s second largest national railway market after Ger- many. By purchasing PCC Logistics, we will be making Poland our main pillar for East Karsten Sachsenröder Europe within our new European network. Please turn to page 6 for further details.

Railways Issue 1/09 3 Contents

1807 LogistikAgreement signed with fürDSM Stahlgiganten Agro

22 A logistical 08 Railion becomes masterpiece DB Schenker Rail

03 Editorial Cover Story Focus on 08 New course is set: 14 An honoured partner Railion becomes 04 Contents DB Schenker Rail 16 No matter what Imprint the weather may be As of February 16, 2009, Railion Deutschland AG has been renamed 18 Logistics for a steel giant Spectrum as DB Schenker Rail Deutschland 06 Deutsche Bahn AG. The main feature of the new DB has traditionally been one of the buys Poland‘s biggest business area is a European orga- most important logistics partners private railway nisation structure with independ- for the iron, coal and steel industry ently operating business units. because of its regular, large volume 07 TransRussia: transports. The new general agree- DB Schenker at TransRussia ment on transport services signed by DB Schenker Rail and Thyssen- Agreement signed with Krupp Verkehr GmbH (TKV) allows DSM Agro the companies to bolster their close collaboration on a long-term basis.

4 Railways Issue 1/09 28 There‘s news in the west

24 DB Schenkerpaper-solution goes international 31 Order processing 2.0

22 A logistical masterpiece 27 „We always want to offer Partner: DB Intermodal the best transport solutions 28 There‘s news in the west 24 DB Schenkerpaper-solution to our customers“ goes international 29 Rail Solutions: Interview with Hubertus Burck- New train for Hellmann hardt, appointed head of the Gene- 26 Diversified logistics park ral Agency in Vienna as of January, about his goals and collaboration Technology & Trends between Austria and Germany in 30 Deutsche Bahn tests 1,000 the rail freight sector. meter-long freight train

31 Order processing 2.0

Imprint

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Railways Issue 1/09 5 Spectrum

Deutsche Bahn buys

Photo: PCC Poland‘s biggest private railway

eutsche Bahn has acquired gistics division, and Waldemar same time Germany is Poland‘s Dthe private Polish freight Preussner, the founder and biggest export market. Working railway operations that were owner of the PCC Group. together, the business unit DB previously owned by the PCC Schenker Rail and PCC Logistics Group. The sales agreements With about 8 percent of the will move more transports on to were signed the end of January market, PCC Logistics is the big- the rails thereby securing jobs by DB CEO Hartmut Mehdorn, gest private railway company in Poland as well as in Germany. Dr. Norbert Bensel, member of in Poland. Last year it gener- With this agreement we have the Management Board of DB ated revenues of € 350 million made an important statement Mobility Logistics AG respon- with about 5,800 employees. It regarding the sustainability of sible for the Transport and Lo- consists of numerous regionally our operations in the future, active companies that especially now during difficult The route network of PCC Logistics primarily specialise in economic times.” the transport of coal, chemical products Poland plays an important role

Kaliningrad and building materi- in the development of routes on Gdynia Suwatki als. The acquisition trans-European rail corridors, Braniewo Gdansk´ ´ is pending final and is the second biggest nation- Swinoujscie´ Malbork Port Drobnica approval from the al railway market within the EU. Kwidzyn Szczecin Biatystok responsible agencies “PCC Logistics is mainly active Sw´ iecie Schwedt Ostroteka ´ and cartel authori- in Silesia and operates effective Bydgoszcz Ptock Gorzo´w Wlkp. ties. “This acquisition connections in all of the Polish Kostrzyn Warsaw Poznan´ marks a further ex- business centres”, emphasises Frankfurt Mataszewicze an der Oder pansion of DB‘s capa- Dr. Norbert Bensel, who as head Luko´w Gubin Leszno Cigacice bilities and services of DB Schenker is the member ´Swidnik Brzeg Dolny Lodz´ ´ Bielawa Dolna for its customers in a of the Management Board of DB Kielce Horka Hrubieszo´w growing Europe”, said Mobility Logistics AG responsible Wroctaw Zawido´w Dabrowa G. Stawkow´ Watbrzych ´ Hartmut Mehdorn, for the Transport and Logistics Boguszow´ Opole Kedzierzyn Jaworzno Otmucho´w ´ DB CEO, upon the division. “We want to further Ktodzko Ropczyce conclusion of negotia- develop PCC to play a central role Miedzylesie Chatupki Krakow´ ´ Zebrzydowice Tarno´w Medyka tions. “Poland is Ger- for Eastern Europe operations Cieszyn Czechowice Dz. Triniec Mukaczewo many‘s biggest trad- within our European network.” M Head Office Zwardon´ of PCC Logistics Muszyna ing partner in Eastern Europe, and at the

6 Railways Issue 1/09 TransRussia: DB Schenker at TransRussia 2009

DB Schenker, along with its affiliates, and the business unit DB Schenker Rail will present their services under one roof at the International Trade Fair and Conference for Transport and Logistics, TransRussia, in Moscow from April 21 through 24. The entire range of services will be presented with emphasis on the Russian market.

he partners will show the lat- will be held in the Expocentr Test products and services at Krasnay Presnya in Moscow is their share exhibit that will cover also being supported by the 100 square meters of space. In German government. The joint addition, visitors will be able to German stand already made a learn the latest about the newest convincing presentation in trends in the logistics market. 2008 when it exhibited a wide This year‘s partners are: ATG spectrum of offers and individual Autotransportlogistic GmbH, transport solutions. TRANSA Spedition GmbH, Trans- Eurasia-Logistics GmbH, the In recent years the TransRussia business unit DB Schenker Rail, trade fair has established itself and the fair was attended by represented by OOO Railion as one of the most important more than 26,000 visitors who Russija Services, and the busi- trade fairs for the industry. Last learned about the latest develop- ness unit DB Schenker Logistics, year TransRussia presented the ments in the logistics market. DB represented by Schenker Russija. services offered by a total of 525 Schenker welcomes its visitors in The exhibit at the trade fair that companies from 29 countries, Pavillion 8, Hall 2, Booth K19. M

 On February 4, Alvaro Torres (center), Head of Purchasing at DSM Agro, Jan Elfenhorst (left) and Erik Koning, business unit DB Schenker Rail, signed two important agreements at the main office in Mainz. The two contracts – a collaboration agreement and a transport framework agreement – represent the conclusion of a long-term collaboration between both partners. In the future, DB Schenker Rail will transport up to 300,000 tons of ammonia per year for the Dutch group, which is also a specialist firm for the manufacture of fertilizers.

