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Service & quality DB Schenker Rail is shifting focus – on being closer to its customers, on greater efficiency and greater punctuality Page 08 Heavier, higher, further As the athletes gear up for the Olympics in London, we have already finished our preparations for the summer games, having taken some 4,000 goods wagons to the venues in and around London carrying a total of around three million tonnes of construction materials.

That’s why we alter the Olympic motto slightly, changing it to higher, further, heavier – then the sporting creed can apply to us here at DB Schenker Rail, too.

We have gone higher, 1,370 metres above sea level to be exact, over the Brenner, the two reasons for which are illustrated by a large infographic in this issue of railways. And we want to take our customers further, by optimising our processes and increasing quality and service throughout the entire line. You can find out more in the Focus section from page 8 onwards.

I wish you an exciting read! A passion for steel

very coil is different, and each one platforms in the shed. In general, four Best regards, has not only a number, but also a freight trains are loaded with the heavy E story,” says Anton Blaj. The 54- semi-finished product each day, which year-old loadmaster at the state-of-the-art ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe supplies to continuous casting and rolling plant oper- the automotive, electronics and construc- ated by ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe in tion industries for further processing. Last Duisburg-Bruckhausen has a passion for summer saw the plant, which was opened Axel Marschall steel, especially for flat steel rolled onto a in 1999, produce its 20 millionth tonne. huge coil. “Our crane here can lift 45 “When production is running at full Member of the Management Board tonnes, but out of consideration for our speed,” Anton Blaj explains with a touch DB Schenker Rail customers’ cranes, our coils weigh of pride, “our daily output here is 6,800

between 22 and a maximum of 36 tonnes.” tonnes.” ok AG Hartmann/ Michael Neuhaus; Kai / Photos: kombinatrotweiss.de c/o Nils Kasiske illustration: Cover 26 special goods wagons fit the two loading 02 | Railways Railways | 03 04 customers, greater ongreaterand efficiency punctuality DB Schenker Rail isshiftingfocus –onbeing closer toits Contents 43 42 06 02 | Railways & Imprint Save theDate On theMove News Heavyweight and quality Cover story: Service theRussianbroad gauge for portal long-range rail on hasmadeanamefor itselfasthewestern The DBSchenker Logistics cargo hub 30 Europe andeven gets theQueenmoving Greatever Britain closer tocontinental DBSchenker RailUKisbringing Island solutions 28 Cleanengines for Chemelot from Amsterdam – 27 chipsandbrains bogies with Biofuel for Castile – Intelligent – Container shuttletoSeville News from Transfesa 26 InnsbruckandBolzano thissummer closure ofthemountainlinebetween providinginformation onthesix-week Base Tunnel inalarge infographic, railways illustrates thefuture Brenner Up andunder 20 Rail’s European network litanregion more closelyintoDBSchenker theFrench capitalandtheParis metropo- Anotherrail logistics centre integrates 19 network,created in2010 isnow alsousingtheEuro Cargo Rail Duisburg’s TSTG Technik Schienen Single wagons seamlessly through France 18 hasbeenextended byayear RailExpress North from OslotoNarvik thecontract InScandinavia, for the 16 Company &People

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RotteRDAM/tHe netHeRLAnDs It’s ALL UnDeR one RooF MÄRKIsCH-LInDen/GeRMAnY DB Schenker Rail Nederland’s National Operations Center (NOC) opened in Kijfhoek near Rotterdam in January. It houses the custom- tAIL WInD FoR FReIGHt tRAIns er service centre as well as administration and dispatch all under one DB wants to increase the proportion of renewable energy in its “rail- roof, whereas they had previously been spread across several sites way power mix” from around 22 per cent to at least 35 per cent by throughout the country. At the same time, a team structure has 2020. Since March 2010, 20 wind turbines in Märkisch-Linden in been introduced, which is geared towards customer industries. The Brandenburg have been delivering green electricity exclusively for aim is to improve customer services with, for example, more pro- the Deutsche Bahn, with a further 13 windmills turning in Treuen- active communication, better coordination of the parties involved brietzen (Brandenburg) and, since November 2011, in Elsdorf and shorter reaction times. The foundation of the NOC contributes to (Lower Saxony). Together, these plants can produce around 104 the unification of the structures of the various national DB Schenker gigawatt hours, saving 51,000 tonnes of CO each year. Industrial Rail companies and meets the requirements of the EUROM quality 2 climbers are employed to maintain them, for example checking the offensive (see also page 14). dv exterior of the head for tears and damage. The photo shows two ex- perts with a head for heights working 85 metres up on a DB wind tur- bine in Märkisch-Linden. ok

DÜsseLDoRF/GeRMAnY WIne BY tRAIn DB Schenker Rail is extending its commitment to wine logistics. The company has presented transport solu- tions from export countries Spain, and France at the ProWein trade fair in Düsseldorf for the first time – working in partnership with the DB Schenker Logistics Märkisch-Linden Vine & Beverage specialist division. Throughout Eur- ope, customers can make use of individual transport lo- Rotterdam gistics services: for example, bottled wine can be tran- shipped in the southern railports and sent by rail for the long journey to Germany – or even Russia or the UK. This provides the industry with a climate-friendly and reliable alternative. ok Düsseldorf Bonn Poprad Contact: Rolf Straub, Telephone: +49 (0)7731 887 480 [email protected] PoPRAD/sLoVAKIA neW WeIGHtLIFteRs FoR tHe steeL InDUstRY Paul Langrock/Deutsche Bahn AG Bahn Langrock/Deutsche Paul This year, DB Schenker Rail is buying 250 new freight Bonn/GeRMAnY wagons for the heaviest loads. The six-axle Samms-type sUPPoRt FoR wagons will primarily be used for the German steel industry PRIVAte PLAtFoRM LInKs to carry steel slabs and rods. Unlike the older wagons of this type, the new additions can carry heavier loads, namely Companies that invest in a new private platform link can apply for public subsidies from the Fed- 105 tonnes instead of just 89 tonnes – at least on lines that eral Railways Bureau. Support is also available for the extension of existing platforms and the re- are suitable for high axle loads of more than 22 tonnes. The commissioning of mothballed platform links. The prerequisite is that with purely private industry investment is part of DB Schenker Rail’s modernisation financing, the platform link would not be economical. The building works must not have started strategy. The new wagons, which have a load length of 15 when the application is submitted and the support contribution must exceed a minimum metres and a load width of 3.09 metres, are built by Tatra- threshold of €15,000. All measures must be associated with anticipated actual and sustainable vagonka in Poprad, Slovakia. ok handling of freight transport by rail, which would not occur without the platform link. The appli- cant must provide evidence of the expected traffic levels. The Federal Railways Bureau (Eisen- bahn-Bundesamt, Vorgebirgstraße 49, 53119 Bonn, Germany) offers free advice to interested companies. Further information can be found at www.gleisanschluss.info. Left: A historic adver-

tising poster for private platform links from 1960. ok ; Museum Tillmann/DB Düsseldorf/Constanze PR; Messe Photos:

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setting the course for the future More satisfied customers, sustainable economics: these are just two of the aims that DB Schenker Rail has set itself for the coming year

ail freight transport is and remains a nomy for the long term. Customers will benefit from growth market. Ongoing globalisation this in a number of ways: R with growing transport distances, as well as huge trends such as climate change, sustainabi- • Strict transport plans make it possible to plan lity and the continuing increases in crude oil prices, dispatch, running and reception times better and are raising the competitiveness of the environmen- to make them more reliable. tally friendly and largely electric railways. Between • The ordering process with online support will 2003 and 2011, rail transport’s market share of the be more transparent and will allow rapid and proac- German freight transport market rose from 15.7 to tive information in the event of any problems. 17.6 per cent according to the Federal Bureau of • It will be possible to book transport capacity Statistics. earlier than is currently offered. DB Schenker Rail (DBSR), as German and Europe- • Wagon availability will be increased thanks to an market leader, increased its transport perfor- faster wagon turnarounds. mance in 2011 – compared with the crisis year 2009 – by almost 20 per cent (see table). However, despi- The essential requirement for stable planning te growing traffic volumes and greater utilisation, and implementation is a new, IT-based capacity DBSR is still not into the black in its core market in management system. Using this, it will be possible Germany and remains behind its self-imposed tar- to check whether there is sufficient capacity availa- gets regarding quality. ble for the consignment booked during the booking With this in mind, DB Schenker Rail is now setting process – and also to check what alternatives may its course for the future – and also its customers’ be possible. DB Schenker Rail will provide its cu- BIRD’S EYE VIEW: interests. Staying loyal to its own motto, “First stomers with active support to adapt their software Rail freight transport, together with other choice for rail network solutions in Europe”, the to accommodate the new processes. transport media, forms company has begun optimising quality and service, a powerful web. More the expansion of the European network and its su- Read more: than ever before, it is stainability. The measures it has developed are fo- in our special Service & Quality section from controlled by modern cused on the aim of putting rail freight transport in page 10 onwards. That’s where Alexander Hedde- IT systems, and trans- Germany on a sustainable economic footing, ma- rich, CEO of DB Schenker Rail, answers questions ports are becoming king it attractive for investment. posed by railways. We introduce EUROM on pages more efficient and more transparent for custo- With the new Netzwerkbahn business model, DB 14/15. After successful trials, our international pro- mers. Hamburg illus- Schenker Rail will be making a new start on produc- duction and transport management system will be trator Nils Kasiske has tion and sales, to increase quality, service and eco- rolled out across Europe by 2013. ok visualised the modern processes for railways, in this issue’s focus on service and quality up to page 15. Comparison of key performance figures for 2009 and 2011

DB schenker Rail 2009 2011 Difference

Transport performance (Million ton kilometres) 93,948 111,980 + 19.2% Trains per day 4,739 5,261 + 11.0% Load per train (tonnes) 484 513.6 + 6.1% Average transport distance (km) 275,5 272 - 1.3%

Source: DB Mobility Logistics AG, Data & Facts 2010 and 2011

08 | Railways Railways | 09 CoVeR stoRY our claim for 2012: greater reliability and quality Alexander Hedderich, CEO of DB Schenker Rail, speaks to railways.

