Trade Fair & More

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The customer magazine of DB Cargo

FOCUS TRADE FAIR & MORE A platform for logistics specialists, a network for experts, and an inspiration for the entire sector: the transport logistic trade fair showcases what’s happening now and what the future holds. The focus is always on providing the best solution for customers.

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Dear reader,

American author Mark Twain is reported to have once said you can change the world or yourself, and that the latter is harder to do. As new Board Member for Sales and Marketing, that’s incentive enough for me to join my colleagues in working hard to ensure the future of Europe’s largest freight rail company.

In this magazine, and at transport logistic in Munich, the world’s leading trade fair for logistics, mobility, IT and supply chain management, we will show you what the whole logistics industry needs to do and how DB Cargo is arming itself for future challenges.

Included in this issue is our map of the trade fair and the booths to serve as a little guide to help you get your bearings and ensure you don’t miss us in the more than 115,000 m² of exhibition space. The map is handy to take out when you’re on the move.

Happy reading!

Sincerely,

Pierre Timmermans Board Member for Sales and Marketing, DB Cargo AG

02 _ DB Cargo and DB Schenker's joint presence at the transport logistic trade fair 2017 in Munich. Caption: Shimmns-ttu 728 at the Steel Logistics Center Hagen.

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02 08 16 Editorial The first impression Opinion piece: Robert Blackburn Change to the Management Board What are the major issues in the logistics 04 of DB Cargo: Pierre Timmermans industry? and Marek Staszek. Contents 20 10 06 Digital, multimodal & sustainable Map of trade fair What are the topics DB Cargo is dealing News Quickly find the right contact person with at the trade fair and beyond? for all questions. 28 12 Efficient and flexible all-rounder Our presence at the trade fair The new slab and coil wagon for the steel Your points of contact at our booth industry. at a glance. 32 14 The new 561: the strong type Trade fair exhibits A new wagon for large sport utility DB Cargo manoeuvres the exhibitors’ vehicles (SUVs). wagons onto the outside exhibition space. 34 The best of both worlds Multifunctional freight wagons with modular container solutions: the InnoTainer Coils.

36 Europe’s markets are becoming borderless _ Digitalisation is one of the main DB Cargo is therefore investing in the topics at the trans- multi-system Vectron locomotive. port logistic.

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_ The quickest way to the DB Cargo booth in Hall B6 is via the east-side entrance.

CUSTOMERS & MARKETS

38 48 58 From Poland to Romania Strong partners in the Rail17 Just what is the job of ... in four days Network ... a sales manager at DB Intermodal Reliable supply chain for blast furnaces Swedish railway logistics company SFL Services? in Galati. extends cooperation with DB Cargo. 59 42 Looking ahead and publishing From Bavaria to China on details the New Silk Road INNOVATIONS & SOLUTIONS The construction company Max Bögl is delivering a magnetic levitation system 50 to China. A transport chain for delivering energy 44 Tailored door-to-door concepts for battery More frequent services factories of the automotive industry. DB Cargo Italia’s trains travel direct route between France and Italy three 52 times weekly. Fully electric into the future! Zero-emissions transportation for series 46 production of the Audi e-tron in Brussels. A toast to the rails! DHL FoodLogistics and Freixenet now 54 NEWSLETTER rely on Med Xpress trailer. The greatest feat of the logistics industry Visit our website and subscribe to our newsletter: 47 Safe transport of transformers weighing www.dbcargo.com/newsletteranmeldung To Switzerland on the Ketchup hundreds of tonnes. Express Migros systematically moving its supplier Our customer magazine won traffic onto rail. a gold at the FOX AWARDS 2018 in the “Transport and Logistics: external communication” category.

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NEW BOSS DID YOU KNOW Bobsien heads … to Poland Effective 1 April, Steffen Bobsien took over from Marek Staszek that DB Cargo’s outdoor as Managing Director (CEO) of _ Steffen Bobsien exhibition track at the trans- is taking on a new DB Cargo’s Polish subsidiary DB Cargo port logistic trade fair is role in Zabrze, Polska S.A. He previously served as Poland. head of the Assets & Technology unit (F.CBA) at DB Cargo, where he has been replaced on an interim basis by Thomas Jäger. Marek Staszek switched 69 to the management board of the German parent company in February metres long? RAILWAYS NEWS and is now managing the Production Division there. № that DB Cargo and DB Schenker’s joint exhibition booth measures

WELKOM BELGIË! DB Cargo is now in Antwerp 1,128 DB Cargo wants a local presence in the growing Belgian freight square meters? market and has therefore founded DB Cargo Belgium BVBA. Based in Antwerp, the new production company has already commenced operations. The Belgian rail freight market is attractive and full of that the transport logistic potential, with anticipated annual growth of 1.5%. The two Belgian trade fair has ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge have great strategic significance for European freight transport.

The new company, DB Cargo Belgium, will now be running block trains and 2,397 single wagonload traffic between different exhibition booths Belgium and its neighbouring coun- for visitors to see? tries, mainly on the Aachen-West corridor to Germany. The company’s base is close to Antwerp’s port, which is Europe’s second largest seaport.

In the next issue of railways, you will find an article that takes an in-depth look at DB Cargo’s activities in Belgium. № _ The spectacular Antwerp Central station is not far from the port.

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CONTRACT RENEWAL DB Cargo and SBB Cargo set an ambitious goal The successful collaboration between DB Cargo and Swiss company SBB Cargo has been extended for another three years, ahead of schedule. On behalf of its German partner, SBB Cargo operates approximately 130 freight trains per week from the German city of Mannheim or the Swiss city of Basel across the Alps to Chiasso on Switzerland’s border with Italy. What is more, it does so with an ambitious on-time arrival goal of 95%. Freight trains are considered to be late if they arrive more than 60 minutes behind schedule.

The freight companies have already been working together for five years to move more transports from road to rail. A three-hour interval between Mannheim and Chiasso was introduced to accomplish that aim.

DB Cargo head Dr Roland Bosch and his SBB Cargo counter- part Nicolas Perrin both gave an extensive double interview commenting on how this collaboration is working and what areas can still be improved. You can find the complete interview here:

_ Summit meeting: https://www.dbcargo.com/interview-bosch-perrin-en № the head of Swiss company SBB Cargo, Nicolas Perrin (l.), and the head of DB Cargo, Dr Roland Bosch.

_ Silo wagon of the Swiss building materials manufacturer Holcim at the Gotthard Pass.

07 FOCUS 02 / 19 First impressions Starting in the spring, two experienced logistici- ans and railway employees joined DB Cargo’s Management Board: Pierre Timmermans (57), the new Board Member for Sales and Marketing, and Marek Staszek (50), Board Member for Production. We asked them to introduce themselves.

PIERRE TIMMERMANS

Mr Timmermans, what has your first impression been like? “On the whole, I tend to look PT I can feel a great deal of enthu siasm and commitment, despite the forward more challenges posed by economic and production concerns. But most impor than backward.” tantly, I see huge potential, both in Germany and in other countries. There PIERRE TIMMERMANS is much that needs to be done in the Board Member for Sales and Marketing intermodal area in particular. The big gest objective is growth. We want to

bring even more traffic from the roads onto rail. We will succeed in accom plishing that, too, with close collabora tion between Sales and Production. CV

1995–2002: What characteristics do you Frans Maas, Board Member for consider to be particularly valuable Contract Logistics in the team? 2002–2010: CEO PSA Europe (Port) PT For me, it is especially impor 2011–2015: tant to think and act in an entrepre CEO AWT (Rail freight transport) neurial way, and to be honest and 2015–2019: transparent. What I really don’t like is Interim Manager/CEO NRG when people cover up mistakes. 2010–2019: There’s one thing I learned early on Prorail Supervisory Board from my American customers: you Since March 2019: should spend less time on the question Board Member for Sales and Marketing of why things went wrong and who is DB Cargo AG to blame for it. Instead, you should look for solutions and ideas of how to

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move forward. On the whole, I’m a person who prefers looking forward to CV looking backward. 2010–2014: Board Member for Finances at Has your leadership style changed DB Schenker Rail Polska over time, and if so, how? 2014: CEO DB Cargo Polska PT I believe I used to be very quick Since February 2019: to draw conclusions. Over time I’ve Board Member for Production and noticed that it’s worth looking at both Production Germany DB Cargo AG sides of the coin and examining situations from various points of view. Today, I listen much more and do a little less talking. What is important to you as a Digital or analogue — which do you manager? prefer to spend your free time on? MS I was 29 when I became the PT “Get outdoors” is my motto. I head of a marshalling yard. That was cycle or run, including longer stretches where I learned that I shouldn’t dictate of up to 16 km. I’m also an enthusiastic to anyone what to do or how to do it. sailor. I particularly enjoy taking a Everyone already knows that very well yearly trip to Croatia with my family. for themselves. Instead, managers have to create an environment where everyone can bring their strengths to MAREK STASZEK the table in an optimal fashion. That’s because success is possible only when Mr Staszek, what is your impression a lot of people contribute. I also appre of the switch from the Polish ciate it when someone likes to take on national company to the Manage- responsibility and wants to contribute ment Board of DB Cargo? to the big picture.

MS I have already visited a few sites Do you always decide everything on and I met professional, highly commit a rational basis or do you also trust ted colleagues everywhere I went. your gut instinct? However, the competition in our industry is fierce. There are also qua MS I can’t answer that in a general lity deficits at our end that erode our way. Of course, making decisions market position. We have already done rationally on the basis of facts is the a lot to improve quality. Nevertheless, right way to go, but it also has its we still have a long way to go. limits. There is often some uncertainty left over, and you can cover that with your gut feeling. Emotions also play a role, opening up more space for intui tion, when decisions affecting a lot of people are at stake. “Success is possible only Do you prefer non-fiction or novels? MS The last book that I read was when a lot The Structure of the Human Person, of people by Edith Stein. I also find audio books very practical when I’m travelling. contribute.” However, I prefer listening to classical music even more. My favourite MAREK STASZEK composers include Frédéric Chopin, Board Member for Production Johann Sebastian Bach and Igor Stravinsky. №

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#logisticsconnected shaping the future

he logistics industry is the backbone of the global economy. Not only does it transport goods, it also fosters the spread of innovation and frequently enables businesses to create value in the first place. It is also called upon to constantly adapt and improve its solutions as few other industries are. Digitalisation, climate protection and the recruitment of specialists are the current hot topics, and the Ttransport logistic trade fair in Munich will address them.