Railways Issue 1/09 7 Cover Story

8 Railways Ausgabe 1/09 New course is set: Railion becomes DB Schenker Rail

For years now, Deutsche Bahn has been using the liberali- sation process in European rail freight transport to grow through cooperation and takeovers. As a further consistent step, Railion Deutschland AG changed its name on February 16, 2009 to become DB Schenker Rail Deutschland AG. The aim is to set up a European organisation structure with inde- pendently operating business units under the umbrella of the business area DB Schenker Rail.

ur new European struc- and financial results within the “Oture in rail freight trans- business unit. This does not port is a milestone in setting apply to the Automotive and up an integrated European net- Intermodal business units: Au- work,” emphasises Dr. Norbert tomotive will be operating as a Bensel, Executive Board Direc- logistics company and purchase tor for Transport and Logistics transportation services and at DB Mobility Logistics AG. In other production services from future, the new business area the regions. The business model encompasses five business units for Intermodal is still currently under one roof: the West, Cen- being defined. tral and East regions, together with Intermodal and Automo- “The incentive for us to take this tive (see diagram on page 11). step came above all from the The latter also includes ATG increasing European alignment Autotransportlogistic GmbH and of the production structures of Schenker Automotive RailNet many customers, the increase in GmbH. The Spanish logistics sub- cross-border transports and the sidiary Transportes Ferroviarios possibility of opening up new Especiales (Transfesa) will also markets in Europe through liber- be integrated here. Last year saw alisation,” is how Dr. Klaus Krem- the takeover by DB of the UK’s per, CEO of DB Schenker Rail, largest freight railway, English, explains the move. “Our aim is to Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS), become the first really European now renamed DB Schenker Rail rail freight undertaking, as this (UK) Ltd, which will be the heart is the only way for us to serve of the West Region and respon- our customers with a widespread sible for expanding business in network.” West Europe. Already when DB Cargo was set Each region is responsible for up more than ten years ago, the sales and production, i.e. trac- still primarily national railway tion units, wagons and main- carrier established itself as Eu- tenance, and for the operating rope’s largest freight railway.

9 Cover Story

The emergence of the Railion ble: with around 125,000 freight Asset Management Group in 2003, which already wagons and 3,300 locomotives, Infrastructure Management included national companies in including a large number of Chief Information Officer Denmark and the Netherlands, multi-system locomotives suit- Sales Management then brought about further steps able for cross-border services, Network Management over the national frontiers, with DB Schenker Rail owns Europe’s the gradual addition of Railion largest fleet. In addition, the Finance/Control- companies in Italy, Switzerland ling and Human Resources func- and Scandinavia. The changes European management tions are being created for finan- accompanying the new name DB approach cial and personnel matters. “This Schenker Rail are now putting gives us a truly European man- the company’s European busi- The following business area func- agement approach that distin- ness on a new operative footing tions have been established to guishes us clearly from competi- with the sights firmly set on this support and steer the five new tors and fulfils the expectations goal, as this is the only way to business units, and to raise the of our multi-national customers”, open up new markets. In future, potential scope for new interna- explains Kremper. “We are set- the approx. 36,000 employees in tional business: ting up a flexible organisation the new business area will form structure that is compatible with highly efficient units along Eu- Business Development international business require- rope’s main transport axes. The European IMS & Innovation ments and our ambitious growth necessary resources are availa- Management targets.”

The new business area functions in detail:

Sales Management

In future, Sales Management will coordinate the new marketing image, together with the overrid- ing strategic alignment and further development of all branches in terms of sales. The organisation unit breaks down into the industrial sectors previously known as Railion marketing units “Iron/Coal/Steel”, “Chemicals/ Oil/Fertilisers” and “Construc- tion Materials, Industrial and Consumer Goods”, together with the all embracing areas “Railport Network” and “Marketing Rail”. The latter develops the necessary, price, product, competition and freight wagon policy in the framework of the stipulations and processes of DB Group Marketing, together with the corresponding internet and sales activities, and implements the  A new brand in British rail freight transport: with effect from 1 January 2009, the English Welsh & Scottish concepts for sales and customer Railway Holding Ltd. (EWS) now operates as DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd. The company was taken over by DB last communication. The Railport year; as the largest British freight railway, it is the heart of the Region West business unit in the new structure of DB Schenker Rail. Network is responsible for expanding the Railports through-

10 Railways Issue 1/09 out Europe as multi-functional European alignment, as well as senröder, responsible for Sales logistics centres with both road coordinating tender procedures Management at DB Schenker and rail infrastructure. They thus and drawing up framework Rail. “The main advantage for provide access to the European agreements. In this pan-Europe- customers consists of support on rail network even for customers an approach, the corresponding a European level to ensure that without their own branch line. KAMs work together closely with they receive optimum, harmo- the local sales teams who are in nised services in all countries.” One new feature includes the daily contact with the custom- introduction of Europe Key Ac- ers. “This warrants a uniform DB Schenker Rail has chosen 58 count Managers (KAM) whose approach and permits the sale customers to launch the Euro- tasks include among others of tailor-made, supra-regional pean Customer Management. looking after customers with a products”, explains Karsten Sach- The list of European customers

New organization structure of DB Schenker Rail

Management Finance Human Resources

West Central East Business Development

IMS1)/Innovation Management

Asset Management

CIO2)

Infrastructure Management

Sales Management

Network Management

Automotive

Intermodal

1) European “Integrated Management System” 2) Chief Information Officer

Railways Issue 1/09 11 Cover Story

is undergoing regular review and will gradually assume the cor- focus on empty capacities. The will be adapted where neces- responding competences as time advantages of a European Asset sary. “Even so, a large part of progresses. Management pool include above DB Schenker Rail’s business still all optimum utilisation of free takes place on the local level and The first priority of the team is capacities in the context of pan- will continue to be managed by to set up and monitor critical European demand, together with the corresponding regions”, says inter-regional trains. For ex- improved overall asset utilisa- Sachsenröder. ample, tasks include analysing tion. bottleneck situations at border Network Management crossings, enhancing quality, for European IMS & Innovation instance by giving priority to Management Network Management basically European trains, and setting up has two tasks: developing and planning tools and management The new organisation unit Euro- expanding the network, and processes to support the interna- pean IMS & Innovation Manage- planning and monitoring trains tional expansion of DB Schenker ment ensures that DB’s internal operating on a European scale. Rail. stipulations and the correspond- The aim is to offer customers re- ingly valid statutory require- liable transportation that is flex- Asset Management ments are met in the field of ible even across the borders – a dangerous goods management, unique selling proposition of DB Asset Management is responsible security and quality manage- Schenker Rail on the transporta- for fleet and maintenance strat- ment, together with environment tion market. Among others, this egy at DB Schenker Rail and acts protection, occupational health entails developing strategies for as ordering party when it comes and safety and fire safety. In the rail corridors, together with to purchasing rolling stock – lo- addition, thus function is also responsible for safeguarding rail- related transport and association policy and general conditions. It also controls the activities of DB Schenker Rail in terms of technical innovation, long-term development of production technology and technical interoper- ability, including for example the European Train Control System (ETCS).