Mr Hedderich, “Europe’s best choice for transport vidual transport plan, which is binding for both solutions on the rails” – this is DB Schenker Rail’s claim DB Schenker Rail and the customer. To ensure that and the aim. What’s in it for your customers? we can rely on this transport plan, consignments Alexander Hedderich: That they take centre stage One of DB Schenker Rail’s most significant plans is the will be dispatched across the network in strict com- and that they get the quality of service they expect new Network Railway business model. What does it pliance to it. A reliable incident management sy- from us. We would like to provide a strong range entail? stem will be introduced to deal with any failures of products from a single point of contact DB Schenker Rail is working on a number of build- that may occur. We maintain a close exchange with throughout Europe. That’s why we consistently ing blocks in order to improve its quality and ser- our customers to enable us to react flexibly and pursue our objective of becoming the first real vice. One of the most important areas is the close to the markets. European goods railway, turning a European patch- modernisation and optimisation of our business work into a European network. We also want to model in Germany. We made a start on this com- Have you already had any responses from customers? invest in this business in the future, for example prehensive plan back in 2010 and the model should How will you convince your customers of the new busi- in new goods wagons. And we’d like to support be completely in place by 2015. Our aim is to react ness model? our customers in improving their ecological foot- promptly to the growing demands of the market: The most important prerequisite is the willingness print by providing the most environmentally with this new structure, we will link together the on part of our customers to accompany us on this friendly means of transport. production systems for single wagon and block path to more quality and reliability. To this end, train traffic that exist parallel to each other today. we have initiated dialogue with first customers. What individual aspects are you looking to improve? Transmission streams are bundled into one inte- Over the next few months, these talks will be in- Let’s take international transport. In the past, grated network and carried out following a strin- tensified and extended to all of our customers. We wagons disappeared into a “black hole” once they gent plan. With the introduction of a new capacity will also provide our customers with the best pos- crossed the border. Because foreign rail companies management and booking system, we can give our sible support for the adjustments that are needed. took over responsibility and efficient tracking and business the push it desperately needs, enabling tracing simply didn’t exist, we were often unable us to be more reliable and to improve the transport Are there any role models that the new DB Schenker Rail to fully keep track of the routes. We have set up a planning for our customers. business model can draw on? new European production and transport manage- Yes, the North American goods railways intro- ment system (EUROM). This means that there is To what extent will your customers benefit from the new duced a similar business model some 10–15 years now a central entity that can manage and monitor business model? ago and it is running exceptionally well. transports over their entire route. It enables us to We have opted for the Network Railway concept, improve the quality and create greater transpar- because we are convinced of the benefits for the When and how will the “Network Railway” begin? ency for our customers as well as take on respon- customer. Our customers will be able to plan ahead A change like this needs to be well-prepared, which sibility from origin to destination across national with us: after booking, and once capacity has been is why the new business model will only be intro- borders. checked, each consignment is allocated an indi- duced on a gradual scale. We will include our cus- tomers and staff in this process to ensure that they are actively involved. We will inform all our cus- tomers of our plans at individual meetings – we already made a start on this last year. It’s also an important learning process for us; we take objec- tions into account and work together to achieve “Our aim is to solutions that are acceptable on both sides. Then react promptly to in the autumn, we’ll be taking the first practical steps towards booking and capacity management. the growing demands With this planned run-up, we will allow space for of the market” the necessary IT and process implementation

ALexAnDeR HeDDeRICH

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ALexAnDeR HeDDeRICH was born in 1965 in Wetzlar, studied economics in Gießen and worked as a research assistant in the department headed by the well-known transport scientist Gerd Aberle until he obtained his doctorate in 1996. After an interlude with a Düsseldorf-based corporate consultancy, he joined Deutsche Bahn in 1999. From 2004, Hedderich was re- sponsible for the group’s development at the DB head offices in Berlin before moving to DB Schenker Rail in Mainz as developments, and the majority of transports will chairman in September 2009. then be switched over in 2014.

Will you be pursuing your commitment to Xrail for inter- national single wagon transport? With the network railways, we are developing the single wagon transport model for the future. We What are the prospects for 2012? were on the defensive for years before taking action The start of the year has still been relatively weak, with the international Xrail initiative. Together but we expect to see a noticeable improvement in with our partner rail companies, we will not only the economy in the second quarter. Above all, we retain single wagon transport, but continuously will be finishing off our homework in 2012, such improve it in the long term, for example with track- as improving our freight wagon management. We ing and tracing and contractual arrival times. will be looking at how we can optimise transport using business concepts. To do so, we will be talk- The German DB Schenker Rail company showed low ing to our customers; we already have a number of profits in 2011, despite growth in traffic volumes. solutions that we’d like to put forward. Rail freight The European structure of our business has stood transport is a growth market that is set to increase its ground; DB Schenker Rail is in the black and by some 35 per cent by 2020. We want to be part was able to improve results. In view of the increase of this development. Our aim is to be the best rail in transport performance and turnover in the first freight company in Europe for our customers. half of 2011 in Germany, we expected to be back to pre-crisis levels here, too. Because of the clear eco- nomic downturn in the second half of the year, this did not take place. Furthermore, there are struc- tural reasons on the expenditure side, such as for “We will be finishing our maintenance on goods wagons due to the stricter maintenance regime after the accident in off our homework in Viareggio. In addition to this, the 2009 crisis has 2012, for example left us with high levels of wagon damage and a backlog of repair work that we had to fit into 2011. improving our wagon Secondly, we have seen a climb in our factoring management” costs such as railway electricity or personnel to an extent that we were unable to cover them with ALexAnDeR HeDDeRICH price rises or higher business productivity. Max Lautenschläger/Deutsche Bahn AG Bahn Max Lautenschläger/Deutsche Photo:

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“EUROM also helps us to respond quickly and effectively to disruptions.”

AnGeLo BARBone european quantum leap EUROM makes decisive improvements to the quality of international transport. After successful trials, international production and transport management will now be rolled out across Europe.

p to now, the arrangement of cross- id having any trains at a standstill.” causes and new arrival predictions are vis- border rail freight transport has ible immediately, and EUROM can take Uoften been a complex task with Complete responsibility from action and inform the customer without many unknowns. “Many responsibilities, origin to destination any time delay. Finally, the EOC also pro- interfaces, differing processes and gaps in vides European quality assurance, which regulations have made the system non- The heart of EUROM is the European uses the information from TRACE to con- transparent and inflexible,” Thomas Strei- Operations Center (EOC). Split into indus- tinually improve production planning. cher and Stig Kyster-Hansen agree. “In try teams, it will manage all European trans- From now on, these structures will be future, EUROM will be a central body to port across all borders from Frankfurt am successively expanded. After intermodal control transports over the entire route – Main and Duisburg. “This means that the transport on the north-south axis has al- and make transport more punctual and previous relay system, in which responsi- ready been incorporated into the system, transparent for our customers.” bility for a transport operation was handed the automotive team will start work in May, Streicher, who is responsible for the ex- over at every international border, can be with the other industry trams and trans- tension of the pilot project, and Kyster- replaced,” explains Kyster-Hansen. “There port corridors to follow over the next few Hansen are closely associated with the new is now just one customer services contact months. The international production plat- processes. Since December, the EUROM for the entire trip, who has all the relevant form for the management of short-term processes have been put to the test in real information and complete responsibility transport will be launched in July. EUROM intermodal transports on the north-south for any given transport from origin to des- is set to be fully functional across all coun- axis between Denmark, the Netherlands, tination.” Short-term European transports try borders and industry sectors by 2013. Belgium and Italy. After five months, Kys- will also be coordinated in EUROM: an in- dv ter-Hansen rates the outcome as positive: ternational production platform has enab- Clear customer “We have already seen a sustained impro- led unified pre-checks to be carried out – vement in punctuality and arrival predic- standardised procedures that check the tions, des-pite the fact that the majority of availability of all the necessary resources benefits the struc-tures that EUROM will rely on across international borders well in ad- DB Schenker Rail is making rail freight transport fit for the future still need to be created,” says the manager. vance so that they can be firmly booked. with EUROM. Customers will benefit in a number of ways Customers who were involved in this pilot If it is to fulfil its tasks, EUROM needs, • Clear responsibilities project confirm this analysis: “EUROM above all, information. It acquires this in- • Europe-wide responsibility from origin to destination also helps us to respond quickly and effec- formation from the new IT system, “Train • Greater punctuality tively to disruptions,” says Angelo Barbone Control Europe” (TRACE), which shows • Information on the position of transports at any time • Reliable estimated times of arrival (ETA) of the Swiss intermodal operator Hupac. the position of every train on the entire Contact | Stig Kyster-Hansen • Rapid information and new arrangements in the event of disruptions “As a result, we were able to react prompt- European mainline networks for all the rail Telephone: +45 8830 0902

ly to the strikes in Italy last winter and avo- companies involved. Disruptions, their [email protected] private Photo:

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RIKSGRÄNSEN: This the name of the station to the north of the Arctic Circle, where the North Rail Express runs from Sweden into Norway NORTHWaRDS: shortly before In Oslo, containers reaching its destinati- and trailers are on in Narvik. loaded onto the train heading to Narvik (left and below).