DB Cargo will showcase its whole portfolio and show how our customers can benefit from the company’s status as a European market leader with an extensive network: The company offers multimodal solutions on the Eurasian corridor and innovations such as Wagon Intelli gence and the new digital link2rail platform. The following pages and the enclosed map of the trade fair will help you find your way around DB Cargo’s extensive range of products at transport logistic.

However, even if you are unable to visit us in Munich, we would like to bring you up to speed on current issues facing rail freight transport and the logistics industry. BVL Presi dent Robert Blackburn has penned a guest contribution that sheds light on the future of logistics providers from the standpoint of digitalisation, artificial intelligence and the struggle for talent.

We will also be taking a look at the most state-of-the-art vehicles that DB Cargo has to offer at the moment – both in this issue and at the trade fair.

Welcome to the world of DB Cargo!

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IS THE MAP OF THE TRADE FAIR MISSING? You can download the map of the trade fair here as a PDF:

11 FOCUS 02 / 19 Our presence at the trade fair DB Cargo and DB Schenker’s combined exhibition booth is the largest at transport logistic 2019. Learn more from the market leader at first hand.

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1 INTERMODAL SALES 3 We introduce our new product modules. 2 BOULEVARD 2 8 1 LOGISTICS SALES DB Cargo Logistics as a product developer and solu- 6 tion provider: discover our 7 portfolio.

3 INDUSTRIAL SALES New direct services to com- plement the single-wagonload network and new developments in the fleet.

4 INTERNATIONAL & REGIONAL SALES _ We aim to leave no question Transporting even small unanswered. cargo volumes in our Euro- Please speak with pean network. us directly at our booth.

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_ Our knowledge- able employees will explain our digital portfolio to you, as well as our new link2rail platform.

16 _ Our generously 14 sized exhibition booth offers multiple opportunities to engage in conversa- tions and establish contacts, including for new customers. 15

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BAR + MEETING 9 9 12 RAIL SOLUTIONS MEETING ROOMS INFORMATION Learn more about our Euro- CENTRES pean network with help of our 13 innovative network map. INFO COUNTER 5 7 10 MEETINGS NEW CUSTOMER EURASIAN CORRIDOR DIGITAL ASSET SOLUTIONS SOLUTIONS SOLUTIONS 14 Become one of DB Cargo’s Get to know our activities on Digitalisation of our assets as new customers and benefit the Eurasian corridor. a basis for innovative services INFO COUNTER from 4,000 private sidings and tools. and 1,500 freight terminals. 8 11 15 6 MULTIMODAL LINK2RAIL EXHIBITS TRANSFRACHT SOLUTIONS SOLUTIONS MARITIME SOLUTIONS 16 Introduction to and concep- Our central platform for all Information about company tual development of multi- digital services and solutions trains, traffic on short routes modal products and logistics for your company. HR AREA and new port connections. services.

13 FOCUS 02 / 19 Trust comes with t the outside exhibition space at transport logis tic, manufacturers, freight forwarders and transport companies obligations demonstrateA the latest developments in rail transport. From 30 to 40 wagons DB Cargo manoeuvres the exhibitors’ wagons are expected every year; they are often onto the outside exhibition space at transport prototypes or one-of-a-kind, high-value wagons. All of them have to be placed logistic. A task requiring careful planning. on three exhibition tracks and in the

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1 _ DB Cargo’s exhibits are on the outside exhibition space at transport 2 logistic on track 3/8. 2 _ A view to the west of Munich’s proper order. Both the location and the central station with orientation of the wagons have to be the distinctive silhouette of the correct. After all, an information stand Hackerbrücke. generally has to be placed before the wagon, and stairs are required to pro vide access to the presentation at the trade fair. Thomas Gabler of DB Cargo Munich knows how complex it is to place all of the wagons in exactly the right posi tion. He has been planning these transports for years. Weeks before the trade fair, the customer wagons arrive at the transshipment terminal of Munich-Riem in no particular order. Well before the beginning of trans port, a DB Cargo team gets together with valuable, brand-new wagons, and works out in what order the wag many of which have never been on ons need to roll along the entrance German tracks before. track onto the three trade fair tracks. “The trade fair “Care and conscientiousness are “Exact planning is everything,” says important qualities for planning and Gabler. customers entrust shunting operations,” says Gabler. Often, wagons first need to be their most valua- His colleague Florian Zölch, Head of turned around. This involves perfor the Munich DB Cargo site, adds: “The ming a “turning movement” in the ble assets to us.” trade fair customers entrust their most Munich area with complicated shunt valuable assets to us. And trust comes ing manoeuvres. This is a special FLORIAN ZÖLCH with obligations.” challenge for the shunting locomotive Head of DB Cargo’s Munich site Finally, the shunting movement drivers. After all, they are working onto the Munich exhibition grounds is performed. The wagons need to be pushed during the manoeuvre, so that the locomotive can exit the site after wards. Extreme caution is needed when crossing the outside exhibition 3 space. The train drives at walking speed, and all train movements take place in daylight. With set-up work already underway, lorries or other objects could be blocking the track. In the end, it all goes well and the wagons can show the visitors their best side. №

3 _ A DB Cargo driver in the cab of a class 363 shun Florian Zölch, Head of DB Cargo AG’s Munich site ting locomotive. [email protected]

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_ Huge tasks such as digitalisation can only be tackled if we have highly qualified employees.

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OPINION PIECE BY ROBERT BLACKBURN “Logistics needs employees with excellent qualifications” Digitalisation, international trade, recruitment: what are the major issues at this year’s transport logistic trade fair in Munich? How do things look for the changes unfolding in the German logistics sector? An opinion piece by Robert Blackburn, board chairman at Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL) e. V.

he world has changed a export market of crucial importance. lot since the last trans- The conferences scheduled for this port logistic fair was held year’s trade fair demonstrate that two years ago. Back in logistics specialists are wondering “It’s surprising May 2017, the UK had how international trade is likely to already formally started develop in the future. that the issues of the Brexit process, but Eastern markets are one focus: recruitment and no negotiations regarding the coun- the New Silk Road has inspired Ttry’s departure had begun. In the USA, companies’ strategies as well as their qualifications Donald Trump had been sworn into imaginations. Other key topics are office in January and the world had transport infrastructure, multimodal don’t feature seen the first indications of his presi- transport, urban logistics and last- more prominently dency’s style and substance, which mile solutions, improvements at Europe largely took in its stride. The ramps and staff shortages in every in Munich.” economy was humming. logistics-related profession. However, In October 2018, logistics experts the digitalisation of business and working in industry, trade and trans- services dominates everything else, port services took a look ahead at the and developments here are picking possible developments over the com- up speed. ing months, and for the first time in over two years, their prognosis was Digitalisation can improve the one of scepticsm. This change in out- quality of logistics services look persists and is now supported by the latest economic data. The EU is Digitalisation that uses artificial intel- searching for a new equilibrium and ligence (AI) poses a challenge for long-term stability. An unpredictable everyone and every company involved transformation is taking place in its in logistics. political and possibly also in its eco- Extensive investments are neces nomic relationship with the USA, an sary, as are new ways of thinking

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and working. These will have impli changes, and who enjoy Logistics 4.0 cations for staff, qualifications and and their work. organisational activities alike. The One final point: the logistics sec- term “intelligence” is, unfortunately, “Virtually tor’s image is often a problem for com- misleading in this particular context. everything will be panies. They need to make changes AI can aggregate and process large here as well. Interesting reports from quantities of data quickly, but it has so digitalised, and the trade fair, continuous PR activities far had difficulty coping with unfore to clarify questions about logistics, seen and unusual situations, and the AI algorithms will participating in the annual Supply speed at which machines can learn is Chain Day and support from the new slow in comparison with people. supply specific “Wirtschaftsmacher” initiative with Nevertheless, there are already many datasets, be they its “logistics heroes” campaign – all of practical applications for AI in the logi these are important if companies want stics sector – it can identify sources of about companies to show the public a realistic image of data that had previously gone what the sector is like. This is all the unnoticed, link databases and consoli or individuals.” more important because logistics is date multiple information duplicates. Germany’s third-largest industry. These features mean that AI can Each and every day, the sector tackles make forecasting future requirements highly challenging situations and far more accurate. Planning and man- offers interesting job openings to aging activities can be optimised using people with ambitions. № real-time data. This also leads to sim- pler processes and greater efficiency, and the quality of logistics services can improve because the reasons for dis- ruptions can be identified faster tions than even the most experienced despite being embedded in a highly member of staff. If this leads to merged complex context, and we can use agile goods flows, the better utilisation of management to address them. The resources and fewer delivery runs, the potential uses of AI are manifold: intel- overall result is better for the environ- ligent access equipment that uses cam- ment. These are exciting prospects, eras to identify who is at a loading bay, and the logistics sector has a key role to intelligent pallets that know when play in them. they are being moved and supermarket shelves that give personal tips to shop- We need people with good qualifica- pers. Virtually everything will be digi- tions and who enjoy the world of talised, and AI algorithms will supply Logistics 4.0 specific datasets, be they about companies or individuals. To make efficient use of the latest tools AI can perform certain tasks faster and working methods, the logistics and with greater precision than peo- sector needs employees with excellent ROBERT BLACKBURN ple, which means it can reduce employ- qualifications and the right training. ees’ day-to-day workloads. Because it Competition for staff is fierce, particu- _ became chairman of the board can process huge quantities of data, it larly because we are up against other of Germany’s logistics association, Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL), can generate faster decisions and solu- technology-dependent sectors. With in January 2018. Holding a PhD this in mind, it’s surprising that the in economics, he was previously issues of recruitment and qualifica- CEO at Hoffmann Group, presi- tions don’t feature more prominently dent of supply chain operations in Munich. I think many of the conver- and information services at BASF SE, and vice-president and busi- sations at the trade fair will be about ness unit head for manufacturing, this issue and the search for answers. software and services at IBM. This is important because if companies A pioneer in the fields of transfor- want to grasp the many opportunities mational leadership and digitali- > 3 mio. sation, he also teaches at the offered by digitalisation and the logis- Massachusetts Institute of Tech- people work in tics market, they have to win the nology and holds an honorary the logistics sector support of their employees – people professorship at the Karlsruhe who have the right qualifications, who Institute of Technology. are motivated by and unafraid of

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1 1 _ We want and need to be proactive in winning over skilled personnel for ourselves. 2 _ Logistik 4.0 needs one thing above all: specialists with good qualifications.

Learn more about recruitment at the transport logistic trade fair:

Come and talk to us in our HR area.

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_ DB Cargo is getting more digital, more multimodal and consequently more sustainable.