Infrastructure Management

Infrastructure Management is developing a European infrastructure strategy for DB Schenker Rail and vouches for the resulting requirements in consultation with the management division in dealings with infrastructure operators and other decision makers.

Business Development New special containers pan-European monitoring and comotives and freight wagons – of BahnTank Transport support for inter-regional trains. as well as maintenance services The Business Development unit GmbH, which will in future be operating as As a fundamentally new area, on a European level. The func- pools and coordinates essential DB Schenker BTT this function has a developmen- tion also deals with management European activities and projects. tal character to start with and of the rolling stock pool with a The function also plays a major

12 Railways Issue 1/09 New names for the subsidiaries

In the course of implementing the new brand architecture, the following companies are being renamed:

Previous name New Name

Railion GmbH DB Schenker Rail GmbH

Railion Deutschland AG DB Schenker Rail Deutschland AG

BTT BahnTank Transport GmbH DB Schenker BTT GmbH

Nieten Fracht Logistic GmbH DB Schenker Nieten GmbH

Railion Danmark Services A/S DB Schenker Rail Danmark Services A/S

English Welsh & Scottish Railway Ltd DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd

Railion Nederland N. V. DB Schenker Rail Nederland N. V.

Railion Scandinavia A/S DB Schenker Rail Scandinavia A/S

Railion Italia Services Srl. DB Schenker Rail Italia Services Srl.

Railion Italia Srl. DB Schenker Rail Italia Srl.

Railion Schweiz GmbH DB Schenker Rail Schweiz GmbH

supporting function for optimis- CIO function for the business are further expanding their stra- ing individual processes in the units. But the core task for the tegic lead and offering transport business units. Together with new function is to support the services to all major countries the ongoing development of DB operative units in implement- in Europe from a single source”, Schenker Rail, a first major new ing the new European business Kremper is convinced. “We have task for the unit will be to draw models and processes through the know-how and the larg- up a concept for European cus- efficient IT systems. est fleet of freight wagons and tomer service. locomotives. In addition, our Pooling the European rail freight customers also have access to Chief Information Officer (CIO) activities under one roof open- all the services of DB Schenker ings up good growth prospects Logistics.” M The Chief Information Officer for DB Schenker Rail. “We are is responsible for all IT and tel- consolidating this important area ecommunication tasks at DB with the five new business units Schenker Rail, such as IT strate- East, Central, West, Automotive gy, processes, projects, provision und Intermodal in both geo- and support for systems together graphic and production-related with IT costs. ITC management terms”, summarises Kremper. functions will be set up for the But how will customers benefit? individual units with responsibil- “They have the European rail ity for all tasks, performing the champions as their partner who

Railways Issue 1/09 13 Focus on Photo: Bentheimer Eisenbahn

An honoured partner

The long years of close collaboration between the business unit DB Schenker Rail and the Bentheimer Eisenbahn AG (BE) has proven its worth: at the end of last year BE, for the first time in its history, was able to record more than a million tons of rail freight transported in one year. In addition, BE received the DB Supplier Award in recognition of its excellent and partner-like services.

o matter if it‘s conventional Nordhorn to Italy. The fact that pany on July 1, 2009. This confi- Nor combined transport: The this partnership has led to more dence is not unfounded because Bentheimer Eisenbahn has pro- goods being shipped by rail was – especially in recessionary ven itself to be an ideal logistics reflected by the volume of trans- times – BE profits from its broad partner for the Deutsche Bahn ported goods recorded by BE as range of activities that extend and complements the transport of mid-December last year when, beyond rail freight transport, services offered by DB Schenker for the first time in the firm‘s freight forwarding and logistics. Rail within the transport chain history, they posted more than a The company also has gained ye- between the Netherlands and million tons of goods in one year. ars of experience and expertise North Rhine-Westphalia. Among in transporting passengers and the goods carried by the railway „We are very happy about this in the travel market. transport company based in and are confident that we can Nordhorn in Lower Saxony are increase the volume of freight we Outstanding services gravel – and most recently also transport up to 1.3 million tons waste materials for thermal re- in the mid-term“, forecast Joa- BE recently received the DB cycling – to Coevorden, a Dutch chim Berends, deputy CEO of BE, Supplier Award 2008 – Special town close to the border, as who will succeed Peter Hoffman Prize for Outstanding Partnering well as shipments of peat from as CEO of the traditional com- Services from Deutsche Bahn.

14 Railways Issue 1/09 Photo: Bentheimer Eisenbahn

F Deutsche Bahn CEO Hartmut Mehdorn,  Headquarters BE CEO Peter Hoffmann and Joachim of Bentheimer Berends, deputy CEO of Bentheimer Eisen- Eisenbahn AG in bahn (from the left), are pleased with the Nordhorn award Photo: Bentheimer Eisenbahn

This means that BE is the first relationship as a supplier, and nal customers. In addition to BE, company within the German continue providing good quality nine other DB partner companies Association of Transport Com- products in the future. „We need received DB Supplier Awards panies (Verbandes Deutscher the best suppliers to produce the in categories including General Verkehrsunternehmen – VDV) to best quality for our customers. Purchasing, Construction, Infor- receive the prize. „This is a very Over the years the DB Supplier mation Systems and Road Vehic- special day in the history of our Award has become a recognized les. The awards are certain to company“, stated a happy Peter brand name in the industry that serve as an incentive for future Hoffman, BE CEO, upon accept- we use to honour suppliers who potential winners among DB‘s ing the award in Berlin. have shown particularly high approximately 35,000 suppliers performance“, said Deutsche and partner companies. M Deutsche Bahn presents the DB Bahn CEO, Hartmut Mehdorn, Supplier Awards every two years during the awards ceremony. as part of the Innotrans trade fair in Berlin, the main trade fair An independent jury consisting for the rail transport industry. of DB experts from various busi- The award honours partner com- ness units and the purchasing panies that have distinguished department awarded the prize to themselves by their great reliabi- BE because of the close coope- lity, innovativeness, and product ration it showed and, above all, improvements. Along with the because of the company‘s high praise for their performance and levels of reliability and punctua- collaboration the partners are lity in carrying out its duties, as also reminded of their obligation well as its customer orientation to maintain the good working and excellent contacts to regio-

Railways Issue 1/09 15 Foto: DB AG/Lautenschläger

16 Railways Issue 1/09 No matter what the weather may be

The Sassnitz-Mukran harbour on Rügen is the only seaport in Central Europe that can handle railway wagons designed for Russian broad gauge track. This feature makes it ideal for transhipment of rail freight transports to and from Russia and Eastern Europe as the wagons can be moved directly from ship to rail. The FS Vilnius, which can carry up to 86 Russian broad gauge rail wagons, has been connect- ing Sassnitz-Mukran with the port of Klaipeda in Lithuania since July 2006, and as of January 2009 the ferry also sails to the Russian harbour of Baltjisk.