RElaY: Seven engine drivers take the North Rail Express to Narvik; Ture Töryä drives the last leg.

SOUTHWaRDS: On the return journey, the refrigerated containers are loaded with freshly caught fish, primarily salmon.

Fisherman’s Friend The North Rail Express runs from Oslo to the Norwegian Arctic five times a week. The contract for the train has now been extended for a further year.

he wind whips snowflakes against the front ary 2011, Norway’s Schenker AS has been working than previously. The experience of the Arctic winter windscreen. Engine driver Ture Töryä squints with the Intermodal division of DB Schenker Rail and has enabled our staff in the Intermodal division and connoisseurs throughout Europe and the rest of the This eyes. Somewhere in the whirl of white, a the Swedish freight line Green Cargo to operate this DB Intermodal Services to extend maintenance for world. In the short northern summer, Ture Töryä has green or red dot will appear – the next signal. Töryä train, which supplies almost half a million people in rolling stock and improve spare parts supplies. Tem- a brief respite from his fight against snowflakes and and the 40 containers behind him have almost reached northern Norway with medicines, flowers, oranges peratures, which often fall below minus 40 degrees, the eternal darkness of the Arctic winter. On 21 June, their destination. He constantly needs to slow down and even cars. primarily affect wheelsets, meaning that they have to with the midnight sun’s rays on his face, his journey his train and its 1,600 tonnes of freight on this steep “At over 95 per cent, utilisation is so good that the be replaced frequently. to Narvik stays light, even at night, until August. downward section, because the line runs from the contract has been extended by a further year,” says Temperature-sensitive goods are protected by dv mountains down to Narvik, the permanently ice-free Ulrich Sontheim, Continental Accounts team leader state-of-the-art technology. On the inside, the contain- mineral port on the North Sea. The end of a business in the Intermodal division. “The experiences of the ers are divided into two chambers – their tempera- trip above the Arctic Circle at a latitude of 68 degrees last few months have been used to introduce a range tures can be controlled completely independently. If north. of measures to make the North Rail Express perform the heating or cooling systems should fail, an auto- Contact | Marie Schulz Telephone: +49 (0)30 297-54346 The longest continuous rail freight link in Europe even better and more reliably.” For instance, a second matic warning SMS is sent to the head office in Oslo, [email protected] is also one of the most extreme. The DB Schenker locomotive now ensures that the 520-metre-long con- enabling a repair to be arranged at the next stop. North Rail Express connects the Norwegian capital tainer train can be loaded with up to 1,600 tonnes – a Heating is generally superfluous on the return Oslo with Narvik in the far north of the country five capacity increase of up to 60 per cent. The Norwegians journey from Narvik to Oslo. On those journeys, the times a week. It’s a journey of almost 2,000 kilo- have also altered the timetable. The train now arrives North Rail Express mainly carries fish – cod, mack-

metres, running largely through Sweden. Since Janu- at its destination in less than 27 hours, an hour earlier KircherBurkhardt Photos: erel, herring, monkfish, and primarily salmon – for

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TSTG from Duisburg supplied the rails for the railway network on the other side of the Pyrnees.

laRGE ROllS: The paper industry has a particularly strong presence in single wagons the Île-de-France region. seamlessly through France new DB schenker Railport in Paris Since 2010, our neighbour country has been linked to Port Bou three times a week, the Atlantic Shuttle the German single wagon system. Using this connec- runs four times a week to Bayonne in France and Irun Another rail logistics centre now tonnes of goods transported along this corridor onto in northern Spain, five trains serve the greater Lyon allows DB Schenker Rail to offer its the railways with this new service and they are pre- tion, wagons and wagon groups are frequently sent area in eastern France, three go to Le Boulou in the pared and able to increase the number of trains per to a number of French destinations. south and three to Hagondange in Lorraine. Further customers rail-based logistics solu- week. shuttle trains head to Tergnier in northern France tions for paper and palletised goods “The Île de France region is one of the most impor- via Belgium. tant regions of France for the paper and printing in- uisburg-based TSTG Schienen Technik GmbH This one-stop international offering is made pos- around the French capital. dustry. With this DB Schenker Railport, we can offer & Co. KG supplied the rails for the expansion sible by cooperation with a range of international our clients a sustainable solution for transport from Dof the Spanish railway network last year. The partners and central support from the DB Schenker he new DB Schenker Railport in Suvilliers- their plants in Germany, Italy, Scandinavia and other DB Schenker Rail Mediterranean Shuttle runs to Port Rail customer service centre in Duisburg. Through Fosses has been in operation since 12 January. countries. In each location, we have ensured that we Bou on the French-Spanish border, where the rails are cooperation with Xpedys/SNCB, the link runs from T The location, around 30 kilometres north of work with established partners, who are familiar with transferred onto broad gauge wagons by Railport part- northern France via Belgium using the wagon group Paris, has excellent links to the public infrastructure; the demands of the paper industry,” says Andrew ner Cadefer and delivered promptly to the construc- system: alongside the Belgian state railway, other several shuttle trains each week connect it to the Euro- Kelly, Continental Pulp & Paper team leader at DB tion site. This facilitated just-in-time delivery of the partners such as the French rail freight company pean rail network. Schenker Rail. “Furthermore, we also have the abili- rails over a distance of 1,400 kilometres. “It was im- France, CFL cargo, the French subsidiary The new service, based on a traction concept with ty to serve other destinations in western France if portant for us to have a partner who could offer reli- of Luxembourg’s passenger railway, and Belgian the French subsidiary Euro Cargo Rail (ECR), is par- customers need us to. This means that we continue able transport, even for international consignments,” freight company Eurorail are also on board. ticularly suitable for paper, both on rolls and in flat to consistently develop our door-to-door logistics ser- says Virginia Martin Pelegrina of TSTG. “The Medi- Since it started with the 2011/2012 timetable format, and for palletised goods such as consumer vices in France and Europe.” rb terranean Shuttle was the ideal solution for us.” change, more and more customers have been relying products or construction materials. Over the last few years, the one direct train to the on this flexible service – including the drinks manu- “This enables us to further develop our DB Schen- south of France has become a wagon group system facturer Red Bull, Volkswagen and customers from ker Railport portfolio in one of the most important that connects a number of destinations in France the steel, paper and consumer goods indus-tries. industrial areas of France and from now on to be able directly to the German single wagon system. For dv to offer our customers the complete range of multi- smaller transport volumes and irregular frequencies, modal logistics from a one-stop shop,” explains Wil- DB Schenker Rail and its French subsidiary Euro helm Duesmann, Project Manager for Railports and Cargo Rail (ECR) can also offer the right solution for Rail Projects. their customers. Initially, transports will run twice weekly from the The majority of the wagons come from shippers aggregation point in Saarbrücken to the DB Schenker in Germany, although freight companies from other Railport. From there, freight will be distributed to the European countries also send their consignments via Contact | Uwe Hartmann greater Paris area (Île-de-France) if required, using Contact | Andrew Kelly the system. In addition to the Mediterranean Shut- Telephone: +49 (0)6131 15-60343 HGVs for shorter distances. Telephone: +49 (0)6131 15-61645

tle, which runs to Perpignan twice weekly and on to [email protected] AG Bahn Max Lautenschläger/Deutsche Fotoagentur; Bastian/Caro Andreas Photos: DB Schenker Rail expects to move up to 100,000 [email protected]

18 | Railways Railways | 19 CoMPAnY & PeoPLe Brenner 2.0, even deeper summer closure The third base tunnel under the is under of the Brenner Railway construction deep beneath the between From 6 August to 10 September, renovations will be carried out on the northern ramp from and . Innsbruck to the border. There will be wide-ranging diversions to rail freight traffic. The 55-kilometre long rail 7,000 metres of rails, 46,000 sleepers and up to be sent via the Brenner. There will be no replacement tunnel is set to be finished 130,000 tonnes of ballast and building materials for the during the complete closure, in 2025. 5will be used this summer on the Austrian section but for all other intermodal traffic alternative rail so- of the Brenner Railway to make the northern ramp up lutions can be found. to the border crossing, at an altitude of 1,370 metres, The effects of the Brenner closure will be mitigated fit for the next 10 to 15 years. Renewal of two tunnel by their timing during the Bavarian, Austrian and vaults and drainage measures on 20 kilometres of line Italian summer holidays. In this traditionally low- are also part of the plans. All this to improve the traffic period, freight volume on the Brenner falls by power supply and the safety of the tunnel. 30 to 40 per cent, according to information from ÖBB. In order to carry out the building work on this busy Even without a complete closure, the almost 150- mountain line as effectively as possible, the infrastruc- year-old Brenner Railway has proven to be a bottle- ture operator of the Österreichische Bundesbahn neck for European rail freight transport, in the 21st (ÖBB) has imposed a five-week full closure of the line century more than ever. Tight curves and gradients

