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EDITORIAL 04 / 19 Editorial Dear Readers, As Europe’s largest freight operating company, we are always in the public eye, but lately we have attracted even more attention than usual. For starters, cold temperatures do not exactly make our job easier as we tackle the daily challenge of moving 3,000 trains and many thousands of freight wagons safely and on time across our 33,500 km-long rail network. In this edition, we would like to show you the work we put into having as few delays and cancellations as possible even when ice and snow cover the ground. Additionally, the Strong Rail strategy is challenging us to redouble our efforts to increase the volume of freight transported by rail in future. At the same time, this strategy gives us an opportunity to show the enormous potential the railway has as the most environmentally friendly mode of transport. In this edition, you can read about why our customers choose DB Cargo’s sustainable transport options. I hope you enjoy reading our magazine. Yours, Pierre Timmermans Board Member for Sales and Marketing, DB Cargo AG 02 04 / 19 EDITORIAL _ The 750 points at the classification yard in the German town of Maschen have to work relia- bly in winter, too. 03 CONTENT 04 / 19 02 Editorial 04 Content 06 News _ Snowy winters are becoming less common, but DB Cargo is already prepared. 04 04 / 19 CONTENT TRANSPORT & SUSTAINABILITY 34 Strong Rail gets a boost Deutsche Bahn sets specific targets for the climate. _ DB Cargo has already deployed 40 100 Vectron DB Cargo is greener than ever locomotives, which are environmen- The company’s eco products are making tally friendly and freight transport on the rails more can travel inter- sustainable than ever. nationally. 42 Audi shows the way DB Cargo Logistics transports goods for the FOCUS car manufacturer with zero CO2 emissions. 08 29 43 Winter in July? New hub in Cervignano Flexible operation for Opel While others are still complaining about the The formation of a new railway hub in Supplier parts from the French region of heat, Markus Schubert is already thinking Italy creates a third link through the Alps Alsace are shipped by overnight rail to the about ice and snow. to Germany. German city of Eisenach. 17 30 44 A well-oiled machine Flexible transport all the way Partnership on the rails November is winter inspection time for to Porcari Large-scale precast concrete parts from freight locomotives and wagons. Tuscany is closer than ever thanks to a Max Bögl are transported to the Czech project undertaken in cooperation with Republic by freight train. 20 TRANSWAGGON Italia. Well planned 46 Board Member for Production Marek Rosneft chooses BTT Staszek explains what the most important The Russian mineral oil group has chosen things are to consider in winter. INNOVATIONS & SOLUTIONS DB Cargo BTT to serve as its logistics service-provider for the company’s 22 32 market launch. Well suplied “This project is at the top DB Cargo BTT transports significantly more of the stack” liquefied petroleum gas on behalf of its DB Cargo is taking giant steps to 50 customer NGT in the wintertime. close an HR gap with the innovative Just what is the job of... programme ZuQ. ...a driver at the Bremen Auto Terminal? 51 CUSTOMERS & MARKETS Looking ahead and publishing details 26 Multi-modal, safe and efficient DB Cargo Logistics transports pressed parts from Germany to Hungary, protecting NEWSLETTER Our customer magazine them from almost any kind of weather. Visit our website and took home gold at the FOX subscribe to our AWARDS in the category newsletter: “Transport and Logistics – www.dbcargo.com/newsletteranmeldung external communications”. 05 NEWS 04 / 19 NEW BOSS Sigrid Nikutta to lead DB Cargo Dr Sigrid Nikutta, currently the CEO of Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), the largest local public transport company in Germany, will join the Management Board of Deutsche Bahn AG as the first Board Member for Freight Transport on 1 January 2020. Nikutta, 50, will also become Chairwoman of the Management Board and CEO of DB Cargo AG, based in Mainz. RAILWAYS NEWS Previously employed by DB Cargo from 2001 to 2010, Nikutta, who holds a doctorate in psychology, managed block train transport and served as a member of the Management Board at DB Schenker Rail Polska. In response to Nikutta’s appointment, Michael Odenwald, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bahn AG, said, “There is a great deal of work to do in rail freight to achieve the company’s ambitious goals. Thanks to the organisational restruc- turing, Ms Nikutta will have the leeway she _ Dr Sigrid Nikutta is leaving BVG in Berlin needs to make decisions.” • to join the management boards at Deutsche Bahn and DB Cargo. 