Railways Issue 1/09 17 Focus on

Logistics for a steel giant

The railway traditionally is one of the most important logistics partners for the iron, coal and steel industry because of its regular, large volume transports. ThyssenKrupp Steel AG (TKS) also counts on rail transport to supply its customers in Europe and to move goods between its plants in Germany. The new general agreement on transport services signed by the business unit DB Schenker Rail and ThyssenKrupp Verkehr GmbH (TKV), the unit responsible for organizing logistical services at TKS, allows the two firms to bolster their close collaboration on a long-term basis.

KS is one of the world‘s lead- makes pressed parts and assem- production process TKS invested Ting steelmakers producing bled components for car bodies years ago in a modern continu- high quality flat rolled steel it and undercarriages for carmak- ous casting roller facility, which supplies to about 2,100 customers. The customer base also allows steel slabs – the pri- ers in 80 countries. The auto- includes the construction and mary material used for flat steel mobile industry is the most im- packaging industries. In order to products – to be hot-rolled in a portant customer, and TKS also save resources and streamline its continuous casting and rolling

18 Railways Issue 1/09 process. Together with its con- made at its heavy plate rolling business unit at DB Schenker Rail ventional hot wide-strip lines in mill in Duisburg-Süd. Deutschland AG, emphasises the Duisburg and Bochum, the com- huge volumes carried by rail: pany produces about 15 million “A safe and low cost logistical “We transport about 20 million tons of hot-rolled strip steel, half solution for providing raw mate- tons of steel, lime, coal and coke of which is shipped in rolled form rials, demand-oriented provision every year for our top custom- to external customers and its of goods for further processing ers.” subsidiary companies. The latter in our plants, and an efficient group uses it to make tin plate distribution logistics system that Reliable supply chain and grain oriented electrical meets our customers‘ require- sheet. The remaining hot rolled ments”, is how Dr. Dieter Linden- Block trains are primarily used strip is used to make thin sheet blatt, Managing Director of Thys- because most of the shipments and electric strip at the com- senKrupp Verkehr, describes the handled for TKS are bulk goods pany‘s own cold-rolled steel mills key roles of his company. “The and other high-volume trans- in Duisburg, Dortmund, Bochum railway plays a central transport ports. “We operate more than 40 and Neuwied. The steelmaker‘s role.” Bernd Toepfer, head of block trains a day to serve the range of flat steel products is sales, for Western Sales at the plants”, explains Dieter Jakubzig, rounded out by heavy plate steel Montan (iron, coal and steel) Key Account Manager for TKS at

Railways Issue 1/09 19 Focus on

the Montan business unit. “They trains loaded with coils and oth- 105.5 tons of weight and were are an important link within the er steel products leave the TKS especially built for the steel in- production process managed mills every day. dustry. The six-axle wagons are by our customer, TKS.” Most of ideal for carrying the steel slabs the regularly scheduled shuttle “In addition to the develop- that can weigh many tons. Series trains can carry more than 2,700 ment of the required logistical S(a)hi and Sah pivoted bogie flat net tons and form the basis of concepts, TKV will also receive wagons ensure the transport calculations contained in the the necessary resources – like of steel coils between plants. new general agreement on trans- wagons, locomotives and person- These wagons can also carry port services between the two nel – as part of the new contract loads of up to 100 and 104 tons, companies. The trains ensure for existing and new routes”, respectively – a capacity that that the plants are regularly sup- summarizes Jakubzig in noting far exceeds the load capabilities plied and can operate 365 days a the services provided by the of more than three trucks. TKS year thereby ensuring a constant Montan business unit. “In return, prefers to use S(a)hi wagons to level of product quality. Working the customer uses our rail-based transport surface coated thin together with TKV, the Montan logistical services and, in addi- sheet coils to their customers business unit has already pre- tion, is examining the possibility as these wagons are equipped pared a transport program with of expanding their track installa- with loading wells for coils and the corresponding time sched- tions in their plants.” special fastening equipment, and ules for block train and single can also carry bundled coils of wagon transports, which are Wide range of narrow strip steel. exactly aligned with TKS‘s pro- transport services duction processes. “This way we Block trains are used to provide can optimally use our resources”, DB Schenker Rail relies on its the TKS plants with the needed confirms Bert Kloppert, head of own pool of special wagons that raw materials with primary Transport Business 1 at TKV. The have been especially designed emphasis on transports of lime transports of finished products to meet the needs of the steel sand, limestone, soft burnt lime, from TKS to their end-customers industry to master the high vol- as well as coal and coke. Ja- are currently handled by the umes of good transported. For kubzig says: “Our series Fal, Tal business unit DB Schenker Rail, example, just in the last year and Tad, four-axle bulk freight and primarily using the single alone the company procured ad- wagons are especially suited wagon system. More than 20 ditional Samms series flatbed for this task. They can carry 65 of the “colourful” single wagon wagons that can carry up to tons or 59 tons, respectively,

Loading hot strip coils onto Sah-series flatbed wagons in ThyssenKrupp Steel‘s Dortmund plant

20 Railways Issue 1/09 and use gravity to quickly and easily unload their freight into underground hoppers.” Shipment of scrap metal, an important raw material, can also be handled via rail. Scrap metal is transported via large volume, series Ea open freight wagons that can carry up to 66 tons net.

DB Schenker Rail can also provide service to TKS customers that do not have their own rail connection. In this case shipments are handled via Railports, multi-modal logistics centres that have road and rail infra- Blast furnace 8 in the structures. Post carriage ship- Duisburg plant was commissioned in 2007 ment to customers takes place and produces around by truck. Steel products can also 5,600 tonnes of pig iron be stored in the logistics centres every day as needed or further processed for logistical purposes. “Together with TKV, we are currently operating transports to Italy via our Railports in Turin and Cas- telguelfo, as well as transports to France via the Railport Blanc Mesnil, to the north of Paris”, states Jakubzig in noting some examples. workshops to further optimise sion concept because its logisti- Transparent processing their collaboration. “The sub- cal capabilities will be needed jects we examine include how we to handle the increased volumes. TKV has been using the Internet can speed up turnaround time “The new contract with TKS tool Rail Service Online (RSO) for wagons and improve the wag- already includes logistical serv- to process its transport assign- ons‘ capacity utilization”, states ices for two million tons of steel ments and block train orders Jakubzig. slabs that will be produced by since 2006. RSO provides real- the new mill in Brazil and then time status reports that enable TKS will expands its internation- shipped by us via the transport transport dispatching to take al market position in the coming chain to the TKS plants in Duis- place with comprehensive trans- years and plans to significantly burg and Bochum, along with parency. Users already have expand the delivery volumes of the products subsequently pro- access to all relevant data after high quality flat steel in Europe duced from these slabs”, con- they have initially logged in to and North America. As part firms Toepfer. M the system. In addition, block of these plans TKS is currently trains can be easily ordered and building a new steel mill with DB Schenker Rail service charges invoiced via annual production capacity of 5 Deutschland AG Internet. “RSO has also led to a million tons of raw slab steel in Geschäftseinheit Montan significant improvement in the Brazil near Rio de Janeiro, and Dieter Jakubzig quality of our order processing a finishing plant near Mobile, Phone: +49 (0)203 3017-3129 along with the other informa- Alabama in the USA. In addition, [email protected] tion we exchange every day with TKS will expand its finishing the CustomerServiceCenter”, processing capacities in Germa- confirms Kloppert. Moreover, ny. DB Schenker Rail also plays both parties regularly schedule an important role in TKS‘s expan-