BBT PR BBT Photo: and two further months of one-way operation. How- of up to 2.5% limit train lengths to 550 metres. To over- ever, these restrictions will mean considerable chal- come the steep climbs, heavy trains are pulled by two RESEaRcH: urope’s highest transport bottleneck is getting has been completed in Italy. Work is now continuing lenges for international rail freight traffic between locomotives and supported by a third bank engine. In Aicha in South , the construc- new, high-tech boltholes. Three super-modern in a northerly direction. The next phase is to drill and : the alternative routes via the With support from the EU and after decades of pre- tion workers are Erail racetracks will downgrade the Alps from through the Periadriatic Seam, a fault zone in which Railway (-Tarvisio) to the east and via paration, construction work on the Brenner Base building an explora- high mountains to hills as far as the railways are con- work must be undertaken with great care. In , Switzerland require diversions of several hundred Tunnel started in 2010. With a length of 55 kilometres, tory tunnel to cerned. In Switzerland, trains have been running the Innsbruck-Ahrental exploratory tunnel, the Ah- kilometres. the tunnel is set to create a rapid and flat line through investigate the through the 35-kilometre long, mainly single track rental access tunnel, the Wolf access tunnel, the Pa- The timetables for the period of one-way operation the mountain massif from 2025 onwards (see page 20). geology of the Lötschberg Base Tunnel (highest point 828 metres daster tunnel and the Saxen tunnel are all currently and the complete closure are available for all trains ok mountain. above sea level) since 2007. A little further east, the being driven. with which DB Schenker Rail has any involvement. Gotthard Base Tunnel has already broken through. In 1994, the EU added the Berlin-Naples corridor “With around five hours added to the journey times At a length of 57 kilometres, the record-breaking to the list of priority projects as a scheme of prime im- via the diversion routes, the departure or arrival times 41.9 million dual track tunnel will set a new world record for rail- portance. Ten years later, Austria and Italy signed a will differ from the regular timetable. The final details way tunnels when it opens at the end of 2016, and state treaty to begin the construction of the Brenner are currently being worked out with customers and tonnes of freight will cross over the Alps at a maximum altitude of just Base Tunnel. The same year saw the foundation of the terminal operators,” says Manfred Forster, head of the were transported over the Brenner Pass in 2010, of which 549 metres above sea level, or rather cross under them international project company BBT SE. It works on DB Schenker Rail cargo control centre in Munich. 14.4 million tonnes, or 34 per cent, travelled by rail. As a (see also railways 2/11). behalf of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Italy comparison: the proportion of freight transported by rail And now: the Brenner. The historic pass between and the European Union to plan and build the Brenner over the most important Swiss Alpine pass, the St Gott- Innsbruck and Bolzano will no longer run over the Base Tunnel. SE stands for Societas Europaea, an in- hard, is 57 per cent. mountain in future, but will delve beneath the moun- ternational form of company under European law. BBT Closure of the Brenner Railway in detail: tain instead. From 2025, the , 55 SE is 100 per cent publicly owned. ok • Complete closure from 6 August to 10 September kilometres in length, and its construction now gathe- (no rail traffic). 1,104 metres ring pace, will relieve the bottleneck on the central EU http://www.bbt-se.com/unternehmen/ • Weekend complete closures from Saturday 8 am to rail axis between Berlin and Palermo, speeding up rail Tuesday 5 am on six further dates from mid-June to the in altitude transport and greatly increasing capacity on the rails. end of September. – that’s how far the southern ramp of the Brenner Railway Today, freight trains toil up a 145-year-old line from • Partial one-way operation climbs from Bolzano up to the pass at an altitude of 1,371 Innsbruck up into the Brenner Pass, at an altitude of from 11 June through to September. metres at the Austrian-Italian border post. On the north- 1,371 metres above sea level, and back down on the UnFoLD AnD Be AMAzeD: On the next few pages, ern ramp, it is a climb of 790 metres from Innsbruck up to Italian side. In future, the underground rail line will railways invites you to join us on a spectacular mountain the altitude of the pass. tour. Take a look at the Brenner Pass as you’ve never cross the Alpine ridge at an altitude of 795 metres, com- seen it before! Find out more about the future Brenner ing out again with no major gradients or tight curves. Base Tunnel and take a look at the historic railway line on 145th birthday The two separate tunnels, each with one line in each the border of Tyrol (southern Austria) and “The diversion route via Tauern will be almost 100 to be celebrated by the Brenner Railway on 12 August direction are designed for maximum speeds of up to (Italy)! Over the coming summer, this central European per cent utilised from Monday to Friday, so all those (during its complete closure). When it opened in 1867, 250 km/h, which will considerably speed up both pas- railway thoroughfare will be closed for weeks, because involved will need to work very precisely to ensure the whole line was on Austro-Hungarian territory. The senger and freight transport over the Brenner Pass. the Austrian section of the line from Innsbruck to the punctual transports.” border crossing at the top of the Brenner Pass has only Brenner Pass is in urgent need of repair. More about this The first section – the access tunnel from Mauls and During the period of one-way operation, around 85 existed since South Tyrol became part of Italy in 1919. on page 25. >>>>>>> the first segment of the exploratory tunnel (Aicha) – to 90 per cent of the planned transport volume will

20 | Railways Railways | 25 BRenneR RAILWAY AnD BRenneR BAse tUnneL Up and under A considerable proportion of freight traffic across the Alps rolls over the Brenner Pass. NORTH Major building work is afoot on the busy line through the pass: at the top, the renovation SOUTH of the historic line next summer will demand the complete closure of the Brenner Railway HIGHEST POINT The peak looming over the for several weeks (see page 25). At the bottom, the construction work on a 55-kilometre background is the Hochfeiler in long railway base tunnel is picking up speed. railways has combined both of these major the Alps, which rises ItALY Munich projects into one big picture, looking towards the east. 3,520 metres above sea level.

AUstRIA Fortezza ()

BRENNER PaSS Innsbruck The historic Brenner Railway crosses the Alpine pass at an altitude of 1,371 metres – heavy freight trains need up to three locomotives on the steep sections. SOUTH PORTal On the Italian side, trains Steinach disappear into the Brenner Gries Base Tunnel at Fortezza. 60 per cent of the route is on Austrian territory.

NORTH PORTal Since 1994, freight trains have Vipiteno been bypassing Innsbruck on () the 12.7-kilometre long Inntal Brennero Tunnel, which will be linked to Berlin–Palermo the Brenner Base Tunnel.

the Base tunnel in detail

The two single track tunnels, each with a diameter of 8.1 metres, run parallel to each other, 70 metres apart. They are connected by cross-tubes every 333 metres. The exploratory tunnel, which was the first to be excavated to provide information on the nature of the rock, Cross-tube runs in the middle between the two rail tunnels, twelve metres deeper and with a smaller cross section. Once the rail tunnel is in operation, this tunnel will be used for drainage. Main tunnel 2 The longitudinal slope of the base tunnel is 0.67 per cent on the northern side and 0.4 per cent on the southern side of the Brenner Pass. The maximum height is 790 metres above sea level; that’s about In three places, at Ahrental, Wolf and Mauls, the 70 per cent of the tunnel section will be excavated using shield tunnelling The Brenner Base Tunnel is at the heart of a Main tunnel 1 580 metres deeper than the Brenner Pass (1,371 metres). The gentle Exploratory tunnel Brenner Base Tunnel will have lateral access tunnels with tunnel boring machines, while the remaining 30 per cent will be 2,200-kilometre rail axis planned by the EU as climb removes today’s need for double or triple traction of freight which will be used to bring in supplies and remove excavated using explosives. The amount of spoil would make a cube 257 Project 1 within its Trans-European Network

trains using two or three locomotives. PR BBT / Photos: zu Ermgassen Meyer Christian Illustration: spoil during the construction phase. metres long on each side. (TEN). CoMPAnY & PeoPLe Container shuttle to seville Coal from

