Railways No 3 | June 2008 Informations Around the Rail Logistics
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Railways No 3 | June 2008 Informations around the rail logistics Dow und DB Schenker: The right chemistry Focus on DB Intermodal International The easy way Trans-Eurasia Express Györ celebrates to load lumber is gaining momentum 15,000 train runs „Dow uses DB Schenker for almost all of its rail-based logistical activities in Europe“ Dr. Klaus Kremper 2 Railways Ausgabe 2/08 Editorial Dr. Klaus Kremper CEO Railion Deutschland AG Dear Reader, Rail freight transport is on the advance. We Netze and the Timber Marketing Service (Holz- were able to transport more freight than marktservice - HMS). Plans call for 60,000 tons ever before for the third year in a row, and in of timber to be transferred to rail in Mosbach- 2007 we once again increased our transport Neckarelz every year. This will spare local performance, revenues and profits. Naturally, residents the burdens of numerous truckloads we were assisted by favorable economic con- passing through their towns. ditions. Demand for rail transport is greater than ever, especially in the classical bulk goods The fact that favorable economic conditions sectors like chemical products and mining, can also cause problems for the transport for example. We have been working together and logistics industry is reflected by seaport successfully on the basis of mutual trust with hinterland transports, which have been rising many customers in these areas for decades – for years: While container transshipments at for example, with Dow Chemicals. The globally the docks are humming, there is a clear lack of active corporation uses DB Schenker for almost additional transshipment facilities in the sea- all of its rail-based logistics activities in Europe. ports and freight yards. In order to ease this You can read more on this in the title story situation, DB Intermodal Services GmbH – pre- starting on page 8. viously known as BTS Kombiwaggon – has de- veloped a new concept: container depots. This But we’re expanding not only our international concept makes containers available for use business activities. There is still a lot of poten- sooner. Plans call for the offer to be expanded tial to be realized in domestic rail transport in in the near future by the addition of direct Germany as well – especially at regional levels. shuttle connections to central satellite termi- One example of this is described in the article nals. You can read more on this on page 24. on page 18 about the Mosbach-Neckarelz freight yard that’s located in the Heilbronn– Sincerly yours, Heidelberg–Würzburg triangle. The freight loading facilities, which had been decommis- sioned for years, were successfully reactivated just recently by Nieten Fracht Logistik, a DB Schenker subsidiary, in cooperation with DB Dr. Klaus Kremper Railways Issue 3/08 3 Content 14 Interview 08 DB Schenker and Dow: The Right Chemistry 20 ATG wins Toyota Logistics Award 03 Editorial Title Focus on 08 DB Schenker and Dow: 16 Baltic success – The Sassnitz- The right chemistry Mukran ferry harbor located 04 Content on Rügen Island is an impor- For over thirty years the Dow Che- Imprint tant interface in rail freight mical Company, one of the world‘s largest chemical firms, has placed its transport between Germany confidence in DB Schenker for its rail- and Russia.. Spectrum based logistics activities in Europe. 06 New „Viking trains“ The good relationship was again 18 The easy way to load lumber for Volvo visible in April when Dow prolonged its contract for on-site marshaling 19 A tradition services and other logistical services 07 DB Schenker wins award as of transporting waste at the Dow location in Stade in Lower best provider of logistical Saxony until 2010. DB Schenker has been transporting services municipal waste via environmentally friendly train transport for more Michael Anslinger 12 New containers for BTT than 25 years from the entire eastern appointed board member for Bavarian region to the waste disposal finance and controlling 13 The Bavarian chemistry power plant in Schwandorf in Bavaria. triangle – a region set for The long years of good cooperation growth with the Schwandorf Waste Usage Association (Zweckverband Müllver- wertung Schwandorf ZMS) has been 14 Interview expanded. „We have every reason to be happy“ 20 ATG wins Railways interview Dr. Klaus Kremper, Toyota logistics award Chairman of the Management Board of Railion Deutschland AG. 21 IFAT 2008 – Demand for Innovation Railways Issue 3/08 27 Borderless rail traffic 26 A good combination 28 Györ celebrates 15.000th train trip Technology & Trends Partner: DB Intermodal 28 Györ celebrates 22 Deutsche Bahn 24 New storage concept for 1.000th train trip glides quietly along seaport hinterland transports 29 TransRussia: 23 DB Schenker at a glance 25 Trans-Eurasia Express Strong together gets under way As of May 1st the new DB Schenker brand is also present in the Internet at www.dbschenker.com where Special Deutsche Bahn now presents infor- International 30 Augsburg Local Railway: mation on the offers, products and 26 Kombi Dan A/S: A Bavarian network operator services available from the Transport A good combination with a long tradition and Logistics division. 