Railways Issue 1/09 21 Focus on Photo: Novelis Photo:

The containers are transferred to trucks in A logistical masterpiece Göttingen for the short trip to the nearby Nove- lis plant Novelis Germany GmbH and the business unit DB Schenker Rail have been working closely together for many years, and with their new three-year contract the two partners have ensured the flexible provision of the Novelis plants in Göttingen and Nachterstedt with aluminum. These daily rail transports are a logistical masterpiece.

very year the Novelis plants With an annual production vol- grown to about 500,000 million Ein Göttingen and Nachter- ume of 1.5 million tons, Norf is tons, with just one train, at least stedt process and finish about the world‘s biggest aluminum on a further section of line. 500,000 tons of aluminum used rolling and smelting plant. for a wide range of purposes – Today, Norf produces over 4,000 and they do this on a 24/7 basis. The railroad was already Novelis‘ tons of aluminum daily. This This means that both plants first choice in the 1970‘s when it makes it absolutely essential for depend on a smooth flow of began transporting materials be- the aluminum products to be materials. The business unit DB tween its plants. The initial vol- reliably transported from the Schenker Rail developed a spe- ume of material transported an- plant because delays can easily cial round-trip concept that dem- nually via rail to Göttingen plant lead to production difficulties. onstrates here how rail transport was about 50,000 tons. A second Both partners coordinate the could ensure seamless delivery daily train from Norf began amount of capacity needed every of these kinds of volumes and operation following the acquisi- day based on the daily produc- within tight timing restraints. tion of the Nachterstedt plant in tion tonnage and the amounts The starting point is the Norf Saxony-Anhalt in 1996. In 2005 to be transported to the two aluminum rolling mill located the idea was born to handle the Novelis plants in Göttingen and directly on the Rhine in Neuss. volume, which in the interim had Nachterstedt, for example how

22 Railways Issue 1/09 many wagons will be needed for Hanover at about midnight and plant, every production station the daily train. “DB Schenker arrives at about 4:30 am in has direct access to the stored arranges traction vehicles, per- Nachterstedt. After the contain- aluminum coils and uses them sonnel, energy and track, along ers arrive in Göttingen they are to primarily make products for with the handling of the loading transshipped from the carrying the printing plate, packaging and units at the Göttingen transship- wagons to waiting trucks. The construction markets. ment station”, states Burkhard number of trucks depends on Nagel, the Key Account Manager the number of containers, which Both trains leave the Novelis at DB Schenker Rail responsible have to be unloaded and reload- plants and return to Norf after for Novelis, in summarizing the ed on to the carrying cars within they have been unloaded: the extensive services provided. six hours. The trucks transport train leaves Göttingen the next “Novelis is in charge of position- the containers to the Novelis morning at 9:30 am, and returns ing the wagons and exchangeable plant located about 750 meters from Nachterstedt – due to the containers”, he adds. from the station. There the con- longer distance – on the next tainers, which were especially day. However, the trains are not Aluminum goes first developed for this transport pur- running empty. They are carry- pose, are opened using a special ing scrap metal that accumulated Every day a block train loaded compressed air technique and during processing in the two with up to 2,400 tons of alumi- the individual coils are lifted by plants back to Norf in special num coils leaves Norf at exactly crane to their positions in a high Novelis buckets in DB-owned 3:30 pm. And it‘s a special train bay warehouse. H-wagons. “The scrap metal has – highly prioritized with right been pre-sorted into alloys and of way over other freight trains. Directly to processing is resmelted in Norf and then “This is where one gear has to rolled into new semi-finished mesh exactly into the next, be- In Nachterstedt the special material – a perfect round-trip cause we operate on a minute-ex- wagons are pushed directly into circuit of wagons and material”, act schedule as the two Novelis the semi-finished hall, where confirms Nagel. M plants require the material ex- they are also opened using the actly on the hour,” notes Nagel in same special compressed air DB Schenker Rail explaining the challenge, because technique. A crane moves along Deutschland AG there are also unforeseen hin- the coils, “reads” their labels and Burkhard Nagel drances. “These include construc- then automatically unloads the Phone: +49 (0)511 2867685 tion sites, which are generally an- wagon. Just like in the Göttingen [email protected] nounced to us in advance and are firmly integrated into our plans”, states the sales pro as he notes one example. And yet delays still occur occasionally at critical points, for example due to Novelis Photo: the influence of weather. Nagel: “When things like this happen we turn to our Plan B, which is an emergency concept that has been agreed with all participants in the transport chain down to the smallest detail. Because Novelis views a shipment that has arrived with a time variance of 30 minutes as a delay.”

The containers were The train, which is over 600 me- especially developed ters long, initially travels from for rail transport and the plant in Norf to Hanover, are opened using a special compressed air where it is split into different technique sections. While one section of wagons continues on to Göt- tingen, a second train leaves

Railways Issue 1/09 23 Focus on

DB Schenkerpaper-solution goes international Photo: DB AG/Wolfgang Klee

Speed and transparency are the hallmarks of DB Schenker paper-solution, the industry solution for the paper and pulp industry. In the future this will also apply to cross-border transports because as of January 2009 the business unit DB Schenker Rail expanded its service offer to include the Netherlands. Additional routes are planned.