MIGUEl aNGEl ransfesa Rail, the freight branch of Spanish DB companies. Over the course of the year, cooperation Amsterdam FañaNaS, JOSé Schenker subsidiary Transfesa, transports sea with Transfesa is set to be increased, linking Bilbao caSTIllO aND T containers for the MacAndrews container with additional destinations within Spain. “Ma- aGUSTíN shipping company. Since November, four trains a cAndrews’ decision to work with us on the new rail FERNaNDEz week have run from Bilbao to Seville and back. corridor is down to the high quality of service from of Transfesa are responsible for More than 1,300 containers were transported in just Transfesa when it comes to transport for customers he port of Amsterdam, the fourth largest sea MacAndrews the first two months. in this sector,” confirms Juan Diego Pedrero, Gene- port in Europe, is extending its rail freight transports. Transfesa Rail uses its fleet of modern Euro 4000 ral Cargo Director at Transfesa. dv Tinfrastructure. “This will enhance the chances locomotives and a combination of wagons that can of improving the modal shift in favour of the railways,” accommodate both standard and 45-foot high cube Contact | Juan Carlos Dürr says Aart Klompe, CEO of DB Schenker Rail Neder- containers. MacAndrews is part of the CMA CGM Telephone: +34 (0)913 879-981 land. “We see lots of potential. especially for the trans- Group, one of the world’s largest container shipping [email protected] port of coal, which comes in from overseas and is destined for Germany.” April saw the opening of a new shunting yard at the port of Amsterdam with three platforms. The expan- sion of the existing shunting yard began at the same Three whole trains carry cars each week. Another im- TO THE PORT BY time. For the first time, electric locomotives can now portant sector is general cargo. In this area, DB Schen- ElEcTRIcITY: DB Schenker Rail can now reach the port site. DB Schenker Rail currently runs ker Rail recently won a new contract to transport serve the port of two to five coal trains daily from the port of Amster- around 80,000 tonnes of paper a year, from where it Amsterdam with dam to Germany, to destinations including the Dillin- is produced in Germany to its overseas destinations. environmentally ger Hütte steelworks and energy company E.ON. dv friendly locomotives. Clean locomotives for Chemelot

lOW DUST B Schenker Rail Nederland is modernising its Klompe, CEO of DB Schenker Rail Nederland. A ran- SHUNTING: The fleet of locomotives in the Chemelot“ chemical ge of well-known chemical companies operates plants four shunting engines innovation community” in the Dutch province on the Chemelot site for which DB Schenker Rail runs in the chemicals park D of Limburg. In future, the four shunting engines used international transports. The tasks of the 35 employ- run on GtL fuel. there will run on the innovative, environmentally ees of the Dutch DB Schenker Rail subsidiary include friendly fuel GtL (Gas to Liquid), which is obtained taking responsibility for the factory shunting service, from natural gas. This will reduce emissions of fine supervising rail freight transport and maintaining dust particles. “Our customers in the chemical indus- rolling stock on the industrial park. As a neutral ser- try care very much about their own environmental vice provider, they also carry out these tasks for com- impact – and that of their partners,” explains Aart petitors. dv

Biofuel Intelligent bogies with for Castile chips and brains he Spanish mineral oil group Repsol has he wider gauge of the rail network on the chip, we can identify each individual bogie imme- commissioned Transfesa to transport bio- Iberian peninsula means that international diately with a reader.” It is then possible to check Tdiesel. Since the beginning of the year, Ttransports have to be re-bogied at the online where a specific bogie is located and three to four Transfesa trains have run from the French border. “To maintain an overview of which whether it is due for maintenance. The project is Atlantic port of Huelva in Andalucía to Puerto- bogies have travelled on which lines in which still in the trial phase. Transfesa is looking to man- llano in Castile, where Repsol operates a refinery. countries, we have launched an RFID project,” age its entire bogie pool this way in future. An annual transport volume of 170,000 tonnes explains Juan Carlos Dürr of the Spanish DB dv

of biodiesel is planned. dv Schenker subsidiary, Transfesa. “Using a radio PR Photos:

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Island solutions DB Schenker Rail UK is bringing Great Britain ever closer to continental Europe, and even gets the Queen moving. tonnes of material have been transported to une marks the fifth anniversary of the Birmingham. The number of international the Olympic building site in london by DB arrival of the DB Group brand in the trains to Germany, , Spain and Ita- Schenker Rail since 2008. The 4,000 freight JBritish rail freight market. With the ly is set to rise significantly over the course trains – an average of 7 per day – are unloaded acquisition of EWS (English, Welsh and of the year from its current level of 16 per at the Bow East logistics centre, between the Scottish Railway) in 2007, DB immediate- week. The company was rewarded for this Olympic Stadium and the South Plaza. Mean- ly became market leader in the United commitment with the British Railfreight while, the eleven-hectare Olympic freight Kingdom. “We’ve never regretted this Excellence Award in February. Alain station has been completely removed. In its purchase,” says Dr Alexander Hedderich, Thauvette, CEO of DB Schenker Rail UK, place is the warm-up area for the athletes. CEO of DB Schenker Rail. “Our current described the prize as “a confirmation that During the Olympic Games, which will be market share in Great Britain is 51 per cent we’re on the right track, both for our cus- opened on 27 July, sister company DB and climbing.” EWS was renamed in 2009 tomers and for the railway industry as a will be transporting spectators, officials, and since then has traded as DB Schenker whole.” athletes and journalists in and around london Rail UK based in Doncaster, near Sheffield. In addition to a weekly figure of 3,000 by train and bus. Furthermore, Schenker ENGlaND-POlaND: They met at the Polish The company employs 3,300 people and, freight trains, DB Schenker Rail UK also accOMPlISHED: Deutschland aG has long been the traditional Embassy in London to discuss the new links in terms of freight carried, is the second operates the Royal Train, which carries On 27 July, the Olympic Games will logistics partner of the German Olympic team. between the United Kingdom and Poland (left largest DB Schenker Rail subsidiary. Queen Elizabeth and her family across the open in this stadium. ok to right): Aleksander Libera, First Secretary for DB Schenker Rail UK has placed a firm country. The train is used up to 20 times Trade and Investment, Minister Counsellor focus on expanding the international net- a year – the passenger to use it most Boleslaw Gryzel, Alexander Hedderich, work via the Channel Tunnel over the last last year was Prince Charles. ok CEO of DB Schenker Rail, and Alain Thauvette, few years. It was not until last year, how- CEO of DB Schenker Rail UK. ever, that a DB locomotive took the first DB schenker Rail UK train of wagons built to the larger central European profile along the newly built two new intermodal transport Performance 2010 High Speed 1 line to the Barking Terminal near London. The rest of the British rail- freight terminals on way network is unsuitable for the wider FOUR PlUS TWO: DB Schenker Rail and higher wagons from central Europe Contact | Graham Meiklejohn Telephone: +44 (0)1302 57 5795 the M25 (UK) maintains due to the lack of clearance – although the [email protected] COAL four intermodal British government is planning another B Schenker Rail UK is promoting freight terminals in new line, High Speed 2, from London to the expansion of intermodal INTERMOdAL England with a Dfreight in England. The company further two in is the preferred operator for two planned 18% Scotland. terminals along the M25 in Greater Lon- OTHER 11% don. DBSR UK has opted for this with the 9% two investors: SEGRO for the Radlett ter- minal in Hertfordshire, and Goodman at Colnbrook in Berkshire. The two planned MINERAL OIL / 12% 20% CONSTRUCTION terminals will have a combined daily cap- CHEMICALS MATERIALS acity of 2,000 loading units. Warehousing alongside the road/rail transfer facilities 9% is also in planning. Forecasts indicate that INFRA- 21% STRUCTURE / container traffic in the UK is to increase NETWORK / MAIN- by up to 300 per cent by 2030. ok TENANCE

ROYal BORDEaUX: STEEL The two locomotives that pull the Royal Train, operated by DB Schenker Rail UK, can be identi- fied by their colour.

Christopher Furlong/Getty Images; Kippa Matthews/DB Schenker Rail; GettyDelivery Authority Matthews/DB illuteam43 Images/Olympic / Map: Furlong/Getty Kippa Christopher Images; Photos: Intermodal terminals from DB Schenker Rail UK

28 | Railways Railways | 29 CUstoMeRs & PRojeCts Riga Hub The DB Schenker Logistics cargo centre in the Latvian capital has made a name for itself as an interface for long-distance salt of rail transport on the Russian broad gauge. the earth t first glance, rail freight routes from Europe rail port include Rusal RU (Russkij Aluminij), Baltcab PVC manufacturer Vinnolit towards Russia, the Caucasus and central Asia (Barialis goods), Sabic, Tetra Laval and, a new add- Aseem to bypass the Baltic. However, when ition from the middle of this year, ELME Metall. now uses the Eco Plus looked at more closely, Riga reveals itself as a high- Transports from Russia, Kazakhstan, central Asia CO2-free service for its salt performance bridgehead for long-distance transports and the Caucasus reach Riga by rail, where they are between Europe and the CIS, which reach the Lat- transferred onto ships bound for Scandinavia or the transports. vian capital by sea or truck in a west-east direction USA, or onto trucks heading to central Europe. “Since and from there are transferred onto Russian broad 2009, we have been acting as a container and wagon gauge freight trains. depot for the leading Russian container operator olyvinyl chloride, better known by DB Schenker Logistics in the Baltic, based in Riga, Transcontainer, a subsidiary of the Russian state rail- the abbreviation PVC, is ubiqui- holds a rail operator’s licence. The modernised Riga way,” says 44-year-old Taurins. The passionate rail- Ptous. First patented in 1913 by Fritz cargo centre has private 1,520-mm gauge platforms, wayman is convinced that Riga has even greater Klatte as “plastic mass”, this man-made and since 2009 has established itself as a universal potential as a hub for east-west transport: “We offer substance can today be found in items in- DB Schenker rail port for freight travelling between an extensive service and we all speak Russian.” dv cluding window frames, floor coverings, western and eastern Europe. On the more than pipes and cable insulation. It’s a unique 20-hectare site, the DB Schenker Logistics centre miracle material: the main base material offers a range of logistics services from its one-stop used is rock salt, a raw material that can be shop, such as customs preparation. sourced locally. This means that the pro- “We currently load and unload 300 wagons per Contact | Aivars Taurins portion of mineral oil it contains is signi- Telephone: +371 (0)67 8000-71 month. Our facility has space for 110 freight wagons [email protected] ficantly lower than that of other plastics and storage areas to accommodate 500 standard con- – an ecological and economic benefit. tainers,” says managing director Aivars Taurins. “We Vinnolit, one of the leading PVC raw can also load and unload conventional single wagons material manufacturers in Europe, proces- in our shed.” The customers of the Riga DB Schenker ses around 300,000 tonnes of salt every year at its plant in Gendorf, Upper Bavaria, delivered five times a week by rail. High reliability is paramount in this operation, as if only one of the trains failed, disrup