27 Borderless rail traffic between Germany and Poland Imprint Published by: Railion Deutschland AG Responsible for content: Dr. Jörg Hilker, Leiter Regionalvertrieb/Marketing Rail, Annette Struth Editorial work: Railion Deutschland AG, Marketing Rail, Eva Leonhardt Rheinstraße 2, 116 Mainz, phone: +9 (0)6131 1-60196, fax: +9 (0)6131 1-61060 email: [email protected], internet: www.railion.com Editorial and technical realisation: Trimedia Communications Deutschland GmbH, Hanauer Landstraße 17–179, 6031 Frankfurt am Main Title page: Getty images Copyright: © by Railion Deutschland AG All rights reserved. In particular distribution rights, reprinting of text and images, translation into other languages, and any reproduction, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording on microfilm, and transmission by radio and television for all published articles, including all images. Railways Issue 3/08 Spectrum New „Viking Trains“ for Volvo „Viking Rail“ is the name of a DB Schenker‘s new shuttle concept that will operate between Germany and Sweden starting this fall and will shift new automobile routes for Volvo off the road and on to the rails. In comparison to previous truck transports, the new rail concept will cut travel time by eleven hours. lans it is possible to shift the goods lion Scandinavia – a joint venture Pcall for on to trucks for further transport between DB Schenker and Green five trains without having to repack them. Cargo, a Swedish railway (see to carry au- Railways 2/2008, page 6) – is re- tomotive parts A rail transport system specially sponsible for the production of the from terminals for the automotive industry transports between Hanover and in Kornwestheim Göteborg via Denmark. In the near and Hanover to the Volvo The trains are over 600 meters future it is planned that Frankfurt factory in Göteborg every long and have a load capacity of am Main, Ingolstadt and Wupper- week, and for five additional trains 1,400 tons. The individual Volvo tal will be integrated into the train to run in the opposite direction. suppliers organize truck deliveries system. The switch over to rail Mega-trailers will be used for the to the transshipment stations. from trucks effects 30 to 40 per- transports, which will be loaded The transports take place within cent of the total volume of freight on to specially designed model the „Automotive RailNet“ system, that Volvo transports between Sdggmrss pocket cars. Mega-trailer a rail transport system designed Germany and Sweden. M can be transported via rail or road to meet the special needs of the and thus offer Volvo high levels of automotive industry. In addition flexibility and procurement safe- to conventional single car trans- ty. For example, in the event of a ports, the system links European transport disturbance on the rails automotive centers together. Rai- Photo: Aker Yards A shipyard turns to the railway: To ensure supplies of steel plate by train, Aker Yards Germany, a shipyard in Warnemünde, reactivated its old rail siding. Just in this year alone DB Schenker will transport approximately 12,000 tons of sheet metal via single car transport to Warnemünde, particularly from the plant of Ilsenburg Grobblech, one of the shipyard‘s main suppliers. Rail transport offers Aker Yards and the plating plant benefits as it can be superbly integrated into the produc- tion processes. Furthermore, thanks to the new transports, Schenker can ideally integrate the new Warnemünde freight terminal into the existing service concept. 6 Railways Issue 3/08 Photo: CLAAS DB Schenker named best logistics supplier or the fourth time, CLAAS and logistics concepts for CLAAS. metric tons for the agricultural FKGaA mbH has granted dis- Karsten Sachsenröder, Head of the machinery manufacturer – inclu- tinction to its best suppliers for Construction Materials, Industrial ding 83 block trains. That meant their services. This year, the and Consumer Goods market unit that every other CLAAS machine Oscar in the „Logistics“ category at Railion Deutschland AG, is plea- reached the customer by rail. The went to DB Schenker. With this sed at the distinction: „This award basis for the rail transports is a award, CLAAS acknowledged acknowledges our special market cleverly designed logistics concept the excellent cooperation in rail knowledge in organizing complex that ensures seamless connections freight transport that has existed rail transports across national bor- between the German locations between the two companies for ders.“ and the markets in the European 40 years. The award ceremony Union and Russia. Along with Rai- was held on March 6 in Le Mans, Cooperation between Deutsche lion Deutschland AG, the logistical France, where CLAAS operates a Bahn and CLAAS began with the partners along the transport chain tractor plant.