bove all else, punctuality call for the gradual expansion of tons. Swings in transport requi- Ais vital in the paper indus- the proven product via the single rements are, however, possible try – especially for companies wagon system to routes outside at any time and can be indivi- that further process paper, like of Germany. dually handled by DB Schenker. printers and packaging manuf- Customers benefit from being acturers that depend on exact „We are currently running five able to flexibly integrate their deliveries of the unfinished pilot routes between the Nether- daily transport volumes into the materials. They incur tremend- lands and Germany together with system thanks to DB Schenker ous costs if their machines stop our subsidiary, DB Schenker Rail paper-solution International. unexpectedly. And transports Nederland NV, for our customer are correspondingly time-critical Felix Schoeller, as well as for the Just like existing national indust- – one reason why, already back Rosenthal pulp and paper facto- ry solutions, the new internatio- in 2003, DB Schenker paper-so- ry“, notes Karsten Sachsenröder, nal offer has to meet the highest lution was launched as a special member of the Management quality requirements. These customized product to meet the Board responsible for Sales, and include, for example, prioritized market‘s requirements. With the Head of the Construction Mate- handling of shipments within the further evolution of DB Schenker rials, Industrial and Consumer transport chain. DB Schenker paper-solution as an internatio- Goods Market Unit of DB Schen- paper-solution International wa- nal product the business unit DB ker Rail Deutschland AG, descri- gons are the first to be included Schenker Rail is corresponding bing the first cross-border trans- in a train if, for example, a con- to the industry‘s increasingly port projects, which represent an necting train is already heavily European-wide network. Plans annual volume of about 250,000 booked. This feature makes it

24 Railways Issue 1/09 possible for DB Schenker Rail to to customers if a transport is knows that „there is a great deal make binding commitments re- delayed. The Pulp & Paper team of interest. As soon as additional garding how long it will take for based in the Customer Service- quality agreements have been a shipment to arrive at its desti- Center in Duisburg serves as a concluded with foreign partner nation. „We contractually ensure reliable contact partner for cus- railways DB Schenker paper- that the agreed delivery date tomers. The team also monitors solution International will grow will be met“, confirms Guido every shipment on a 24/7 basis beyond the border.“ Schaefer, Product Management and supervises the exchange Team Leader in the market unit. of information with partner Currently, DB Schenker Rail has „Customers are entitled to recei- railways outside of Germany. set its signals to introduce the ve contractually defined penalty A tightly knit advance notice product in the direction of Aus- payments if the average annual system is the basis for forecasts tria. Working together with the punctuality of a route is below that are accurate to the hour. reliable collaborating partner, 95 percent.“ Monthly quality reports make it Rail Cargo Austria (RCA), impor- easy for the client to subsequent- tant transit and bi-lateral routes Further expansion of routes ly determine if all deliveries will be shifted to DB Schenker arrived exactly as scheduled at paper-solution International in The second quality hallmark of the recipient‘s location. Plans the future. Cooperation with DB Schenker paper-solution also call for the range of DB Schenker RCA makes it possible to expand fully applies to the cross-border paper-solution International rou- the product with numerous ad- routes: seamless supervision tes to be continuously expanded ditional new routes. The Belgian of all transports, ensuring pro- in coming months. Sachsenröder railway, B-Cargo, has also indica- active provision of information has spoken with customers and ted their interest. M

DB Schenkerpaper-solution The network of DB Schenkerpaper-solution International goes international Augsburg München Nürnberg Gremberg Mannheim Blankenstein Blerick Lübeck Rostock Nürnberg Augsburg Bremen Maschen Gremberg Hagen Bremen Mannheim Maschen Hannover Rostock Seelze Gremberg Nürnberg Nürnberg Osnabrück/ Seddin Lüstringen Seelze Leipzig Bebra Hagen Hannover Vlissingen Maschen Berthels- Kornwestheim Blerick Hagen Seelze Leipzig dorf Leipzig Gremberg Bebra Mannheim Mannheim München Blanken- Nürnberg stein Nürnberg Osnabrück Mannheim Maschen Seddin Basel Bebra Ulm Gremberg Nürnberg Kornwestheim Hagen Kornwestheim Kornwestheim Vlissingen Augsburg Leipzig Offenburg Berthelsdorf Mannheim Ulm München Ettringen Nürnberg Günzach Neustadt Offenburg Ettringen Lüstringen Osnabrück Günzach Neustadt Seelze Basel

Dispatching center Receiving center Transports planned

Railways Issue 1/09 25 Focus on

Allround logistics park

Working together with Johann Dettendorfer Spedition and Logistik Wiesböck GmbH, the regional sales group of the business unit DB Schenker Rail have linked the new Kiefersfelden Logistics Park, located close to the Austrian border, to the European rail network. Therefore, the Kiefersfelden freight transport station was reactivated last year.

he logistics park is lo- and we were able to make ar- about 400 tons of limestone Tcated on the site of the old rangements to reopen the freight each from the Thiersee quarry in Kiefersfelden cement plant and transport station.” Tyrolia to the logistics park. is jointly run by Dettendorfer Spedition, Logistik Wiesböck and The site brings with it ideal Another factor that makes the Rohrdorfer Zement. “At the be- prerequisites for rail transport Kiefersfelden Logistics Park an ginning of 2008, I presented to because it has a strategically attractive location is the fact DB Schenker the idea of jointly favorable location: the Kiefers- that a very wide range of goods expanding the site of the old ce- felden train station offers rapid can be handled and stored at the ment plant together with Detten- connection to the Alpine corridor site. For example, Dettendor- dorfer Spedition and converting Rosenheim-Kufstein, and the Mu- fer Spedition has its own steel it into a logistics park”, is how nich-Innsbruck A 93 motorway storage facility and extensive Managing Director Helmut Wies- is also located very close to the open-air storage space for stor- böck describes the beginnings of park. In addition, the track in- ing profile steel and steel rods. It the collaboration. The original frastructure in the logistics park is also possible to handle almost presentation was followed by an was optimally expanded. The ex- every kind of bulk freight in the initial joint market analysis to isting railway siding – owned by logistics park and to store other evaluate the potential transport Rohrdorfer Zement since 2003 industrial products there. At the business. “At that time we also – has a total of seven switching end of the last year Rohrdorfer discussed the possibility of re- tracks with a total track length Zement began operation of a ceiving a subsidy to build a rail of 1,500 meters, including two rail car unloading facility for siding”, adds Christian Süß, Head 400 meter long transfer tracks unloading powder products like of Regional Sales, Munich. But that make it possible to build cement and pulverized fuel ash. the first step was to contact po- block trains. Furthermore, Ro- These products can be stored in tential customers, and they im- hrdorfer Zement operates a four onsite silos with a combined A wide range of goods mediately posed specific trans- five-kilometer 900 mm narrow holding capacity of 24,000 tons. can be handled and stored in Kiefersfelden port requests. Süß: “This made gauge line that can be used by up In addition, there are also two logistics park our project economically feasible to four trains a day to transport fuel storage tanks on the proper- ty for heating oil and diesel fuel with their own railway siding.