Digital, multimodal & sustainable

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Developments in the business and logistics sectors have always been shaped by a host of factors, some of which are almost impossible to plan for. Every two years at the transport logistic trade fair in Munich, the sector discusses and demonstrates their direction for the future. Digitalisation continues to play a crucial role, something that is unlikely to change in the fore- seeable future. At DB Cargo, it encompasses several undertakings, such as expanding the digital link2rail customer platform and establishing a direct connection to customers. Their transport-related demands are becoming steadily more complex, so it is necessary to make greater use of multimodal solutions. The goal of all of these s is to shift cargo to the more environmentally friendly rail network: the “Fridays for Future” demonstrations make it absolutely clear that climate protection is and will remain one of the most important topics facing society. At the same time, it is one of the rail freight network’s strengths.

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Focus on customers DIGITAL Several digital services are being devel oped , including a uniform, simplified #wagonintelligence is one of the teams bout two years ago, order placement process for shipments laying the foundations for digitalisation at DB Cargo launched the and emptywagons. Bosse says, “Our DB Cargo. It is working on sensor technol- myRailportal platform customers informed us that this wasn’t ogy, interface points and the associated and, since then, the expe very easy, so we put this item on our algorithms at the amspire lab in Frankfurt. rience has been positive to-do list. The advantage is that these This team recently fitted the company’s 15,000 freight wagons with telematics forA the company and many customers. functions are linked with one another, systems. Consequently, myRailportal now so you don’t have to keep switching offers large clients customised portal between applications or memorise solutions. In the next stage, the firm things like wagon numbers.” wants link2rail to build on these and establish a standard approach that it improve our internal processes so that can resize as required for as many we can concentrate on our customers customers as possible. Easy app-based more,” says Bosse. access to functions is being added to “Our digital ser- the portal, and customers can use an In the meantime, DB Cargo is conti API – an application programming vices will help nuing to overhaul freight wagons with interface that enables data to be easily a plan to refit the entire fleet with exchanged and further processed – to customers to sensors and radio technology by 2020. connect their own company software. boost their effi- This upgrade opens up a host of options: location identification via Jürgen Bosse, head of customer inte ciency and easily GPS, information about movement, gration, explains: “In this way, we are mileage and impacts, plus short-range able to provide our customers with ser control complex communication by means of NFC and vices and data on the channel that they RFID. The company’s systems will require. link2rail is the unified brand logistics chains.” also collect additional information presence for our digitalisation and about air humidity, temperature and product development platform, which DR ERIC PFAFFMANN dew point, depending on the wagon we created so we could offer customers Head of Customer Service Logistics, Head of fleet, while freight cars will also be added value.” Looking ahead to the IT Projects Sales at DB Cargo AG able to report if they are full or empty. DB Cargo transport logistic trade fair, Thorsten Meffert, Vice President of Dr Roland Bosch, CEO at DB Cargo, Marketing at DB Cargo, adds, “Our says, “We will retrofit our fleet of focus with everything we endeavour is DB Cargo’s digitalisation activities approximately 68,000 wagons by always on the customer. That is why all focus on a higher goal: increasing the end of 2020, which means that we we will be opening the doors to our customer satisfaction levels, creating will be able to view up-to-the-minute workshop to demonstrate just how our added value, and so making the rail GPS and other data on a centralised digital services work and be ready to way a more appealing option for freight system. The efficient, end-to-end provide help and advice in person at transport. “It goes without saying monitoring of transport chains will be the trade fair.” that we also take a look at how we can possible.” №

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_ link2rail is DB Cargo's new digitalisation and product development platform. 67 “amspire” lab staff are working on the digital solutions of the future.

Learn more about this topic at the transport logistic trade fair:

10 Digital asset solutions 11 link2rail customer solutions 23 Map of trade fair, p. 11, 12 & 13 FOCUS 02 / 19 The future is multimodal

nd-to-end visibility is the Solutions with added value term experts use when the progress of a freight ship Staff at logistics service provider Fichtl ment along its route is com in Saal an der Donau, Bavaria, pack, pletely transparent. It plays a load and transport goods by lorry to Ekey role in enhancing the quality of their end customers. The company’s transport services. Digitalising, acce portfolio also includes pallet handling, lerating and simplifying processes tray packing, packaging loose items, represent just the first step: the actual container solutions and outsourcing delivery that follows has to be as smart, solutions. These services give SMEs from the customer’s point of view, as easier access to the multimodal trans the upstream action of placing the port chain as the companies do not order. With its multimodal transport need their own warehousing space or solutions, DB Cargo is constantly the required in-house capacities for improving how it links up with digital packaging or order picking activities. interfaces and harnesses them more effectively for its freight operations. Family-run company Fichtl not only This form of integration not only handles combined transport and rail- enhances punctuality, reliability and road transshipment, but it also caters resilience, but it also has the potential to triple-mode transports that combine to shift more freight to environmen ocean, rail and road. Almost every tally friendly rail services as DB Cargo sector makes use of multimodal solu caters to every link in the transport tions, and the company has even chain. This chain normally starts long developed its own technical solutions before a freight wagon embarks on its for transporting components from journey. OEMs to carmakers. Crane-incompa tible trailers such as lorry semi-trailers Customers do not necessarily need to are loaded onto special pocket wagons have their own sidings to gain access to using the CargoBeamer system. This DB Cargo’s Europe-wide rail network: made it possible for DB Cargo and instead, more and more freight gets Volkswagen’s group logistics and hau loaded onto trains at the public sidings, lage company Waberer’s to perform seaports, 150 combined transport ter the first multimodal delivery for the minals and some 100 railports covered German carmaker. Special transports by the company’s network. Multimodal are possible even for things such as terminals and railports are the key to the parts of a power plant’s cooling the multimodal transport chain, and towers, which can cross several natio they are the interface point between nal borders as part of a multimodal the different modes of transport that chain. Trains are used for the main leg are essential for customised, door-to- of the journey, while DB Cargo orga door transport services. Railports in nises the first- and last-mile segments particular are, increasingly, more than by lorry. № just places where freight gets loaded _ Standardised from lorries onto trains. data enhances the transparency needed for multi modal supply chains in particular.

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MULTIMODAL

The extreme complexity of intermodal supply chains is often seen as a disadvantage for combined transport (CT) compared with end-to-end road haulage. Rail usage is difficult due to the physical interface points (terminals) and large number of players involved, in addition to the many different cross-border requirements relating to freight transport. The CT 4.0 project is designed to create a more transparent, clearer intermodal transport chain. It will use standardised interfaces and provide access to order- and timetable- related data, ETA forecasts and supple- mentary transport-related information.

51% of the

4.49 mio. euros in the CT 4.0 budget comes from the German Federal Transport Ministry.

Learn more about this topic at the transport logistic trade fair:

1 Intermodal sales 8 Multimodal solutions 9 Rail solutions 25 Map of trade fair, p. 11, 12 & 13 FOCUS 02 / 19

290 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions could be saved by the Rail Freight Forward initiative in the coming ten years.

For the climate

hat do digitalisation and that traffic starts making the shift to multimodal transport the railways now. This is what the Rail have to do with climate Freight Master Plan addresses with its protection? The answer comprehensive range of measures is simple. Taking to the focusing on the rail system’s reliability, Wstreets to prevent climate change is digitalisation and increased capacities. 9 x right, and it is an issue that concerns The plan’s funding is earmarked spe less: the difference in every generation. Around the world, cifically for new locomotives such as CO emissions generated by the Fridays for Future demonstrations the multi-system Vectron e-locomotive 2 rail-based freight relative by schoolchildren make it clear that its (read more on p. 34) and new wagons to road haulage significance is set to increase further. such as the slab and coil car (read more However, if Germany wants to even on p. 28), which promises to deliver have a chance of achieving its climate greater flexibility and efficiency for objectives, it is absolutely essential the steel industry’s transportation

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railways to be a quiet, good neighbour SUSTAINABLE to everyone, especially when it comes _ Freight wagons to freight services. To achieve this, we fitted with whisper Deutsche Bahn is already Germany’s larg- have introduced noise-differentiated est user of renewable energy: in 2018, the brakes are up to track access charges and we are inves 10 decibels quieter share of green energy in the company’s than conventional ting over EUR 150 million in govern traction mix rose to 57%. The target for brakes. To people, ment subsidies to fit wagons with 2030 is 80%. Hydroelectric power this means a 50% whisper brakes. In addition, starting accounts for the majority of the traction reduction in noise. at the end of next year, loud freight mix, and many of the plants are located in Germany. One of them is in the Bavarian wagons will not be permitted to use town of Bad Reichenhall: it is managed by the German rail network. We want to DB Energie itself and has been in opera- use these and other measures such as tion for over 100 years. noise reduction as effective, audible improvements that protect people living near train tracks.” DB Cargo is making a major contribution by instal ling whisper brakes. Over 80% of its Noah’s Train wagon fleet – that’s more than 50,000 cars – have already been fitted with DB Cargo is also a member of Rail these low-noise brakes. Once govern Freight Forward, a coalition of Euro ment funding is subtracted, this pean freight rail operators that have undertaking alone costs the company made it their goal to drastically reduce a total of EUR 200 million. freight transport’s negative impact on the planet and transform mobility using innovations and an intelligent combination of transport services. Dr Roland Bosch, CEO of DB Cargo, “We want to use says, “We are working with our Euro pean partners to change the transport these and other mix of the future. If Europe’s roads see measures such as a 30% increase in cargo between now and 2030, that will translate into one noise reduction million additional lorries, more traffic jams and additional harmful CO2 emis as effective, audi- sions. The transport transition will only succeed if we can get more freight ble improvements onto trains.” As part of a headline- that protect grabbing campaign to promote this needs. The Vectron locomotive, slab modal shift, DB Cargo set Noah’s Train and coil wagon and other innovations people living near off on its journey from Katowice in will be waiting for visitors at the out Poland to Brussels at the end of the door display area of the transport logis train tracks.” recent World Climate Conference. tic trade fair in Munich. A symbol for change, the train is also GERHARD SCHULZ the world’s longest mobile artwork: Sustainable investment State secretary at Germany’s Federal Minis- at each stop along its route, well- try of Transport and Digital Infrastructure known street artists added images of Shifting more transport to the greener animals to its wagons. № railway system is, however, a mam moth task with countless variables. It’s not just customers who need to be won over. A specific segment of the public also needs to support the modal shift though it will, at first glance, benefit them the least – people living beside the rail lines. Gerhard Schulz, state secretary at Germany’s Federal Learn more about this topic at the transport logistic trade fair: Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, says, “We want the Come to our info desk 14 and talk to us. Map of trade fair, p. 11, 12 & 13 27 FOCUS 02 / 19 An efficient and flexible all-rounder Working with its business partners, DB Cargo has created a wagon for the steel industry that combines the features of two freight wagon types in one. This means greater flexibility and efficiency for customer thyssenkrupp Steel Europe.