UNlOaDING IN GENDORF: The Vinnolit plant uses almost 300,000 tonnes of rock salt each year.

tions to the production is caused. Rail. “Ten companies from different indus- Since January, the salt trains from Heil- try sectors already use this service – Vin-

bronn to Munich East have been CO2-free nolit makes that eleven.” – with diesel locomotives only needing to Thanks to this service, Francesco Talari- be used on the final, non-electrified stretch co can look forward to reducing Vinnolit’s of line. “Vinnolit has voluntarily met high annual emissions balance by 968 tonnes of

environmental standards for years – and we CO2. And he’s already thinking about next are always on the lookout for opportunities steps: “We’re currently examining how to further improve our emissions balance,” much additional freight volume could be explains Francesco Talarico, Procurement transported emission-free from next Director at Vinnolit. “That’s why Eco Plus, year.” dv

the CO2-free transport offer from DB Schen- ker Rail, was perfect for us.” ENGINE DRIVER alEXaNDER The green electricity for Eco Plus trans- POYaSNIKOV: “My grandfather was a port is exclusively hydroelectric and is also Contact | Franz Dobler wagon master and I have followed in his Telephone: +49 (0)8631 6092-92 footsteps. The times have changed and fed into the rail supply network. “This leads [email protected] so have the people and governments, to a real, measurable reduction in green- but we will never be out of work.” THORSTEN HEINIScH (left) and FRaNcEScO house gas emissions, which is allocated in TalaRIcO (right) from Vinnolit GmbH & Co.KG full to the customer,” explains Franz Dob-

Photos: PR Photos: with FRaNz DOBlER, DB Schenker BTT GmbH ler, Key Account Manager at DB Schenker

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lIKE FlOWING Make way for laVa: A heavy plate weighing tonnes new Compound in Leipzig is created from a thick chunks glowing red slab. Car manufacturers are increasingly outsourcing logistics processes. DB Schenker Rail Automotive has now opened another facility in Saxony. Ilsenburger Grobblech needs heavier and heavier slabs for its quarto plate production. And it is dependent on a smooth supply. WEaTHERPROOF: t’s not unusual for car manufacturers to literally run area of 45,000 square metres. 600 new cars can be around 600 new cars up against their borders; especially when production parked out of the weather in a covered area of 27,000 can park under expansions or new manufacturing methods demand square metres. eavy plate is, unlike its name would suggest, have also been rolling in from the Salzgitter plant in protection in covered I extra space but the company’s site cannot be extended Fencing, lighting and video surveillance ensure high a high-tech product: weighing up to 20 ton- Peine. Every year, around 900,000 tonnes of slabs will areas. any further. One solution to this dilemma is offered by levels of security. The compound is close to Leipzig- Hnes, the plates have millimetre-perfect dimen- arrive in the climatic spa town on the northern edge the automotive logistics specialists at DB Schenker Rail Halle airport and offers good links to motorways and sions and precisely defined physical properties. This of the Harz Mountains, and DB Schenker Rail will Automotive: outsourcing shipping logistics. major roads. Two loading platforms, each 250 metres is what the Ilsenburg heavy plate rolling mill in Saxo- carry around the same volume of sheets and scrap “In our own compounds, we can offer manufactur- in length, enable whole trains to be loaded and un- ny-Anhalt is responsible for, although over the last back again. ers space where they can securely store new cars,” says loaded at the same time. Three further sidings are few years its largest orders have come not from the “We have managed to increase wagon utilisation Uwe Langen, Head of the Compound Division at DB available for making up trains. Mobile loading ramps shipbuilding industry, but from the on- and off-shore by up to 15 per cent, thus avoiding unnecessary mo- Schenker Rail Automotive. “At these sites, we can mean that even vehicles with low ground clearance can wind industry. vement of empty wagons. We have had to turn to guarantee that the vehicles are stored professionally.” be loaded without problems. “With the Leipzig com- Our customers are demanding sheets of ever larger using longer wagons and reconnect Peine to the net- Excellent road and rail connections and the facilities’ pound, we can offer manufacturers resources that are sizes for the construction of new wind turbines,” ex- work,” says Klaus-Wolfram Fulst of DB Schenker own loading infrastructure take care of transhipment simply not available on their own premises,” says Uwe plains Udo Stolze, Head of Resource Management at Rail’s Hanover production centre. without delays. However, additional professional ser- Langen. “And this gives them the opportunity to ex- Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH. “This means that the “To this end, we have reorganised locomotive cir- vices are also provided in the compounds to further pand their borders.” dv slabs that we need as raw materials are also getting culation and staff rosters in coordination with the ease the load on the manufacturer’s logistics provi- bigger and heavier.” The logistics experts at DB Schen- production processes of the three factory rail systems sions: cleaning, checking for paint damage, fitting num- ker Rail who are responsible for the delivery of the at Ilsenburg, Salzgitter and Peine,” says Fulst. dv ber plates or smaller fitting and conversion tasks such blocks of steel weighing over 30 tonnes have adapted as the installation of sat nav systems. to these changes. In mid-November, DB Schenker Rail Automotive The slabs are delivered in closed wagons from whe- opened another compound in Leipzig, which will pri- re they are made by Salzgitter AG, sometimes still marily serve the major car manufacturers’ plants lo- glowing hot. A precise production programme also cated in the region. The sight, which was originally Contact | Uwe Langen sets the pace for transport – meaning that deliveries Contact | Klaus-Wolfram Fulst planned as an air freight transhipment yard, offers stor- Telephone: +49 (0)6107 509-460 have to arrive in Ilsenburg within a very narrow time Telephone: +49 (0)511 286-1453

age capacity for around a thousand vehicles on a tarmac [email protected] AG PR; Salzgitter Photos: window. Since the spring, some of these raw materials [email protected]