06 04 / 19 NEWS INGOLSTADT DIVERSITY EVERY DAY Audi: DB Cargo New initiative launched: enables flexible “Einziganders” production In the automotive industry, flexible logistics concepts are critically important. That is why Audi relies on DB Cargo Logistics to provide its transport solutions. Since the begin- ning of the year, production of the Audi A3 Saloon has been split between Audi’s main factory in the German city of Ingolstadt and its plant _ Benedikt Seitz, a in the Hungarian city of Győr, which DB Cargo employee had previously been manufacturing in the German city of Regensburg, the A3 from start to finish. To make takes a picture of this collaboration possible, DB Cargo his colleagues for Logistics transports car bodies from the “Einziganders” Győr to Ingolstadt, where they are initiative. painted and assembled. “We are deeply integrated into Audi’s value DB Cargo has created a new chain,” says Michael Gaschütz, Head German word – Einziganders of Sales & Operations Centre – which translates roughly Components at DB Cargo Logistics. as “uniquely different” to highlight the company’s At peak times, five trains run in each diversity: myriad languages, direction every day, carrying the identities and religions; equivalent of some 200 lorryloads teams with members both of freight. DB Cargo Logistics has young and old; and women implemented a reliable, sustainable in what were once consid- transport model in its high-frequency ered male professions. All of these people bring their network, which applies new loading different perspectives, values and skills to the table. requirements to accelerate the entire process and ensures precision delivery While diversity may be an everyday experience at to Audi’s assembly lines. “Trains are DB Cargo, it is still worth putting it in the spotlight. scheduled to arrive in Ingolstadt To raise awareness, we celebrated our Diversity Week in about every four and a half hours, November. A new locomotive sporting an “Einziganders” which ensures car bodies are readily livery also marked the occasion and will be an eye-catching available in the plant receiving the sight on its future travels. shipments,” says Gaschütz. Deutsche Bahn has been transporting freight At DB Cargo, we strongly believe that our diversity helps from Győr to Ingolstadt for the Audi to improve our customer centricity. This is because, in plant network since the 1990s. • a diverse environment, we develop new products from different perspectives and bridge the gap between tradition and innovation by passing knowledge from one generation to the next. In the next edition of railways, published in the spring of 2020, we will take a more in-depth look at this topic. • _ The Audi Forum at the company’s main plant in Ingolstadt. 07 FOCUS 04 / 19 Winter in July? 1 December marks the first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere – at least for meteoro logists. But for Deutsche Bahn and DB Cargo, winter begins long before the first icy day. 08 04 / 19 FOCUS _ White winters are becoming less common. There are now fewer days with more than 15 centimetres of snow. But that doesn’t ease Deutsche Bahn’s workload, as cold snaps can still happen at any time. 09 FOCUS 04 / 19 _ DB Cargo’s full-coverage maintenance network ensures that vehicles are at the ready in 13 countries in Europe. 10 04 / 19 FOCUS ce in July usually comes in a and snow – is such a demanding task. glass. When you’ve got an It’s also why employees need to be ice-cold drink in your hand trained, on-call schedules prepared, and flip-flops on your feet, contracts signed with external service winter is usually far from providers, and all equipment checked your mind. At Deutsche from top to bottom starting about six Bahn, however, a team of months in advance. forestry workers, geologists, engineers Iand experienced rail employees are “We start in the summer by servicing already hard at work on plans for the vehicles and technical equipment,” colder months. Schubert says. “Before the first snow- fall, we also prune any trees and Mr Winter branches along the railway network that would likely fall onto overhead Leading the way is Markus Schubert. lines and tracks under the weight of As a track maintenance specialist at snow.” The engineer is quick to stress Deutsche Bahn, he is responsible for that all work complies with the strict everything needed to keep the train provisions of environmental and con- service reliable – for freight and servation requirements. Trees at risk passengers alike. After all, everyone of falling down in the clearance zone uses the same nationwide rail network, (six metres from the centre of the which has grown to some 33,500 kilo- track) are identified by experts in metres and is one of Europe’s busiest. March and then systematically That’s why keeping traffic running on removed.