he slab and coil wagon is the means greater flexibility and effi A completely new creation: new multifunctional freight ciency. the slab and coil wagon carrier from DB Cargo AG. A Resource manager Jan Bellmann is six-axle flat wagon, it allows in charge of qualitative and quantita Bellmann continues: “There were no trains to transport steel in tive management for DB Cargo’s steel precursor models.” The idea for the Teither slab or coil form, and can also be fleet. “The central idea behind this new wagon dates from 2015. DB Cargo used for moving containers. The wag new creation was to increase the flexi ordered five prototypes, and their on’s requirements were defined and bility of the freight wagon fleet while development was coordinated with tested in different ways, including as at the same time maximising effi Germany’s transport and digital infra part of a joint undertaking with ciency,” he says. “At present, two dif structure ministry. The ministry DB Cargo’s customer thyssenkrupp ferent types of wagon are still in use for helped fund the development process, Steel Europe (tkSE). This collaboration transporting slabs, i.e. rectangular and the wagon’s small environmental resulted in a new kind of freight car blocks of cast steel, and coils, which footprint was one of the contributing that can handle both slab steel and consist of rolled-up sheet steel. Our factors in this decision. coils of steel. For steel industry cus design for the new slab and coil wagons tomers like tkSE, the new wagon merges the two types.” “We have flexibility in how we use this wagon, which means that we can react more quickly to changes in production.”

MELANIE ÜBELÄNDER Senior expert for purchasing and _ Coils are loaded coordinating rail services at onto the wagons thyssenkrupp Steel Europe at the steel logistics centre in Hagen.

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SPECIFICATIONS Specific uses: SLAB AND Transporting steel slabs, steel coils and containers Length over buffers: 16.40 m Loading length: 15.16 m COIL WAGON Loading width between cradles: 2.40 m Ø 2,500 Width between stanchions: 2.63 m Axle load: 22.5 t Max. empty weight 1,230 1,060

(incl. stillage): 35 t 1,040 Max. payload: 100 t 620 Ø 920 1,700 1,700 3,005 9,150 Max. total weight: 135 t 15,160 16,400

INFOBOX and streamlined.” Needless to say, tkSE is extremely pleased with the new model. The six-axle slab and coil wagon is a new Melanie Übeländer, senior expert type of transporter from DB Cargo for for purchasing and coordinating rail carrying steel products. It can be used services at thyssenkrupp Steel Europe: for a number of purposes and can also “Thanks to the slab and coil wagons, transport 20- and 40-foot containers in addition to steel slabs and coils. we can reduce the need for shunting, and wagons are at our disposal faster because we no longer need to return “The central idea empty cars. We now also have greater behind this new flexibility in how we use the wagon, The purpose of the new wagon type which means that we can react more creation was to was simple: it had to do exactly what quickly to changes in production. Less slab wagons and coil cars could each do shunting and fewer empty runs also increase the separately. Bellmann says, “We took have a positive impact on CO emis 2 flexibility of the the best features of each wagon type sions.” and combined them to make a single As Jan Bellmann emphasises, the freight wagon wagon.” One factor was particularly new wagon is by no means the end of important: the new model had to be DB Cargo’s endeavours to enhance its fleet while at capable of carrying 100 tonnes. vehicle fleet: “Alongside this multi functional wagon, we will also add the same time Orders for 95 more wagons other wagons to our fleet – Shimmns maximising and Samms, for example – in response The prototypes were put to work at to customer demand.” № efficiency.” DB Cargo’s steel industry customer, tkSE. They completed their test runs JAN BELLMANN at the end of 2018 and made the switch Resource manager for to scheduled operations at the start wagon demand planning at DB Cargo of 2019. “We got really good feedback Jan Bellmann, resource manager for from the very first day, so we ordered wagon demand planning at DB Cargo 95 of the wagons,” Bellmann recalls. [email protected] Delivery will start in the fourth quar ter of this year, and the wagons are to be used for tkSE’s inter-plant trans ports in the Ruhr district. Bellmann Experience technology says, “Above all, this innovative new up close in the outdoor Track design enables our customers to make their shuttle services more efficient area of the transport logistic fair: 3 / 8 Map of trade fair, p. 11 29 10.5 mio. tonnes: how much steel DB Cargo transports with this wagon every year.

_ What makes the slab and coil wagon special: it’s possible to change the type of cargo without having to modify the wagon.

30 31 FOCUS 02 / 19 The new 561: the strong type Europeans like to be prepared for anything that comes their way. They are increasingly buying large size sport utility vehicles (SUVs). This trend also has consequences for logistics providers in the automotive industry, who need to adapt their means of transport to the new vehicles. DB Cargo has now developed a wagon that can transport heavy cars.

urope is driving SUVs: heavy vehicles (possibly even with “The wider and heavier vehicles are a market research institute alternative drive systems) alters exist drag on the capacity utilisation of our Jato reports that 5.51 mil ing systems. DB Cargo Logistics is also wagons, which pushes up the unit lion of the big cars were adjusting to the trend and is now costs of transport.” DB has therefore sold in Europe in 2017, up adapting its freight wagon fleet to the developed a new type of wagon for Enearly 20% from the previous year. needs of its customers. “Today, we finished vehicles that uniquely com These vehicles are selling so well that continually run into limits when it bines the advantages of existing fleets car manufacturers are switching their comes to efficiently transporting with innovative new elements: the production. At the same time, logistics SUVs”, says Markus Fischer, Head Laaeffrs 561. companies are adjusting their supply of the Sales & Operations Centre Fin chains, since transport of the large and ished Vehicles at DB Cargo Logistics. Stringent technical requirements

For the construction of the wagon, DB Cargo Logistics relied on tried-and- tested partners that were familiar with the requirements of auto transporters and able to bring excellent industry expertise to the table. After all, devel oping the new model 561 was a very tough nut to crack from a technical perspective. New SUV models had to be transported as efficiently as possi ble. Having an especially low bottom loading level was of prime importance, because cars that are roughly two metres tall can barely be loaded onto existing double-decker wagons. To avoid running up against track clear ance limits, the maximum possible height and width of the load on the _ The wagon transport route had to be factored into is 33 m long and the development of the wagon. Given equipped with telematics and the increasing weight of the vehicles, a flexible load freight wagons also need to be more securing system. stable. “We modified techniques from

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TECHNICAL DATA LAAEFFRS 561 Total length: 33,000 mm The wagon is equipped with telematics. The flexible load securing Upper load length: 32,550 mm system enables a wide variety of transport and loading options. Upper load width: 2,794 mm Lower load length: 32,080 mm Lower load width: 2,950 mm Max. car height Double-decker: roughly 1,990 mm Empty weight: 36.5 t Max. payload: 35.5 t 33 m

existing freight wagons in order to a new order that the company recently FURTHER DEVELOPMENT combine all of these aspects regarding landed. A market leader for large the structure of the wagon and the off-road-capable cars and SUVs opened high level of stability”, explains Tobias a plant in Slovakia in October 2018 to The freight wagon with two load levels Sander, Project Manager Equipment at manufacture two particularly stately is able to transport cars, SUVs and DB Cargo Logistics. For instance, the members of the SUV class. The com vans throughout Europe. Its special geo 561 model has flexible upper loading pany invested several million dollars metry and flexible, adjustable elements makes it perfectly suited for transporting levels for vehicles of various heights. in the state-of-the-art production site. SUVs and vans efficiently even for low Small wheelsets reduce the height of The plant produces various versions of clearances. Given the high load limit of the overall wagon. Other improve SUVs, and in the future they will even 35.5 tonnes, it can also transport vehicles ments that were made include flexible have a range of drive systems. The that are particularly heavy. elements on the lower loading level, a vehicles are already larger and heavier special geometry of the upper loading as it is, and the electric drive systems level and the loading surface, which is will add another couple of hundred two metres longer than that of conven kilograms to the weight of the vehicles increase the proportion of the fleet tional flexible freight wagons. themselves and therefore their trans that is able to transport heavier port weight. Deutsche Bahn applied passenger cars. “The additional flexi for the order back in 2016, and was ble elements and the load securing awarded the rail transport contract systems allow us to transport roughly after a year of bid processing. 16% more vehicles on one train”, says DB Cargo Logistics will now trans Elisa Glinkowski, Account Manager at port the vehicles to the exporting port the Sales & Operations Centre Fin 16% of Zeebrugge. “It is rare for new car ished Vehicles. Soon, other car manu plants to be built in Europe. It is a won facturers will also be able to appreciate more vehicles can be derful confirmation of our work that this advantage, as the wagon can be transported by the open we are able to be there from day one to used all over Europe. № Laaeffrs 561 type wagon. transport new vehicles”, says Markus Fischer.

Prototypes win over the customer

Maiden voyages DB Cargo Logistics will use the Laaeffrs 561 to transport over 200 Markus Fischer, Head of the Sales & Operations Centre It took two years of development time vehicles per train to Zeebrugge several Finished Vehicles, DB Cargo Logistics before DB Cargo Logistics was able times a week. The new wagons will [email protected] to present the first prototype in 2018. The first freight wagons will be delivered in April 2019. More than 200 more will follow in the coming Experience technology Track months. DB Cargo intends to use the up close in the outdoor freight wagons for the first time with area of the transport logistic trade fair: 3 / 8

Map of trade fair, p. 11 33 FOCUS 02 / 19 The best of both worlds Rail logistics experts from DB Cargo and engi- neers from Innofreight are working together 1 on new freight wagons for the steel industry. Multifunctional wagons with flexible superstruc- tures fuse both companies’ expertise.

any companies in the systems, and it has been working with steel sector require DB Cargo for the past two years as part transport services for of a close and successful partnership. a large volume of semi-finished steel First joint development project Mproducts, slabs in particular. DB Cargo has responded to customer require Many people think the InnoTainer ments and created additional wagon Coils wagons are a visually appealing space by deploying its 80-foot Inno but nevertheless conventional freight Waggons with steel pallets. In the pro car. However, pulling back the wagon “By using cess, DB Cargo and Innofreight joined cover reveals more than just steel: the InnoTainer Coils, forces to discuss new wagons that new wagons are the latest product of could be used more flexibly. Innof DB Cargo and Innofreight’s coopera we have expanded reight develops innovative freight tion, and they combine the experience wagons, containers and unloading of both companies. This particular DB Cargo’s portfolio of freight wagons and

2 created additional loading space for customers.”