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to Kehl Leaping into Planning on a weekly basis A dynamic delivery concept ensures the supply to on time the breach ArcelorMittal’s Luxembourg steelworks. Badische Stahlwerke are pilot cus- DB Schenker, Rail Logistics and Forwarding tomers in a project to optimise scrap (RLF), is organising a direct train to carry scrap rcelorMittal, the world’s largest producer of grated into one system now, we can make much more steel, processes large quantities of scrap steel targeted use of capacity,” says Ralph List, head of ore, metal supplies. metal from Switzerland to Italy. This will supply Ain its Luxembourg plants, which is delivered coal and scrap wagon management at DBSR. “And customers who have not been supplied by rail by rail, inland vessel or HGV from all over Europe. because we can plan our use of empty wagons a week “That supplies work is decisive to our production,” in advance now, we can react more quickly to disrup- deliveries in recent years. explains André Gierenz, Head of Order Center at Ar- tions and adjust our wagon provisions in liaison with celorMittal. “Too little scrap means that we would not ArcelorMittal and CFL cargo.” n Kehl am Rhein, Badische Stahlwerke (BSW) crap steel is gentle on the environment. It can be reused in indus- be able to meet our production targets. But if too much New communication processes have had to be im- converts scrap metal into high quality wire rods trial steel with very little loss of quality, and this process requires is delivered, this creates bottlenecks at the unloading plemented for the concept; DBSR Deutschland’s Iand steel bars. The electric steel plant relies on the Sonly half as much energy as the production of steel from iron ore. points and on the rail network.” The consequence is wagon management system links steelworks, rail railways for both the supply of raw materials and the This makes scrap interesting not only from an ecological but also an that wagons are then not available to other scrap sup- freight companies and the most important suppliers. transport of finished products. economic viewpoint. It is therefore a sought-after commodity and is pliers, which in turn results in “storage on wheels” A coordination office at ArcelorMittal manages or- Badische Stahlwerke depends on a continuous traded internationally. for the unloaders, leading to demurrage costs. That’s ders, deliveries and the communication between supply of scrap metal. That’s why DBSR worked with The majority of scrap collected in Switzerland goes to the steel indus- why ArcelorMittal has worked with DB Schenker Rail the parties involved. this major customer to launch a pilot project back in try in northern Italy. In recent years, however, the Italian rail freight (DPSR) and the Luxembourg freight carrier CFL car- Since its introduction in October 2011, this 2008 to optimise supply management, which is set company Trenitalia Cargo ceased operations at smaller stations. The planning concept with inflow control has proven to be further improved this year. The heart of this consequence of this was that many customers were cut off from rail “Scrap deliveries by rail are to be useful for all concerned and turnaround project is the networking of scrap metal suppliers, freight and increasingly had to have their scrap delivered by HGV. to become more stable and to times have been reduced from eight to five days steelworks and DB Schencker Rail (DBSR). The sup- “That’s where we leapt into the breach – with our special direct scrap arrive at our plants as a base – thus also significantly reducing the amount of pliers notify their transport requirements to DB trains from Switzerland to Italy,” says Daniel Knaus of Fertrans AG, scrap tied up during transport. Further optimisa- Schenker Rail’s wagon management team by the Wed- responsible for sales in the Rail Logistics and Forwarding (RLF) div- load on an ongoing scale.” tion measures are also planned, as the aim is to nesday of the previous week. On Thursday, a delivery ision in Switzerland. Since the beginning of the year, scrap wagons from André Gierenz (ArcelorMittal) achieve a reliable and continuous supply of scrap plan is drawn up in agreement with BSW, which in- all over Switzerland have been consolidated to one train in Chiasso, with the minimum tying up of materials and cludes delivery permits for the suppliers. which runs to Brescia in Lombardy three times a week. From there, it go to develop a dynamic delivery concept for scrap. wagons. A number of additional suppliers have The project has already led to a significantly more is then distributed to nine different stations in northern Italy. At the heart of the new system is the introduction of been brought into the system to help attain this demand-oriented supply to the plant. It reduces RLF organises the transports from Buchs in the canton of St Gallen weekly delivery schedules. At least one week before goal. To make it possible to monitor and con- downtime and thus the costs of scrap metal delivered in close partnership with SBB Cargo, while the private Italian DB sub- the start of the transport, the steelworks announces trol efficiency, a system of key performance too early. The fact that BSW has created a new wagon sidiary Nord Cargo is responsible for hauling them south of the border. its requirements of certain types of scrap. The scrap indicators (KPI) is currently being devel- tipping facility, in which empty wagons can now be “We are planning a volume of 1,620 wagons with a total of around 80,000 dealers can immediately check their availability and oped. cleaned faster and therefore made available for trans- tonnes of scrap per year,” says Daniel Knaus. “This will save 3,250 HGV plan their deliveries accordingly. On this basis, the “We’re on the right track,” says André port again more quickly also contributed toward this journeys through the Alps, making scrap steel even more environmen- rail freight companies involved can set aside transport Gierenz. “Putting the brakes on supplies optimisation. dv tally friendly.” dv capacity and empty wagons. when too much scrap is delivered already Up to now, the steelworks had ordered the scrap works very well. Now it’s time to increase they needed every month. Each supplier booked the the reliability of the entire delivery pro- Contact | Thomas Fischer empty wagons it needed for its transports independ- cess with the aid of the new sys - Telephone: +49 (0)781 81-3763 Contact | Daniel Knaus ently and could only notify quantities and destin- tem.” dv [email protected] Telephone: +41 (0)81 75006-24 [email protected] ations at short notice. This often led to bottlenecks when ordering empty wagons, as well as long deliv- ery times. “Because all the parties involved are inte-

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FIRST lEG: In Krefeld harbour on the Rhine, a Desiro locomotive heading for Russia floats on the inland ship set to take the train to Amsterdam.

Inland Rhine vessel

Coastal motor vessel

Railway ferry

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tine route to Russia each month, but the frequency Contact | Schenker Deutschland AG: is set to double by 2013. Guenter Gauls The new trains, known as Lastotschka (Swallow) Telephone: +49 (0) 211 9074-452 [email protected] in Russian, will also be used for the 2014 Winter Olympics around Sochi on the Black Sea. dv Contact | DB Schenker Rail: Hans-Dieter Strandt Telephone: +49(0)30 297-54149 xxL commuter trains for Russia [email protected] DB Schenker is forging an unconventional path for 38 commuter trains, cur- rently being built by Siemens in Krefeld for the state railway, RZD. Fuel for The trains are also set to operate during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. olish energy producers rely on Energokrak. The Polish company, a subsidiary of French Penergy group EDF, supplies coal or biomass to reativity is part of the job for special logistics and then transferring to a coastal vessel to continue power stations throughout the country. Since the orders – and that’s why Siemens AG once again through the Kiel Canal to the Sassnitz-Mukran ferry beginning of the year, DB Schenker Rail Polska Group Copted for DB Schenker. The Rail Systems div- port, which is the only German port to have rail tracks has been transporting biomass on behalf of Energo- ision of the group is currently producing 38 commuter and facilities in Russian broad gauge too. To transport krak. The fuel comes mainly from the two directions: trains in its Krefeld factory for the Russian state rail- the train as gently as possible, DB Schenker has de- Russia and from the Baltic port of Swinoujscie. The way RZD. The five-section broad gauge train is so tall veloped its own “rail pallets” – broad gauge stub tracks biomass from the port is directly transported in a spe- and wide, however, that it simply cannot be transpor- – which are attached beneath the bogies from Krefeld cialist freight wagons Tadgs to the power plant in ted from Krefeld to Russia by rail or road using con- to Sassnitz-Mukran. . The fuel coming from Russia is taken to the ventional means. On the island of Rügen, the five wagons are placed Sławków terminal in southern Poland. There, the That’s why Schenker Deutschland has developed on real rails, coupled to a train and shunted onto the freight is loaded onto trucks which take it to the an ingenious transport concept and an unusual route: Petersburg rail ferry. From the Russian port of Ust- Rybnik in Silesia’s industrial region. The Desiro RUS type XXL trains will complete the Luga, the Desiro RUS is towed on its own wheels by At the same time, DB Schenker Rail Polska is also UNlOaDING ENERGY: first stage of their journey from the factory to Krefeld’s DB Schenker Rail subsidiary Railion Russija Services Biomass is tipped out launching transports of sunflower flour from Slovakia port on the Rhine on special low-loaders, before head- (RRS) and RZD, to be commissioned at a depot in St of a special container. to the Rybnik power station. dv

ing down the Rhine to Amsterdam on an inland ship Petersburg. Initially, one train will take this byzan- illuteam43 PR / Map: AG; Bahn Michael Neuhaus/Deutsche Photos:

36 | Railways Railways | 37 CUstoMeRs & PRojeCts Green light for blue containers CMA CGM is extending its cooperation with DB Intermodal Services. The strategic partnership also includes the creation of a “dedicated depot”.

ore and more containers are underway, not available exclusively for CMA CGM for the storage only at sea but also in the hinterland of the of empty and full containers. But it doesn’t stop Mmajor sea ports. They all compete for rail, there. The declaration of intent that both companies road and transhipment capacities. CMA CGM, one signed anticipates the creation of further dedicated of the largest container shipping companies in the depots in Germany, in locations such as Regensburg world, takes due precautions: a strategic partnership and Leipzig. This will also allow the blue containers with DB Intermodal Services (DB IS) has enabled free access to transport in the hinterland of the sea the French company with worldwide operations to ports in future. dv secure resources so that it can carry out its hinterland activities efficiently in the future. “We expect vol- umes to increase significantly in the next few years,” Contact | Michael Heinemann Telephone: +49 (0)6131 15-3566 says Reinhard Peschel, who is responsible for the [email protected] German, Austrian, Swiss, Slovakian and Czech mar- kets as Managing Director of CMA CGM (Germany)

DB Intermodal services “We expect volumes to continue to increase significantly over the coming years.” Mars on the move Reinhard Peschel, Managing Director CMA CGM Dog food and cat litter will be travelling from Germany to France by rail. (Deutschland) GmbH very child has heard of the Mars brand thanks opportunity to shift its consignments from road to GmbH. “In Germany, as a transit country, things can to the eponymous chocolate bar. But not every- rail – and has already planned to switch greater DB Intermodal Services (DB IS) acts as the specialist for get particularly tight. To secure our transports in body knows that Mars Incorporated doesn’t volumes over too. dv added value freight services for combined transport E spite of this, we’re working closely with DB IS.” within the DB Group. The wholly-owned subsidiary of just make treats for sweet-toothed humans, it keeps The agreement gives CMA CGM direct access to the Intermodal division of DB Schenker Rail operates dogs, cats and budgies happy, too. The product range cONTaINERS warehouse and transhipment capacities. Their co- container depots and terminals throughout Germany. for animal consumers extends from dog food to cat FROM cMa cGM: operation also includes the creation of “dedicated Last year, some 600,000 containers were handled at 13 litter. The German subsidiary of the American food The container depots”– container storage areas which are operated sites with a total depot area of 320,000 square metres manufacturer makes the majority of its turnover from shipping company and storage capacity for around 27,000 TEU. Shipping Contact | Nadja Rachow exclusively for one customer. DB IS set up the first pet products. DOGS aND caTS: transported companies and operators also use trucking services and Telephone: +33 (0)9 774000-47 Frolic and other pet around 10 million depot last year in Nuremberg, where since Novem- repair facilities for damaged containers at these sites. A number of factories in Germany manufacture [email protected] products from Mars TEU in 2011. ber an area of 16,000 square metres has been made products for the European market, and Mars has factories in Ger- been relying on the railway to transport its Frolic, many arrive in Pedigree and Catsan branded products to France since central France. October. DB Schenker Rail’s single wagon system enables products from four Mars locations to reach Saarbrücken, where they are combined to form one whole train each week. This train is run by the French DB Schenker Rail subsidiary, Euro Cargo Rail, to Les Aubrais near Orléans, where the main Mars distrib- utor for France is based. To make these transports possible, the French rail infrastructure authority RFF, at the request of Mars, has reactivated a line that had been inoperative for years. The group itself has bought its own shunting engine. These investments, and DB Schenker Rail’s European network, mean that Mars can use the rail- ways to transport its consignments door-to-door

