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Clean performance: DB Schenker Rail’s new heavy shunting boasts a soot particle filter which intercepts 97 per cent of all particles. A new generation kW/PS: 800/1100 Anzugskraft: 201 kN Total Fleet (DB): 99 Launch:Motoren: 2010–2013 4 Dienstmasse: 80,0 t Manufacturer: Voith Power:km/h: 1000 kW80 Tankinhalt: 3000 l The new Gravita 10BB, which is built by Tractive effort: 246 kN Voith in Kiel, has, since the end of 2010, Speed:Länge: 100 km/h14 m Achsformel: B’B’ 15.7 m been replacing the diesel shunting loco- Bauzeit: 1970-9280 t Length: Weight: Radsatzmasse: 20,0 t motives that have been in service with DB 15,7 m SpecialAnzahl: features: Radio408 remote control,Zugheizung: Automatic shunting– for up to four decades. The Class 261 fea- coupling, First DB with soot particle filter Hersteller: MaK, Jung-Jungenthal, Krupp, tures state-of-the-art exhaust gas treat- DB Schenker Rail is investing €240 million : CountriesHenschel, of Operation Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz (KHD) ment, it is more efficient and it requires in 130 of these locomotives, which are to

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02 | Railways Titel photo: Andrei Liankevich / Photos: Christoph Müller/DB AG; DB AG , DB AG about cars We know a lot A With kind regards, look forwardto! I wish you aninteresting read andarelaxing summerholiday, ifyou still have that to tive sector. We knowalotabout cars, after all. topic, asisthissummereditionofrailways ingeneral, withitsfocusontheautomo- solutions. Ourcover story, “Swiftly eastwards”, from page 8, isdevoted to thisvery East. From theplant to thedealerinRussia ourcustomers rely onefficient provide theverylong andcomplicated supply chainsto these locations intheremote Russia, theyknowcanalso rely onDBSchenker RailAutomotive’s ability to If VW, Ford, Daimlerandothercarmanufacturers are nowplanning newplants in suppliers. for theinter-plant transportofglobal groups, aswelltheintegration offlows from tation ofbrandnewcars from theirproduction plants to sophisticated supply chains in everytwo cars builtinEurope. Thistask haslong sinceevolved from thetranspor- andourinnovativepertise capability. DBSchenker isinvolved inthelogistics ofone tive sector. We are proud that themajormanufacturers appreciate andutilise ourex N manufacturers’ supply chainmanagement. production anddistribution networks wehave becomeanindispensable linkinthe o otherindustryplaceshigher demands onlogistics specialists thantheautomo- tomotive have to deliver just insequence. With direct integration into the concept istaken forgranted nowadays. at DBSchenker Ourexperts RailAu- utomotive logistics isalways araceagainst time.Thejust-in-time delivery DB Schenker Rail Member of the Management Board Karsten Sachsenröder railways - |

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DB Schenker Rail has now extended its European brand architecture to Romania. In May, the DB subsidiary Logistic Services Danubius, established in 2000, was re- named DB Schenker Rail Romania. “By changing the name we are showing our cus- tomers that they can expect from DB Schenker Rail Romania the same quality and services which they have come to expect from DB Schenker Rail in other European countries,” Hans-Georg Werner, Head of Region East in the DB Schenker Rail Man- agement Board noted. The subsidiary (on left in photo, CEO Dr Michael Hetzer), which boasts its own shunting and mainline locomotives, intends to exploit the great potential which lies in international from and to Roma- nia. DB Schenker Rail Romania currently employs 170 people (see also railways 2/11, page 21). ok

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The DB Schenker Award 2010 goes to Dr Stefan Walther of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. At the trans- port logistic trade fair in Munich he was presented with Bern the logistics prize for up-and-coming scientists, which is open to international entrants and worth EUR 10,000. Timișoara “With his dissertation on overland truckload road haul- age, Dr Walther has developed some previously under- researched approaches that are highly relevant. They are practice-oriented and aimed at enabling the industry to operate more efficiently and thus also more sustaina- bly in the future,” noted Dr Karl-Friedrich Rausch, Head of Transportation and Logistics on the DB Mobility Logis- tics AG Management Board (to the left in the photo, with prizewinner on right). The chair of Professor Emeritus Pe- ter Klaus at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg re- ceived a further EUR 5,000 for supporting and supervi-

(3); Urs Jossi; Max Lautenschläger/DB AG Lautenschläger/DB Max Jossi; Urs (3); sing Walther’s work. The DB Schenker Award is conferred by the Stinnes Foundation and is regarded as one of the highest European accolades for logistics specialists. ok PR PR Photos:

railways | 07 COVERSTORY Swiftly eastwards

Škoda is enjoying success in many markets: the Czech VW subsidiary is currently achieving one of its highest growth rates in Russia. In response, DB Schenker Rail Automotive has developed a convincing concept for the growing export volumes heading eastwards.

SMOOTH CHANGEOVER: Brand new Škodas from the Czech Republic drive off open European standard-gauge wagons and onto the enclosed broad-gauge wagons of Russian partner RailTransAuto at the ATG terminal in Małaszewicze, without once touching Polish soil.