SAGEEV SATHIYANATHAN Resource manager for wagon demand planning at DB Cargo

1 _ Coils (wide and narrow) are loaded safely using the positioning arm. 2 _ The cover only needs to be fully opened once, cutting the time needed for loading and unloading.

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TECHNICAL DATA OF INNOFREIGHT EACH WAGON

Total length: 11,250 mm Length: 9,600 mm Width: 3,040 mm Height: 2,970 mm Max. load width: 2,029 mm Design: 3 loading cradles Sheeting Max. load per cradle: 35.5 t Max. load per metre: 8 t/m 9.6 m

solution is the multifunctional answer means that it can be returned to use clearly reveal. Sathiyanathan says, to the transport needs of many rail faster in the event of maintenance work. “The ScrapTainer is built of ultra- freight customers. It is also possible to rectify minor strong steel for greater stability and In spring 2018, DB Cargo submit damage “on the go” if necessary. For higher utilisation in comparison to ted its initial requirements in connec another, the wagons are more flexible conventional Ea wagons.” DB Cargo tion with steel coil transportation: the in terms of use. Sathiyanathan explains: and Innofreight started the develop company wanted multifunctional “When demand fluctuates or custom ment process at the end of last year, freight wagons with modular container ers’ requirements change, we can and the first wagons are currently solutions. At DB Cargo, Sageev Sathi change one superstructure for another undergoing testing. yanathan coordinates the joint under type or replace it with a container. taking with Innofreight. He says, “In Using a single vehicle, we can cater to Development is set to continue terms of its function, the new wagon the needs of a number of business had to be built like the Shimmns-ttu sectors.” The concept underlying the multifunc so that customers would warm to it.” Mario Carl, CEO at Innofreight tional freight wagon has a lot more Innofreight didn’t need long to come Germany, believes that this modular potential left in it, and there are plans up with a proposal, and the demonstra design will play an important role in to create modular vehicles for other tion of the InnoTainer Coils prototype the future of rail freight transport and sectors as well. Companies in the chem took place in August 2018. explains that his company has long icals and raw materials industries are been using modular concepts. So far also very interested in these modular Heavy cargo, short wagons the logistics provider has brought over systems: combined with the right 12,000 standard and container wagons unloading equipment, they offer the As the limits had been reached in to the market. necessary flexibility for planning trans terms of length and payload, the new port services and for transshipment wagon is especially short: instead of Scrap has high requirements activities at railports and other hubs five cradles, the 30-foot superstructure away from customers’ premises. The only has three. This increases the utili Another prototype from DB Cargo and future belongs to the multifunctional sation of train capacities while at the Innofreight’s joint development stable freight wagon. № same time making the wagons lighter is the ScrapTainer, the name of which and less susceptible to faults. Loading accurately describes its purpose. Scrap and unloading are also easier, some poses several challenges in terms of thing that saves time and money given equipment and transportation (includ the high safety standards in place in ing weighing). As freight, it is heavy the steel industry. and frequently bulky, and it can cause Sageev Sathiyanathan, Sathiyanathan says, “By using substantial damage to wagons, as Resource manager for wagon demand planning at DB Cargo InnoTainer Coils, we have expanded the visible bumps and bulges on cars [email protected] DB Cargo’s portfolio of freight wagons and created additional loading space for customers.” The design of the new cars offers See the technology for Track two key advantages. For one, it has a yourself in the outdoor replaceable superstructure, which exhibition area of the transport logistic trade fair: 2 /2

Trade fair map, p. 11 35 FOCUS 02 / 19 European markets are losing their borders DB Cargo is helping to make this possible by investing in multi-system locomotives. These are allowing trains to avoid a locomotive changeover on a growing number of international European routes.

rans-European traffic has Historical legacy creates a is not only to meet these expectations been constantly growing for competitive disadvantage but also to systematically expand our years. The results can be seen transport capacity along the trans- on major highways day in, Boldt understands the root causes European corridors. This relies on the day out, with seemingly end of rail’s competitive disadvantage availability of suitable locomotives.” Tless lorry convoys from every corner compared to road: “While road trans of the continent. “International trans port was largely standardised across port is no problem for road hauliers,” Europe, a wide range of different says Karsten Boldt, procurement motive power systems emerged on the manager for traction units at DB Cargo, railways, which are often incompatible “but for rail freight providers there with each other. This had historical are some technical challenges involved reasons and was closely linked to the in crossing borders.” heavy national focus of the then state-owned railways.”

”Our customers expect us to handle their rail consignments punctually and reliably” BRIEF FACTS “Using multi- Despite progress with standardisation, technical boundaries between diffe system locomo- rent systems are still a feature of Delivery and approval of the first 60 tives improves Vectron locomotives in the A22 version, Europe’s rail network. These require which is primarily designed for use on the rail operators to have a supply of vehi the reliability Rhine-Alpine Core Network Corridor, was cles that are compatible with the local completed by the end of 2018. Since the infrastructure. Running trains across and quality of 2018/2019 timetable change, DB Cargo trains have been running for the first time Europe still requires a locomotive transport for our without a change of locomotive all the way changeover at many points in the net from Rotterdam to Verona, for example. work. This creates the potential for customers.” Delivery of the remaining 40 locomotives, delays and bottlenecks, says Boldt. which will be used on corridors to eastern “Whatever the technical barriers, KARSTEN BOLDT and southeastern Europe, will follow in our customers expect us to handle Asset Management & Procurement – 2019 and 2020. their rail consignments punctually Vectron, DB Cargo AG and reliably. Our mission at DB Cargo

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193 VECTRON MS (CLASS 193)

SPECIFICATIONS

Length over buffers: 18.98 m Width: 3.01 m Height: 4.25 m 4.25 m 4.25 Bogie wheelbase: 3,000 mm 4,25 m Axle load: max. 22.5 tonnes Tractive effort: 300 kN Maximum speed: 160 km/h 3.013,01 m 18,9818.98 m or 200 km/h

The DB Cargo fleet for Europe More competitive journeys European corridors. This systemati in Europe cally improves reliability and quality As Europe’s largest rail freight com for our customers and ultimately their pany, DB Cargo therefore kicked off a The class 193 overcomes the need for competitiveness in the European comprehensive programme to procure a locomotive changeover at the border market.” № new multi-system electric locomotives when crossing from one technical in 2017. The company is currently system to another, removing one of the procuring 100 class 193 Vectron MS sources of operational disruption. locos from the manufacturer Siemens Boldt: “The Vectron allows us to opti in various country packages. Boldt: mise our turnaround cycle, minimise Karsten Boldt, Asset Management & Procurement “The locos are currently being used in dependence on other service providers Vectron, DB Cargo AG Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the and expand our transport capacity on [email protected] Benelux countries and eastern and southeastern Europe.“ They integrate the train protection systems and cab radio standards used across Europe.”

Use at DB Cargo

Using the locomotives on DB Cargo’s freight corridors requires not only type approval but also the gradual series approval of every single vehicle in the countries concerned. “For exam ple, to obtain approval in Poland and _ DB Cargo is Hungary, every locomotive must com investing around a quarter of a billion plete its own local test run, sometimes euros in 60 new under official supervision. There are Vectron multi- also strict requirements in Italy, where system locomotives. the locomotives must be presented individually to the competent autho rity,” says Boldt.

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38 02 / 19 CUSTOMERS & MARKETS From Poland to Romania in four days 1,700 kilometres separate the coking plant in Zdzieszowice, Poland, and the blast furnace in Galati, Romania. For the steel works in Galati, DB Cargo offers a reliable supply chain solution to supply the blast furnaces with coke.

ince they began in 2017, the coke transports to Galati have been expanded to five round trips a week and a planned transport volume ofS 350,000 tonnes a year. They are based on a logistics concept jointly developed by DB Cargo and local experts. This was the product of years of close collaboration between DB Cargo and the Galati steel works, as _ Transports are documented in well as DB Cargo Romania’s more than both analogue and ten years’ experience in delivering digital form. coke to the site.

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1 _ The heavy 3 _ Waiting to sheet steel is loaded be loaded in in Galati (RO) for Zdzieszowice (PL): the return journey. freight wagons for coke transports. 2 _ The coking plant in Zdzieszo- 1 wice (PL) was built in the early 1930s.

INFOBOX Four borders, five countries, 1,700 kilometres each way

• 5 departures a week PL–RO (coke) The route is 1,700 kilometres long; it crosses four borders and traverses five • 260 trains a year countries. Multiple DB Cargo national 350,000 • 350,000 tonnes of coke a year companies and an external partner are tonnes of coke transported therefore involved in the transport. • Over 1,700 km one way/3,400 km round by DB Cargo annually from trip Yet despite the complexity of the task, Poland to Romania • 5 countries DB Cargo delivers the goods in just four days. The pressure is considera • 4 Border crossing points: Chałupki, Kuty, Štúrovo, Curtici ble: just-in-time delivery of coke is the basis for the entire production system • Journey time: average 4 days in each at the Galati steelworks. “Whatever direction happens, the coke has to arrive on time. There is no other raw material that can replace it. The blast furnace will incur enormous damage if the supply is interrupted,” says Katja outset. That way, the customer could Eschke, Industrial Sales/Head of be assured fixed arrival and departure Project Business Development East at times on a binding schedule. “Using DB Cargo. That’s the very reason the international regular block train paths customer opted for DB Cargo: “We’re means that DB Cargo trains are trea well-known to our customer in Galati ted preferentially at the boundaries as a quality service provider.” between infrastructure managers, speeding up their transit and easing Regular train paths to leverage high planning,” explains account manager quality Mario Schreiter. Interoperable loco motives are used. Close, daily contact To implement the customers’ wishes, between the customer and DB Cargo DB Cargo has been using regular train guarantees the services’ quality and paths along the entire route from the aids planning.