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38 | Railways Railways | 39 CUstoMeRs & PRojeCts Across the Alps to eastern europe New intermodal connection between Italy and Poland FUTURISTIc VEHIclE: one of the buses he Polish economy, now the sixth largest in trailers too. „For the first time, our offer can provide for King Saud the European Union, has been enjoying abo- our customers with a transport alternative to HGVs University being loaded in Tve-average growth for years. And with this, for this route between northern Italy and southern Landshut. freight transport to and from Poland is also growing Poland,” explains Andreas Schulz, head of the In- continuously – not only with its western neighbour termodal division at DB Schenker Rail. Germany, but also with southern Europe and more Initially, three trains a week will travel on this specifically Italy. Combined transport operators new route, with the capacity to transport 1,600 ton- such as the Italian company Cemat and shipping nes northwards and up to 1,300 tonnes in the oppo- companies are therefore looking for new, more ef- site direction. As the main customer, DB Schenker ficient routes for their freight transports between Hangartner uses twelve of the 28 spaces for its own Poland and Italy. trailers on each of the three weekly trains. The That’s why the Intermodal division is working group’s own freight forwarding company plans to with operators Cemat, Kombiverkehr and Bohemi- have around 3,600 trailers carried on this new rou- akombi to develop a new offer to link Poland and te every year. The Italian and Polish national subsi- Italy with combined transport. After direct inter- diaries of DB Schenker take care of the inward and modal trains became possible in a closed shuttle outward transport by HGV. dv system between Duisburg and Gadki last year, Eu- ropean customers have also been able to have their trailers transported by rail between Verona and the Czech terminal at Paskov since mid-January. There Contact | Sandra Pfeiffer Telephone: +49 (0)6131 15-61627 is good road access to all major Polish destinations [email protected] via Ostrava in the north of the Czech Republic, es- pecially the industrial areas of . The STaGING DESTINaTION: saudi special equipment route via Kufstein and , with corresponding Hangartner and DB profiles, makes it possible to offer transports for Schenker contai- ners join at the DB Schenker Rail transported twelve Paskov terminal. trolleybuses from Landshut to Bremerhaven facturer Viseon’s factory in Pilsting, near Landshut, From there, they to Riyadh – and they commissioned DB Schenker Rail travel by HGV to various destina- to take them to the port at Bremerhaven. In close co- for the Damco freight forwarding company. tions in Poland. operation with Damco, the valuable cargo was brought n King Saud University campus, in the oil-rich on its way. “We don’t get consignments like this country of Saudi Arabia, the buses run on elec- everyday,” says Annette Wilms-Langer of the Nurem- Otricity. And they got there by rail – at least for berg regional division. “Above all, our transhipment the first leg of their journey from Lower Bavaria to consultants and the special technical wagon depart- Riyadh. Since February, eleven state-of-the-art trol- ment had to deal with the challenge of getting the leybuses built by Bavarian manufacturer Viseon (for- enormous buses and their long overhangs safely onto merly Neoplan) have been in operation on the nine the wagons.” square kilometres of campus belonging to Saudi Once loaded onto the special wagons, the buses Arabia’s oldest university. then travelled by rail to the North Sea as transports The articulated buses, almost 20 metres long, can that exceeded the loading gauge. The transports took accommodate 128 passengers and run every three place between November and January as planned and minutes to carry students, lecturers, employees and without incident – to great satisfaction on the visitors from the park-and-ride car park to their places customer’s part. “It was our first cooperation,” ex- of learning and work. A twelfth bus with leather seats, plains the manager of Damco’s Nuremberg branch, wooden floors, a multimedia system and a kitchen is Rainer Summa. “We would entrust such sensitive available for the exclusive use of the royal family and consignments to DB Schenker Rail again at any time.” their guests. The scheduled buses and the royal bus dv all have one characteristic in common with other means of public transport in Saudi Arabia: a separate section for women. Contact | Wolfgang Rebhan The Nuremberg branch of the freight forwarding Telephone: +49 (0)911 219-1960 company Damco Germany GmbH was responsible for [email protected]

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CARoLInA GonzáLez ACes Imprint comes from Mexico save the Date City. The 25-year-old Published by has studied in Mexico, Forthcoming trade fairs and industry events that DB Schenker DB Schenker Rail GmbH Marketing Montreal (Canada) Rheinstraße 2, 55116 Mainz and Heilbronn. As Rail will be attending. Seize the opportunity for a face-to-face part of her trainee meeting. Responsible for content programme with DB Hendric Fiege Head of Marketing (V. i. S. d. P.) Schenker Rail, she has Annette Struth, Head of completed postings Marketing Communications in Mainz and Madrid. Project Leader Kirsten Häcker in (Austria) Phone: +49 (0)6131 15-60137 DB Schenker Rail will be attending Logistik Austria with E-Mail: kirsten.haecker@ dbschenker.eu 13–14 its Intermodal division. http://www.easyfairs.com/de/events_216/verpackung-logistik- Publishers JUNe G+J Corporate Editors GmbH wien2012_26566/logistik-austria-2012_26633/ Stubbenhuk 10, 20459 Hamburg

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Your editorial contact Latin chattiness vs. [email protected] ISSN 1867-9668 the 03/12 issue of railways will be out at the end of june. Helping the environment – German directness printed on ECF Paper DB trainee Carolina González talks about the DB Schenker’s website: different styles of communication in Mexico, www.dbschenker.com Mainz and Madrid. Information for new customers: DB Schenker Rail GmbH Marketing Rheinstraße 2 n Germany, they like you to be brief and precise. can easily lead to misunderstandings, as well as the 55116 Mainz sign of the times E-Mail: [email protected] That’s what I was told before I came to Heilbronn different customs and conventions. It struck me as Service-Number for new to do my master’s degree in International Business strange that it is not unusual in Spain for people to customer information: I Phone: 0180 5 331050* & Intercultural Management. And in fact my experi- greet each other with a kiss on both cheeks, even in the Reichsbahn *14 ct/Min. from the German landline network, ence – also during my traineeship with DB Schenker a professional context. In Mexico, this would lead mobile phone charges may vary. Rail in Mainz – has shown that for Germans a „yes” to confusion – there, just as in Germany, a simple puts crates on legs or „no” will often suffice, instead of an exhaustive handshake is more common. answer. As a Mexican, I have had to get used to this Many central Europeans interpret the Latin love In this new section, SIGN OF THE TIMES, we directness. In my home country, such monosyllabic of communication as warmth – but that is often a will showcase historical treasures of freight answers would be considered rather rude. The same misunderstanding. Latin Americans often like to railway advertising from the collections of the applies for all communication that is too direct, both extend an invitation to their homes. However, fre- DB Museum in Nuremberg. Immediately after in a professional and a private environment. To put it quently this is nothing more than a friendly set phra- its foundation, the set more simply: in Germany, people like to tell it how it se. In contrast, I had to learn that the German re- up a freight transport advertising bureau is, but in Mexico people prefer to be polite above all. servedness does not mean they’re in a bad mood or (Werbebüro für den Güterverkehr) in 1925, I did get a reminder of home when my trainee being unfriendly. Germans are no less interested and which became the Reichsbahn Advertising Bu- programme took me from Mainz to Madrid and I open than the Spanish or Mexicans, it’s just that the reau for Passenger and Freight Traffic (Reichs- asked whether there was a table free in a local restau- „courtship” phase takes longer. And once you’ve bahn-Werbeamt für den Personen- und rant. The place was full and, as is usual in Germany, learned how to correctly understand the German Güterverkehr, WER) in 1934. At that time, the I expected a brief „Sorry, we’re full”. But instead, the directness, it can even make getting along with one carrier, which had had no competitors for de- waiter struck up a conversation with me about Me- another easier than it is in my home country, where cades, had to stand up to the new challenge xico, Madrid and my work. After that I left the res- people often say one thing and mean another. dv from HGVs on the road for the first time. The taurant, still hungry, but I had made a new poster from 1936 shows the Reichsbahn in a si- acquaintance in this foreign city – and a reservation milar style to the illustrations in a contem- for the following day. But Spain isn’t Mexico. This porary children’s book: crates, baskets and

is obvious from the many linguistic differences that Bermeitinger Collection / Poster: Private Photo: „Freight goes travelling“, around 1936 sacks all have legs. ok

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