Link to the block train- and single wagon system

Süß is also quite pleased about the current development of rail transport: “We were already able to reopen the Kiefersfelden freight transport station for block train transports, and also connect to DB Schenker‘s Rail single wagon system. In the future we will handle single wagon transports via the Rosenheim freight transport station.” The logistics park uses the services of the Chiemgau Lokalbahn railway, a regional railway, to transport freight over the last mile. “We reached an agreement with the

26 Railways Issue 1/09 logistics park and the Chiemgau Württemberg. Moreover, plans DB Schenker Rail Lokalbahn that regulates the also call for transporting lumber Deutschland AG transfer of cars in Rosenheim”, as well as sand and crushed Christian Süß adds Süß. Currently, the logistics stone to various consignees as Phone: +49 (0)89 1308-6128 partners have already received well as to DB Netze Track rail [email protected] proposals to transport steel from construction sites. M northern Italy, as well as from Bavarian regions and Baden-

„We always want to offer the best transport solutions to our customers“

Hubertus Burckhardt (57) was appointed head of the DB Schenker Rail General Agency in Vienna effective January 1, 2009. Burckhardt‘s over 30 years of experience as a sales specialist at Deutsche Bahn is now also benefiting the DB Schenker Rail business. Railways spoke with Burck- hardt, who holds a degree in business administration, about his goals, room for improvement, challenges and collaboration between Austria and Germany in the rail freight sector as he assumed his new duties.

Herr Burckhardt, what goals will you to use two examples from my previous pursue as the new head of the Gen- work experience to explain the direc- eral Agency in Vienna? tion this will take: during my previous work in the tank wagon management The main task is to look after the needs group at BTT BahnTank Transport of the Austrian customers of the busi- GmbH we were able to significantly ness unit DB Schenker Rail, and to increase loads transported for a cus- actively support our colleagues in all tomer by using block train transports market areas regarding all questions to double the volume carried. As the involving Austria. And while we do regional sales manager for the chemi- this we always want to offer the best cals, oil and fertilizer market area for the demands of our customers and the transport solutions to our customers. Bavaria I, together with my colleagues market, the better we will be able to We use short to mid-term measures by at Nieten Fracht GmbH and the former make more specific offers to them. precisely observing the latest develop- Railion, developed a flexible train sys- ments in the transport market here in tem between southeast Bavaria and the How do you view the collaboration Austria and in neighboring countries, German seaports. This enabled us to between your General Agency and then passing on this information to fully adapt to the customer‘s produc- in Vienna and DB Schenker Rail? our market areas. At the same time we tion process. will steadily expand our existing cus- I gained a broad range of experience tomer contacts and build new business What special challenges and poten- during my many years of sales work for relationships. tial for further development do you Deutsche Bahn freight transport and I see in the Austrian market ? can call upon a reliable network in the Are there any areas of business that rail freight transport and combined have room for improvement, or areas The biggest challenge facing the Gen- transport sectors. The first weeks here that you would like to enter? What eral Agency team in Vienna is to perma- in Vienna have already shown that the effects will possible changes have on nently work to ensure that the services collaboration with DB Schenker Rail your customer relationships? we offer meet the current demands of functions quite well. My team and I are the market. In a highly developed mar- looking forward to the new challenge Our business is driven by the relation- ket like Austria we will have to identify and to carry out such responsible du- ships we have with our customers, and potential for further development by of- ties. M these need to be cared for. We will em- fering good service and prompt process- ploy new approaches here. I would like ing of offers. The better we understand

Railways Issue 1/09 27 Partner: DB Intermodal Photo: ECT

There‘s news in the west

The western seaports are preparing for the future. This applies to the major seaports of Rot- terdam, Amsterdam and Antwerp, as well as to ports like Vlissingen. Rapid changes are taking place, above all in the areas of transport infrastructure, terminal expansion, as well as in the IT, environment and energy sectors. One example is the new and highly modern Euromax Terminal in Rotterdam harbor, which is currently served by DB Intermodal with two trains.

he extensive investments And this is also why numer- Terminal will have a capacity of Tbeing made in the western ous, second generation, large- 4.5 million TEUs. seaports are driven by the ex- dimension container terminals pected long-term rise in cargo will be built in Rotterdam in the DB Intermodal currently serves handling and the unbroken con- coming years. The opening of the the Euromax Terminal with two tainer boom: forecasts just for first section of the new Euromax trains: The “Flying Dutchman” Amsterdam alone foresee ocean- Terminal in September 2008 was shuttle connection – a joint prod- side turnover to double from 66 the first step in this direction, uct with Kombitransport und In- million to 125 million tons, while and plans call for it to be gradu- tercontainer Austria – that runs figures for Rotterdam anticipate ally expanded in coming years six times a week and connects an increase from 315 to 460 mil- until it will have a quay wall the Rotterdam RSC, Rotterdam- lion tons. Forecast growth in the length of about 4 kilometers long Maasvlakte and Rotterdam-Euro- coming years for containers is upon completion. “In theory, this max harbors with Wels in Austria even higher: the volume of con- will make it possible to handle within 24 hours. In addition, DB tainers handled in Amsterdam five to six million standard con- Intermodal operates a train from harbor is expected to rise from tainers per year”, explains Jaap Rotterdam to Duisburg on behalf today‘s 3.5 million tons to 26 Huizinga, Senior Consultant at of DistriRail B.V., a rail opera- million tons by 2030. Increases DB Intermodal for the western tor, which also connects to the from 66 million to 162 million seaports. “Currently there are Euromax-Terminal. “Trains cur- tons are forecast for Rotterdam about 1.5 kilometers of quay rently only travel to the terminal over the same time period. De- wall available, which represents as needed, although regularly spite the current economic crisis, annual cargo handling capacity scheduled service is planned the seaports are forecasting of 2.3 million TEUs.” In addi- over the mid-term”, advises And- unchanged growth over the mid- tion, by 2014 the second level rea Clasen-De Cunto, Team Man- term and for this reason want dimensions of the Rotterdam ager Benelux, France, and Spain to adjust their infrastructure to World Gateway Terminal will be on the East-West corridor. DB keep pace with transport vol- developed and have a capacity Intermodal was able to ideally umes. of 4 million TEUs, while the APM coordinate the turn-around times

28 Railways Issue 1/09 for wagons and locomotives on the Rotterdam-Duisburg runs, Rail Solutions: which take place on six working days a week. New train for Hellmann