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An alternative service partner in Future goal: More traffic on the every country route

Ensuring on-time delivery is ulti For the customer, the DB Cargo service “We see great mately key to this transport mission. offers more than just high quality. opportunities Special contingency plans take this The coke transports from Poland to into account. These include an alterna Romania also allow Romanian steel for the develop- tive route plan in the event of engi products to travel in the opposite neering works or other disruption on direction. On the return leg, the trains ment of this very the line, and an alternative service carry sheet steel from Galati to Poland. partner concept to cover bottlenecks “As an added benefit for the customer, interesting caused by lack of resources. Back-up a portion of the wagons are loaded with corridor between solutions are immediately imple steel bound for Poland.” For DB Cargo, mented in the event of disruption: the coke and steel transports open up Poland and “For every border crossing, we have intriguing prospects on this corridor. a tried-and-tested alternative contrac “We see great opportunities for the Romania.” tually agreed with the customer,” development and further expansion of explains Schreiter. “There is an oper this very interesting corridor between KATJA ESCHKE ational back-up solution for every Poland and southeastern Europe,” Industrial Sales, Head of Project Business Development East at DB Cargo country along the route.” says Katja Eschke: “Our aim is to win further business on this route. We’ll Operations management: a whole do so by boosting our capacity on the route under one roof corridor.” №

Close, continuous coordination of operational traffic implementation is one of the critical keys to success. The traffic is managed and monitored 24/7 through a corridor management unit established especially for this Katja Eschke, Industrial Sales, purpose. “The unit has an overview of Head of Project Business Development East, DB Cargo AG everything happening on the railway,” [email protected] says Katja Eschke. “A single hub looks after all the operational management and central coordination. The staff there speak a range of Eastern Euro pean languages.” The status of trains is checked against the plan multiple 3 times every day and operational trans port schedules adjusted to provide stable quality for customers along 1,700 km of track each way and across four international borders.

260 trains a year transport coke from Poland to Romania

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_ Neumarkt now has a link to the New Silk Road. From here, containers carrying a new magnetic levitation system are brought on the long trip to China.

From Bavaria to China on the New Silk Road Max Bögl, the construction company from Sengenthal in the Upper Palatinate region of Bavaria, is delivering a magnetic levitation system to China on the New Silk Road. This will be an important economic boost to both the region and the state.

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1 _ The containers are sealed so that nothing is lost. 2 _ Max Bögl benefits from rapid and environmentally friendly delivery for this order.

1 2

SENGENTHAL

CHENGDU

n Chengdu, a demonstration particularly satisfied: “We are proud line is being built for the Trans that, by consolidating the skills and port System Bögl (TSB), a mag At least capacity of DB Schenker as a freight netic levitation system with a forwarder, DB Cargo as a rail producer maximum speed of 150 kph. and DB Cargo Eurasia as an operator IThe TSB is designed for local service, on the corridor, we can be an attractive so it is considerably slower than the weeks service provider for companies in well-known Transrapid in Shanghai, 4 relations between China and Germany, which can reach speeds of up to Transporting goods from and that we can present a competitive 430 kph. Max Bögl is delivering the Germany to China is faster logistics product under the umbrella track supports and the vehicle for this by rail than by sea. of DB. Quality and punctuality are demonstration line. Approximately particularly important for us.” The fact 16 trains, each with 41 containers, will that some trains even reached their be sent to China every week to get the destination earlier than planned is a job done. The number of containers sign of how well rail service works now will surpass 650 by the end of August on the New Silk Road. № 2019. The containers are equipped with GPS boxes to keep the customer and Kazakhstan, until it finally informed of the transport’s location reaches China. That takes approxi and condition at all times. mately 16 days, including two changes Every piece of concrete weighs of gauge, since China uses the same some 20 tonnes, and is produced at track gauge as Germany and Poland, Max Bögl’s head office in Sengenthal but the broad gauge in Russia comes and loaded using special machines. between the two. Taking the sea route There are also other parts and mate through Hamburg or Rostock and rials needed to assemble the vehicle Shanghai, for instance, would have and ensure its operation. The trip taken five to six weeks, which directly starts in Sengenthal and runs through illustrates the advantages of rail. Wencke Zessin, Senior Manager Marketing Neumarkt to Nuremberg, Frankfurt Uwe Leuschner, Managing Direc & PR DB Cargo Eurasia GmbH on the Oder, Poland, Belarus, Russia tor of DB Cargo Eurasia, is therefore [email protected]

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Direct trains from DB Cargo Italia _ The train needs o meet the needs of its cus almost 17 hours for tomers, DB Cargo taps into the route through connect France and Italy three Europe's largest rail network, the Alps. times a week which is becoming better connected all the time. TDB Cargo Italia recently added a new route directly connecting northern Italy and France. A DB Cargo train travels from the town of Melzo near Milan to the town of Vénissieux near Lyon – and back – three times a week. “This route is an outstanding example of how we are able to adapt to meet the demands of the market”, says Pier alberto Vecchi, Head of International Sales Italy. Each train comprises 17 wagons, which carry many different types of goods, including steel, consumer goods, waste and hazardous materials. The trains depart in the afternoon on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and the freight arrives at its destination the following day.

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Hubs of industrial activity in Europe called upon their production teams to lay out clear processes for locomotive The impetus for the new rail link was a interoperability – Bombardier Traxx client enquiry from Contship, the larg “Since the link locomotives were chosen for the route. est container terminal operator in was created, Finally, the train drivers were trained Italy. As early as 2017, Contship had on the route, and the handover proce expressed interest in establishing a DB Cargo Italia dure was laid out for wagons crossing stronger rail link between Auvergne- the border. The aim was to keep the Rhône-Alpes, an industrial region in has been able to stop at the border, which was required France near Lyon, and northern Italy. to change locomotives and train dri This region happens to be one of the offer its custo- vers, as brief as possible. most important industrial hubs in mers more by Europe. The northern Italian regions First transport completed in of Piedmont, Lombardy, Emilia leveraging its new Autumn 2018 Romagna and Veneto can also count themselves among Europe's economic position on a The first train to use the route left the powerhouse regions. station at the end of October 2018. The strategically 450 km route requires trains to travel Strong demand from customers important Euro- almost 17 hours through the Alps, passing through Turin, Modane and Contship’s enquiry met with great pean corridor” Chambéry. “Since the link was crea interest at DB Cargo. For some time, ted, DB Cargo Italia has been able to the freight operating company had PIERALBERTO VECCHI offer its customers more by leveraging been keen to expand its network and Head of International Sales, DB Cargo Italia its new position on a strategically increase the number of transports important European corridor”, says through the border of Modane with Vecchi. “European Corridor 6 has the aim of establishing a direct rail link established a fast link connecting to France. Lorries had previously through the Alps specifically. The Lyon, a French industrial hub, with carried most of the goods transported greatest challenge in planning the new Trieste in the Italian region of Friuli- between the regions. Working link was harmonising the timetables of Venezia Guilia, Ljubljana in Slovenia, together, DB and Contship explored the rail systems in Italy and France. and the Hungarian capital of Buda the technical and commercial dimen “The first step in the process was to pest. This train system is truly Euro sions involved in creating a direct link prepare a joint business plan for the pean.” № between the two regions. Because rail direct links with ECR, DB Cargo's is the most sustainable mode of trans national company in France”, says port, a link between these regions also Sven Loeffler, who manages the pro decreases CO emissions for interna ject on the ECR side. Next, details had 2 Pieralberto Vecchi, Head of tional transport. Sustainable transport to be hammered out with Contship. International Sales, DB Cargo Italia plays an important role in transport Both freight operating companies also [email protected]

45 CUSTOMERS & MARKETS 02 / 19 A toast to the rails!

Freixenet has been producing high-quality cava for 150 years. DHL FoodLogistics and the Spanish producer of sparkling wine rely on DB Cargo for transport to Germany. Most recently they have been using the Med Xpress trailer.

t’s a chilly morning in Saar central management.” That is the brücken. A drizzle is falling and case even at peak times before Christ the temperature is seven mas and New Year, as sales of wine degrees (also, incidentally, the and sparkling wine begin to boom in ideal temperature for drinking November. Isparkling wine), when the Med Xpress trailer pulls into the yard to cap off a Bubbling through France 1,200-kilometre journey. The train has come from Perpignan in the South of The journey begins when the product THE MED XPRESS TRAILER France and it is loaded with much- is taken from Freixenet’s cellars in loved sparkling wine from Freixenet. Sant Sadurní d’Anoia and Vilafranca The Med Xpress trailer: from Perpig del Penedès near Barcelona and put on • Route: Saarbrücken–Perpignan– nan to Saarbrücken. For many years, lorries. They bring the cava to the ter Saarbrücken DHL FoodLogistics and DB Cargo minal in Perpignan, where the trailers • 5 departures per week in each direction have collaborated to transport Freix are loaded onto the rails. Next, they enet wines and sparkling wines, or take the environmentally friendly • Journey time day A/day B | over the weekend day A/day D cavas, from Spain to German super train journey to Saarbrücken. The markets. “Since 2018, DB Cargo’s Med 1,200-kilometre rail route generally • Double pocket wagons for transporting Xpress trailer has provided a high- takes the train less than 24 hours. For cranable mega trailers and containers frequency shuttle system for trans the last leg of the journey, the bottles • Suitable for all goods that are appropri- porting trailers and containers. It links of sparkling wine are transported on ate for multimodal transport (except for Saarbrücken with Perpignan in the lorries to Freixenet’s central ware hazardous materials) south of France and runs five times a house in Biblis and to various large • Central management and transport week in both directions. “That is per retail warehouses and supermarkets in tracking, including door-to-door fect for our Freixenet transports, which Germany, before reaching consumers. were handled with the Med Xpress Trailer for the first time last season”, A forward-looking approach says Bernd Kloska, Sales Manager Consumer Goods at DB Cargo. Our intermodal logistics systems, with Previously, the pallets of drinks the first and last mile transported on in Perpignan had to be loaded from lorries and the main leg of the journey lorries into the freight wagons indivi taken by rail, bring products to con dually. That took time. The shuttle sumers in an environmentally friendly service using the Med Xpress trailer and reliable way, even for customers will bring the bubbly to Germany with no private siding. This alleviates much more quickly. the burden on both road traffic and the For Andreas Imme, Branch Mana environment. Transporting products

ger at DHL FoodLogistics Mannheim by rail reduces CO2 emissions by up and a business partner for many years, to 81% compared to exclusively lorry- collaborating with DB is a no-brainer. based transport. № “We benefit from having DB Cargo as a business partner,” says Imme, “and our customer Freixenet also benefits Bernd Kloska, Sales Manager from having a tailored logistics solu Consumer Goods, DB Cargo tion with stable transport times and [email protected]

46 02 / 19 CUSTOMERS & MARKETS All aboard Switzerland’s ketchup express!

Swiss supermarket Oosterhout. The products are taken and major CO2 reductions. A win-win a short distance by lorry to the rail for the environment, our company and chain, the Migros ports, which transship the cargo onto all Migros customers.” To ensure Group, aims to switch freight wagons.” They then travel on the deliveries are environmentally DB Cargo’s single wagonload network friendly, the rail link is not a one-way its delivery traffic all the way to the private siding at the street. After unloading, the wagons from road to rail. Migros distribution centre in Suhr. are taken to Buchs in St. Gallen, where they are used to transport And the mission is The Netherlands–Switzerland route another company’s products back to succeeding: ketchup is a real stroke of good fortune for us Germany. № and cat litter from the Deliveries of products from Sivomatic, which makes cat litter, have also been Netherlands already successfully transferred to rail in the take the train. past couple of years. And there is more potential in the pipeline with Allesterin, a pet food producer. “The Netherlands–Switzerland route is a real stroke of good fortune for us,” says igros, Switzerland’s Rolf Ryser, project manager for rail and Kathrin Brunswicker, Project Manager and largest retail company, combined transport at Migros. “It fits Customer Advisor International Sales, DB Cargo Schweiz has entrusted DB Cargo perfectly into our idea of sustainability [email protected] with its deliveries from Europe to Switzerland Mvia Germany since 2014. And this cooperation has intensified since 2017 with Migros’s push to reduce CO2 emissions as part of its sustainability programme. The results, achieved in close collaboration with Swiss Federal Railways (SBB Cargo), have been impressive. INFOBOX When kitty litter and ketchup take Oosterhout to the rails Delivery transport for Migros at a glance: Blerick Gremberg “Heinz Tomato Ketchup has long been one of the first Migros suppliers Heinz Ketchup & Teeling Petfood to transport its products from the Route: Blerick–Suhr Netherlands to Switzerland by rail,” Length: 645 km says Kathrin Brunswicker, project Mannheim manager and customer advisor for Transports per week: 2–3 international sales at DB Cargo Schweiz. “Building on this success, we Sivomatic used the same location – Blerick, in the Route: Oosterhout–Suhr Netherlands – to organise transport Length: 770 km Basel for another Migros supplier, Teeling Petfood, simultaneously establishing a Transports per week: 4–5 Suhr railport at the departure station,

47 CUSTOMERS & MARKETS 02 / 19 Strong partners in the Rail 17 network At the close of 2018, Swedish firm ScandFibre Logistics AB (SFL) renewed its existing transport agreement with DB Cargo for another two years. That means the Swedish rail logistics company will continue to count on DB’s rail service to transport pulp and paper.

B Cargo has served as a cargo. ”SFL is one of our most signifi alone, the freight operating company service provider for SFL cant customers in the single wagon transported nearly 1.6 million tonnes for many years. Since load system that has chosen to rely on of paper, pulp and consumer goods for 2013, the railway has DB Cargo for the long term. There’s not SFL. All told, DB Cargo moved over succeeded in steadily a company in Europe that ships more 30,000 wagons all through Europe to Dgrowing the volume of rail-based cargo pulp and paper by rail“, says Guido get the job done. moving both to and from Sweden. Schaefer, who is responsible for the Most of the freight heads to Ham In December 2016, the two companies customer as Strategic Account Mana burg. From there, the products are reached an agreement stipulating ger at DB Cargo in Sweden. transferred onto ships and exported that DB Cargo would bring 1.2 million SFL is a provider of transport and overseas. DB Cargo goes to a total of tonnes of paper a year to central logistics solutions for the Swedish pulp twelve countries for SFL. The railway and southeastern Europe for SFL. and paper industry and belongs to brings Swedish forestry products to DB Cargo hauled roughly 12,000 wag Swedish paper producer Billerud Spain, Serbia and Northern Italy. The onloads to Sweden for SFL in the oppo Korsnäs. SFL operates its own Euro Bavarian railway station of Schwan site direction, especially for customers pean transport network known as dorf to the north of Regensburg has a from the consumer goods industry. “Rail 17”, and DB Cargo is one of its special significance as a hub for the The customer has now renewed this foremost service providers. In 2018 Italian market. The products are three-year contract. “We are extremely brought to the station in single wagon satisfied with DB Cargo’s services. Its loads, collected, sorted and regrouped. strong single wagonload network all Afterwards, they make their way to throughout Europe helps us be flexible three different destinations in Italy on and reliable in meeting the demands of six weekly block trains. the market and our customers”, says Mats Erkén, CEO of SFL. 1.6 mio. Continuous improvement Significant customer for the single DB Cargo and SFL have arranged for wagonload system tonnes of paper, pulp and consu- regular workshops to be held to conti mer goods have been transported nuously improve the transports. For SFL, DB Cargo is using the entire by DB Cargo for SFL in 2018. Workshop participants hammer out European single wagonload network to proposals aimed at cutting journey accommodate the large amounts of times — for instance, to enhance con

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1 _ BillerudKors- 2 _ SFL’s parent näs’ pulp and paper company supplies mill in Karlsborg, more than 2,000 2 Sweden. customers with innovative paper packaging solutions.

for making the Rail 17 system more cost-effective by adding cargo on the return trips”, confirms Patrik Leylin, Manager Operations at SFL. “The more goods we can carry to the north, the more we can carry back. In 2018 alone, we added 5,700 new wagonloads travelling north, consider ably improving the capacity utilisation of our trains and the North/South and South/North balance”, reports necting services with neighbouring DB Cargo, SFL and wagon leaser Schaefer. “That doesn’t just cut SFL’s European countries and improve TRANSWAGGON are jointly acqui costs; it also benefits rail as a mode of transfer times. ring cargo, usually food, industrial transportation.” Every wagon replaces However, the availability of empty and consumer goods, to better utilise more than two trucks on the road. № wagons is a major challenge for the wagon capacity on the way back to Swedish paper and pulp industry. Sweden. When trains run empty from Central The customer is pleased with this

Europe to destinations in the north, it improvement in capacity utilisation. Guido Schaefer, Strategic Account Manager, DB Cargo makes them more expensive. “For us, DB Cargo is a strong partner [email protected]

49 INNOVATIONS & SOLUTIONS 02 / 19 A transport chain for delivering energy DB Cargo Logistics offers the automotive Batteries are extremely heavy, sector tailored, door-to-door concepts that which makes trains the ideal means of connect battery factories with car plants. transporting them. The loading factor for a freight wagon is 2.5 times that of a lorry, so one freight car can handle the equivalent of 2–3 lorryloads. “It’s not urope goes electric: car with suppliers who can deliver the just the logistics costs that give rail makers are bringing out a components they need straight to their transport the edge here, but trains also growing number of battery- assembly lines. outperform trucks in terms of safety,” powered vehicles. The Andrey Ludwigs, senior project says Jahn Reich, project manager at power source of these manager for components at DB Cargo DB Cargo’s automotive and logistics Ee-vehicles is a battery that weighs Logistics, says, “From original parts competence centre. When you com several hundred kilos. Having a manufacturers to tier 1 and 2 suppliers, pare the rate of accidents per 1 billion reliable supply of these components we offer the entire automotive industry tonne kilometres, trains can be up to is vital for the auto companies. customised and tailored transport 40 times safer than road transport. At present, most of the lithium-ion solutions for lithium-ion batteries. Reich adds: “At the same time, regula batteries are shipped from Asia, but We are the people who bring battery tions regarding hazardous materials the major producers are now expan and car production together. Our do not impede operations as much as ding their production capacities in multimodal concepts optimise logis people often think.” At DB Cargo,

Europe, and new companies are ente tics costs and cut CO2 emissions at professional management processes ring the market. Several carmakers the same time.” Some carmakers for hazardous freight and excellent com have started to produce their own now actually require this of their munications with everyone in the trans batteries as well, or they are working suppliers. port chain ensure maximum safety.

_ Carmakers assemble batteries for electric cars from lithium-ion cells at their own factories.

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intermodal transports by rail,” says Heike Armgart, who also works in bat tery transport at DB Cargo Logistics. Rail vs road: each train wagon Customers can use the system to is the equivalent of book a whole range of services, as DB guarantees daily departures for loads of all sizes. In this regard, DB Cargo Logistics can once again deliver the 2.5 same level of flexibility as lorries: thanks to its hubs in Stuttgart/Korn lorry journeys. westheim, Ingolstadt/Regensburg, LITHIUM PURITY LEVELS Halle/Leipzig and Brunswick, it is in a position to handle fast freight trans shipments. The many railports and • Battery grade: a purity level of over terminals operated at different loca of important battery producers and 99.5%, used predominantly for high-end tions by DB Cargo and its business lithium-ion suppliers,” he says. battery cathode materials partners also play an important role: DB Cargo Logistics is currently • Technical grade: a purity level of approx they provide manufacturers with assessing how to create efficient 99.5%, used predominantly for cera access to the rail freight network if connections between the supply mics, lubricants and batteries they do not have their own sidings. chains of manufacturers and suppliers • Industrial grade: a purity level of over for the production processes of a major 96%, used predominantly for glass, Hubs and railports automotive company in Germany. casting powder and lubricants With reliable and sustainability- DB Cargo Logistics currently uses focused transport concepts, DB Cargo this system to transport lithium-ion is set to help electric-powered vehicles batteries via the railport in the Polish successfully take their place on our Automotive RailNet for full city of Wrocław. The batteries come roads. № reliability from new production facilities in Poland and Hungary and are destined DB Cargo Logistics makes use of its for carmakers across Europe. Ludwigs: Europe-wide network for transporting “We are able to refit this and other batteries. The Automotive RailNet sites quickly and use them for the spe lets the rail freight operator combine cific requirements of battery logistics tremendous flexibility, short journey processes.” The rail freight operator is times and outstanding reliability already planning transport services for Andrey Ludwigs, senior project manager for throughout central Europe as its future customers. “We have performed components at DB Cargo Logistics fast overnight services move cargo very successful pilot runs for a number [email protected] between automotive plants. It is now adding its offerings for battery manufacturers and cell suppliers to this network. Other added-value services com plete the package, such as relationship management and customer support for selecting transport containers. Not only do these have to conform with KEY RID and ADR regulations for trans porting hazardous materials, but – like all rack systems used by DB – they are Car manufacturers checked as part of special and exten Battery makers WROCŁ AW sive buffing tests to ensure they can carry their loads safely. At the same time, DB Cargo Logis tics manages cross-modal solutions in its capacity as lead logistics provider. “We offer customers different concepts as DB Cargo’s trans-European network enables us to operate conventional or GÖD

51 INNOVATIONS & SOLUTIONS 02 / 19 Ready for the all-electric future Audi has started series production of its e-tron in Brussels. DB Cargo’s carbon-free transports for components and vehicles guarantee sustainability.

he e-tron is Audi’s first step Michael Gaschütz, head of the sales cases via the single-wagonload net towards the future of e-mobi and operations centre for components at work) to Heilbronn in southwest lity. In September 2018, the DB Cargo: “We supply the plant with all Germany. From this hub, they are carmaker launched series the components it needs to assemble loaded onto direct trains that take production of its first fully a vehicle, including body panels and them to Brussels. Empty racks and pal Telectric car. When Audi started manu electric motors.” Audi expects high lets are returned to Heilbronn before facturing the e-tron, it also transformed predictability, easy management and being sent back to the various plants. the production processes at its Brus adherence to deadlines, so DB Cargo Three weekly trains in each direction sels plant: body shell construction, established a reliable rail-based trans are planned for the future. the paint shop and the assembly line port system and used the ramping-up In Heilbronn, DB Cargo plays an all underwent substantial changes. stage from October 2018 to January important role that goes beyond Driverless transport systems ferry the 2019 to test the concept. merely transporting the parts: the electric cars’ batteries just-in-sequence company puts the components into to the assembly line, and the company Deliveries to the city centre the sequence that their assembly will has even created an in-house battery follow later when they reach the plant. assembly facility. DB Cargo has created Materials from Audi’s plants in Ingol This is essential for the Brussels site a Europe-wide, sustainable transport stadt, Neckarsulm and the Hungarian to operate properly. “Things have to concept to serve the e-tron. The rail city of Győr are all routed (in some be perfect on arrival. The plant in freight operator supplies the Brussels plant with vehicle components and then transports the finished cars ready for export. All on schedule and carbon- free. The challenges the company mas tered when designing this transport Emden Bremerhaven service make it one of the most impres sive rail freight operations in Europe.