“An additional new transport The addition of a new train has enabled Hellmann World- began service for DistriRail from wide Logistics GmbH & Co. KG and DB Intermodal to Rotterdam to Karlsruhe as of the start of the new schedule in expand their „Rail Solutions“ offer. The nationwide train December 2008. The new service system was developed by both partners about five years makes one round trip per week”, ago. states Clasen-De Cunto in men- tioning the additional project. It ail Solutions – previously The swap-body cars initially is anticipated that the frequency Rknown as “SystemCargo” travel via mixed-freight trains will be increased to two or three – is a rail transport network from the shippers‘ train stations round-trips per week. “The elec- for time-critical shipments of in the north to Hanover, where trification of the harbor rail line freight between northern and they are consolidated and then Kijfhoek-Waalhaven is another southern Germany (please see sent as block trains to the recep- important development”, contin- chart). The system transports tion train stations in the south. ues Huizinga. “This means that are, above all, known for their The shipments travel the last the RSC Terminal is now directly reliable handling, absolute punc- few kilometers to the BMW fac- connected to the Betuwe Line. tuality and seamless supervi- tories via truck – and in accord- It also means that we no longer sion of shipments “In addition, ance with a minutely planned have to switch locomotives on fixed staging times at the train timing system. The empty cars this route. Furthermore, end-to- stations provide customers the travel back to the north over- end traction using multi-system planning safety they need for night to provide the suppliers locomotives is now possible their supply chain management with swap-bodies for the next between the terminal and Ger- programs”, adds Peter Armborst, shipments. “RailSolutions is in- many.” the responsible customer repre- creasingly gaining importance, sentative at DB Intermodal, in especially in light of rising costs In October of last year the port describing the offered service. for shipping goods by truck and of Vlissingen was also optimally “These factors make the train high CO2 emissions”, states Arm- linked to the European railway system a genuine alternative to borst with certainty. M network with the inauguration road transport.” of the new “Sloelinie” rail line The Rail Solutions network (please see Railways 5/2008, The new train was solely de- page 25). Additional projects signed for BMW and compli- planned there include the con- ments the system offer that the struction of the Westerschelde automobile manufacturer has and Verbrugge container termi- been using for over one year to Hamburg nals “The completion of these transport supplier parts needed terminals would provide the for making cars. Up until now Bremen infrastructure conditions needed Rail Solutions linked about 75 Hannover for new transports”, notes Hu- suppliers located in northwest- izinga. “However, the necessary ern Germany with BMW facto- Osnabrück decisions haven‘t been made ries in Bavaria every day. “This yet.” But new projects are not represented about 70,000 tons only planned for seaports. New per year we handled via the in- projects are also foreseen for the novative train system per year seaport hinterland areas. These for BMW”, advises Armborst. Frankfurt include the reactivation of the “The new train will carry an historic Mönchengladbach-Ant- additional 40,000 tons from Nürnberg werp line – the so-called “Iron the area around Hanover. This Regensburg Rhine” – and the expansion of is the reason why we also in- domestic terminals to further op- creased the existing contingent Karlsruhe Landshut timize the seaport‘s throughput of railcars by approximately 30 and outflow capacities. M percent.”

Railways Issue 1/09 29 Technology & Trends

Deutsche Bahn tests 1.000 meter-long freight train

Longer freight trains History was made in November 2008 when a one-kilometer long freight train traveled should increase transport capacities in rail from Oberhausen to Rotterdam for the first time ever. The successful test run represented freight transport one solution towards increasing the efficiency of rail freight transport.

he demonstration of techni- 835 meters-long trains between prerequisites for long freight Tcal feasibility was organized Hamburg and Denmark already trains. “Longer freight trains not by Deutsche Bahn in collabora- took place last spring. only enhance the productivity tion with KeyRail, a Dutch in- of rail usage, they also create frastructure operator. For the Expanding capacities room for additional trains. This first time ever, one-kilometer competitive advantage will help long freight trains were tested “Rail freight transport has a fu- to master the forecast increase on the Betuwe Line between ture because it is climate-friend- in transport services and shift Oberhausen and Rotterdam. The ly. The goal now is to sensibly more shipments over to environ- GZ1000 Project is supported by expand capacities to enhance mentally friendly rail transport”, the Federal Ministry of Econom- the performance of rail lines, and notes Dr. Klaus Kremper, CEO ics and Technology as Germany to do so on a cross-border basis, of DB Schenker Rail. “Longer has a national interest in increas- in other words, internationally”, trains will enable us to use the ing the capacity of the existing states Dr. Lutz Bücken, General limited network capacities at rail network to reduce bottle- Representative Integrated Sys- critical points more efficiently. necks in hinterland transports tems Rail, in explaining the aims To achieve this the infrastructure from seaports, for example. of the GZ 1000 project. “We’re will have to be correspondingly managing the research project expanded, including extending The project will examine the from within the DB Group be- the length of passing loops as technical, operational and com- cause it impacts both infrastruc- well as modifying the command mercial feasibility of 1,000- ture and operational aspects and control technology”, com- meter freight trains. The purpose equally.” ments Oliver Kraft, member of of the test runs is to gain practi- the Management Board of DB cal experience and know-how The Betuwe Line is the first Netz AG responsible for Opera- in operating long freight trains. Dutch rail line that is exclusively tions. M DB’s operations are currently reserved for freight transports. configured for trains up to 750 As the hinterland connection for meters long. A successful test of Dutch seaports it offers ideal

30 Railways Issue 1/09 Order processing 2.0

The order management group at the CustomerServiceCenter has been using a new software tool since the end of September that automatically searches for and updates existing datasets as soon as new transport orders are entered into the system. The introduction of this new self-learning system allows the business unit DB Schenker Rail to optimize its entire order management system.

he new software tool now search engine and also independ- velopment of our order manage- Tmakes it possible to handle ently prepares a central library ment related processes and pro- incoming transport orders more where the newly entered data is efficiently, and at the same time recorded. minimise administrative ex- penses. “Along with the reduced Faster data capturing workload for our employees, we also achieve a notable improve- Today, when the members of the ment in quality that ultimately order management team at the benefits our customers”, explains CustomerServiceCenter enter Rainer Wilke, Head of Business a full order they first complete Processes and Information a form and then give the ZAB Systems at DB Schenker Rail search engine the command to Deutschland AG . find a matching dataset. After this has been found and called The CustomerServiceCenter up by the user it only has to be processes about 200,000 trans- amended with the few variable port orders every month, which items of information. are received as either telefaxs, e-mails, or via the Internet, as In the event that the ZAB in- well as Electronic Data Inter- ternal library does not contain change (EDI). Up until recently matching data then the new data approximately every fifth telefax can be directly recorded in the order had to be tediously en- ZAB library after it has been ful- cedures, as well as managing the Simone Oelschläger and tered, by hand, block-by-block, ly entered. Every full order that flow of data and goods”, is how Daniel Polanec from the CustomerServiceCenter into the central order processing is entered increases the number Wilke summarizes the benefits. are pleased with the system (ZAB) by members of the of datasets and at the same time “In addition, it also supports us new, user-friendly soft- order management team. This increases the probability of the in providing our customers maxi- ware solution time-consuming work step has search engine finding a match. mum reliability and transparency become a thing of the past since from their first inquiry to the fi- the arrival of the new software “The new software solution is an nal delivery of their goods.” M tool. The ZAB now has its own important step in the further de-

The DB Schenker Rail CustomerServiceCenter

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