OSNABRÜCK

KEY

Dispatching point AUDI’S Receiving point BRUSSELS PLANT Production (dispatching and receiving point) Hub

Finished car transport HEILBRONN Ingolstadt Component transport

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_ The Brussels plant has an area of 540,000 m2.

Brussels has no buffer that would to business partnership with DB, and it compensate for delays using its own was the first customer in the automo warehouse stock,” says Gaschütz. tive sector to switch to the carbon-free DB Cargo’s trains replace hundreds of “We supply the transport service DBecoplus. Today, lorries and take the pressure off the plant with all the the Brussels e-tron plant is the first nearby motorway ring road and the large-scale series production site for historic centre of Forest/Vorst – the components it premium cars to have been certified as home of Audi Brussels. carbon-neutral. This means that Audi needs to assem- offsets all emissions generated during Transporting exports via Osnabrück production and at the site by using ble a vehicle, renewable energy and supporting DB Cargo also handles the first link in including body environmental projects. the finished vehicles delivery chain. DB Cargo’s sustainability-focused Since February 2019, the rail freight panels and transport services are a crucial ele operator has been using type 560 wa ment of this. Since 1 April 2019, DB gons to bring the vehicles to export electric motors.” has ensured that Audi’s entire trans ports. Block trains carry the cars from port chain is either carbon-free or MICHAEL GASCHÜTZ Brussels to Osnabrück in Germany, carbon-neutral: any CO2 emissions Head of the sales and operations centre for and current plans envisage up to ten generated by rail transport for Audi components, DB Cargo Logistics trains a week. The town in northwest in Europe are offset elsewhere. № Germany is a hub for all Volkswagen transports, and Audi’s products are forwarded primarily to Emden and Bremerhaven. Alexander Röckelein, head of the sales and operations centre experience we gathered from trans for finished vehicles, says, “Thanks porting the Audi A1.” to a flexible, adaptable rail system, our Carbon-free transport in Europe Michael Gaschütz, head of the sales and operations centre operations can respond exactly as for components, DB Cargo Logistics needed if volumes change.” Nathalie [email protected] Verbrüggen from the sales and opera For Audi, there is one factor that plays Alexander Röckelein, head of the sales and operations centre tions centre adds, “When handling a crucial role in these transports: sus for finished vehicles, DB Cargo Logistics these transports, we use the store of tainability. Audi has a long-standing [email protected]

53 INNOVATIONS & SOLUTIONS 02 / 19 The greatest feat of the logistics industry Transformers weigh many hundreds of tonnes and are extremely valuable. To ensure they are transported safely, T Y SAFE many factors must be taken into account.

ithout a doubt, trans Germany’s lower Rhine region, to a tions took into account specifications porting transformers is new traction substation in Bacharach, for overhead lines, points, signals and one of the most com some 200 km to the south. Planning cabinets adjacent to the tracks. The plex operations the for the two transports had been com angles of the curves and the tilt of the logistics industry han pleted many months in advance. To track were examined to determine the Wdles. It involves moving transformers comply with requirements, a special feasibility of this “exceptional consign weighing hundreds of tonnes to their permit was applied for and the railway ment”, as this outsized transport is destination, while ensuring safety and route was inspected. Specialists mea known in DB parlance. on-time arrival. If this sensitive equip sured the height and width of all rail Starting in Krefeld, the train pro ment is damaged, the costs can be platforms on the route. Their calcula ceeded along the Rhine river, then enormous, as can the harm to tracks, toward Mainz and onward in the direc infrastructure and buildings in the tion of Langenlonsheim. There, the transformers’ path. train turned onto an old, defunct route “Transporting heavy loads is the known as the Hunsrückbahn. This greatest feat of the logistics industry,” route was reactivated specifically to says Thomas Müller, project manager accommodate this transport effort. for heavy load transport at DB Cargo Four thousand tonnes of ballast were Industrial Sales. “Safety is our number laid down and numerous bridges were one priority when handling these reinforced or renovated along the loads.” Müller has worked in special route. The transformers arrived on transport for almost eight years and “Transporting time at Stromberg station. A lowboy knows the business well. When trans trailer stood waiting there to carry porting transformers, DB Cargo works heavy loads is the each transformer the last few kilo with DAHER PROJECTS GmbH, a metres to the traction substation. project logistics company and freight greatest feat of forwarder for energy suppliers and Transport with a deadline transmission grid operators. DAHER the logistics provides the special wagons needed for industry. Safety is Each transformer, weighing 300 heavy transport. Whenever a trans tonnes and measuring 11 metres in former is transported, it is accompa our number one length, was transported on a Schnabel nied by a specially trained team. wagon, which runs on 32 axles. The priority when transformers were suspended between Exceptional consignment two lifting arms. Using hydraulics, the handling these two arms move the transformer verti At the end of 2018 and the beginning loads.” cally and horizontally to lift it over of 2019, heavy load transport services obstacles such as railway platforms. were provided for Amprion, a trans THOMAS MÜLLER Whereas transporting transfor mission network operator based in Project manager for heavy load transport, mers by road means closing entire Dortmund. Two transformers needed DB Cargo lengths of highway, transport by rail is transporting from Krefeld, a city in practically invisible. It takes place at

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_ The average transformer is 11.5 m long, 3.3 m wide and 4.5 m tall.

CHECKING THE BOXES

Special requirements for heavy load transport:

1. Inspect routes 2. Obtain specific transport permits 3. Deploy team to accompany transport 4. Take special measures to secure load

As the transition to sustainable power progresses, the need for trans former transports is expected to rise. More and more electricity generated by wind farms in the northern reaches of Germany is being funnelled long distances to supply industry in the southern and western regions of the country. Energy companies therefore need to invest in higher-performance night or at other times when the net transformers. “DB Cargo is a reliable work has a great deal of free capacity. partner for safe and on-time trans At peak times, the wagons being used former transport,” says Thomas Müller. for transport are parked in a safe loca “We will help to continue the transi tion. “Heavy load transport is not tion to sustainable power.” № 2–3 about speed, but about meeting a dead line. This means we aren’t concerned with how fast we can get there, but weeks instead about reaching the destination at the scheduled time.” Only then is is the average duration of heavy the complete transport chain working. load transports since the trains Another advantage of rail transport are permitted to run only at night is that it produces an average of 75% less and on weekends. carbon dioxide than lorry transport. Thomas Müller, project manager for Safety is yet another benefit – rail is heavy load transport, DB Cargo AG the safest mode of land transport. [email protected]

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_ The Bacharach electrical substation steps up power from wind turbines to the necessary voltage of 380 kV and feeds this into the grid.

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...SALES MANAGER AT

JUST WHAT IS THE JOB OF A ... DB INTERMODAL SERVICES?

With 635,000 handling operations every year, the transport chain for intermodal ocean freight is often a race against time. Norbert Schuh is well used to this contest.

largely determine what happens on a given day.

In my job, you need to have a business mindset and a certain degree of nego 200 tiating skill, but you also need cus tomer focus. Because we often work at e are a company that vehicles around Germany are different locations and have to deal provides supplemen at the disposal of the with different issues, you need flexi tary services for inter delivery service. bility – and of course experience too. modal transport. What Within the team, we like to be open does that entail? If, for with one another, as this helps identify Wexample, a loaded container arrives by problems early. How do I switch off rail for delivery but the customer after work? I often go running, but doesn’t need the container yet, that’s or wash the containers at these depots frequently not until late in the where our first service area comes in: following transport on board a ship evening. I’ve always got my running we provide buffer storage for freight and unloading. shoes with me. I’m always racing containers. against the clock both at work and in Today, we handle between 2,000 and my leisure time! № Customers normally want their con 6,000 TEUs for each site, meaning we tainers to be delivered as well, and our require a lot of space, and we use trucking service takes care of this. cross-positioning to take care of Norbert Schuh, Head of Sales, Transport and Using our own dispatching and two- demand peaks across shipping compa Freight Forwarding, DB Intermodal Services GmbH shift system, we can handle up to 150 nies’ premises. Our preferred option is [email protected] transport runs every day for a given to offer services as a package. This site. As one of Germany’s largest com means that different customers – in panies in this field, we operate service the automotive sector, for example – WHAT DB INTERMODAL centres with container depots on use different combinations. If a con SERVICES OFFERS: behalf of all major international con signor wants to buy containers because tainer shippers. If necessary, we repair units are tied up for a long time abroad, we can offer them our container tra • Providing depots for loaded and empty ding solutions. No two orders are alike, containers in Germany and we have to do a lot of customisa • Operating transshipment terminals tion. Increasing digitalisation and automation also have an important • Holdings in terminal operations “No two orders role to play. companies are alike.” • Repairing, cleaning and maintenance My working day often begins with a of containers

NORBERT SCHUH meeting to decide the day’s priorities. • Trading containers This can be either in my team or a Norbert Schuh, Head of Sales, • Delivery services Transport and Freight Forwarding at larger group. Aside from set bid dead DB Intermodal Services GmbH lines, negotiations, and costing- and • Transport services for plant logistics contract-related work, these priorities

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