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ladá Boleslav is, to a certain degree, the Wolfsburg of the Czech Republic – not in terms of football, but in terms of car manufactur- ing. It is here, 70 kilometres M north-east of Prague, that the long-established manufacturer Škoda operates its main plant, as well as two further production facilities in the even smaller towns of Vrchlabi and Kvas- iny. Since the VW Group purchased Škoda in 1991, following the Velvet Revolution, the Czech brand has grown strongly under the VW umbrella: in April 78,200 vehicles rolled off the assembly line, 23 per cent more than in the same period of the previous year. Škoda’s Fabia and Octavia models have long been one of Europe’s bestsellers in their class. Škoda is currently registering one of its highest growth rates in Russia: in April the VW subsidiary sold an impressive 40 per cent more cars in the country than in the same month of the previous year. “With the grow- ing transport volumes we were forced to op- timise the current transport chain for new cars to Russia, which at this point was completely inadequate for us. The tasks were clear: cut- ting the delivery period, ensuring smooth customs clearance, reducing the transport risks to a minimum and, not least, lowering the transport costs,” says engineer Jiri Cee, Head of Brand Logistics at Škoda.

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This all resulted in an enquiry from Mladá Boleslav landing on the desk of Susanne Schubert in Kelsterbach. As Area Manager for and Spain at DB Schenker Rail Automotive, she had been trying behind the scenes for three years to develop a dedicated chain for new vehicles to Russia. “To date, all these exports have been transported by road from the border with Belarus at least,” notes Schubert. “The obstacles to car transport operations on Russia’s broad-gauge network were very high, from the origi- nally uncompetitive prices to suitable wagons through to customs clearance.” The DB Schenker Rail Automotive company resolved all these problems, however, found suitable partners, and secured in Škoda their first customer. “From February to April we ran four weekly special trains on a trial basis, and since then we have been in the consolidation stage with four scheduled train services per week,” comments Susanne Schubert with satisfaction – And the customer Škoda is also pleased with the newly launched transport services to Russia, as Cee emphasises: “Thanks to extensive preparation work, the services are running without a hitch. Close cooperation between everyone involved means all problems are averted before they even arise,” says Andrea Syrovátková, who is responsible for planning the transportation of the brand new Škoda vehicles. Consisting of 15 DB or Škoda-owned open double-deck wagons, the trains depart from the Czech station at Nymburk on the first 836-kilometre-long stretch to the Poland-Belarus border. From there the journey continues in the enclosed broad-gauge wagons of Russian partner RailTransAuto for another 1,040 kilometres eastwards to the final destination, Mikhnevo. RailTransAuto (RTA) is a subsidi- ary of the Russian state railway RZD, in which private investors hold a 49-per cent stake. Just outside Moscow, RTA operates its own terminal where the Russian customs formalities are also completed. This is where the service provided by DB Schenker Rail Automotive ends, and

DODGING THE JAMS: “The obstacles to car By using through rail services to Russia, transport operations Škoda can avoid getting caught in the endless on Russia’s broad- lorry queues at the external EU border gauge network were between Poland and Belarus. very high” SUSANNE SCHUBerT

Volkswagen Russia takes on the Fabias, Octavias, Yetis and Room- sters for further distribution. The challenging transport operation covering almost 1,900 kilometres takes some six days in total. Of these six days, the brand new Škodas spend two days on the border in eastern Poland. Viktor Omelaniuk keeps watch on the most demanding interface of the new haulage operation. Just behind his office in Terespol the Škoda trains cross the Bug River and enter into a different world: the EU ends and with it the validity of the Latin alphabet and the standard-gauge rail network – no trivial mat- ter for a logistics specialist like Omelaniuk. On the eastern banks of the border river lies the far better known Belarusian border city Brest, and it is here that the vast empire of the Russian broad-gauge network, which extends to the Pacific, begins. The small difference of only eight centimetres makes cross-border LET THE MAGIC COMMENCE: The European standard-gauge wagons rail transport a complex operation. This is also the reason why many travel on the right-hand track and on transport operations have switched to the road since the fall of the the track second from left, while the Iron Curtain. “But anyone seeking to cross the border by lorry now Russian broad-gauge wagons use the has to expect long traffic jams and a waiting time of one to two days,” two remaining tracks.

10 | Railways CROSSING BORDERS: THE PAPERWORK: When they reach the Viktor Omelaniuk from Belarusian border, the brand-new cars need Poland is in charge of not only to pass through customs, but they the complex operations also need to receive new SMGS consignment at ATG-Logistik’s notes. terminal in Małaszewicze.

railways | 11 COVERSTORY PROTECTED FROM THE ELEMENTS: Russian car transport wagons are always enclosed. The car in Interview the picture is a Škoda Superb. “Russia is a challenge” Thomas Zernechel, Director of Group Logistics at Volkswagen AG, on the challenges posed by transport operations to Russia and prospects for the future.

Mr Zernechel, what special logistical challenges does And what would you like to see in the future? Russia pose as a plant location and as a key market for Zernechel: For the future it is important to Volkswagen the VW Group? that the transport operations to Russia should run even Thomas Zernechel: The Russian market poses a chal- more smoothly, and that conditions are established lenge for any logistics operation. The transport distance which enable transparent transport handling and price is very long and includes two borders: the EU’s external trends. I would also like to see the newly launched Auto- border with Belarus and the border with Russia. Complex box being implemented economically so that higher vol- tax matters and customs formalities have to be dealt umes can be shipped per means of transport. with at those crossings. In addition, there has to be transparency over the whole route with regard to the The EU’s eastern external border represents a sensitive inter- goods and the means of transport, and we have trained face for all transport operations which costs time and money. up new staff with this in mind. Transportation from the Do you see scope for simplification in the medium term? plant by vehicle to the remote regions of Russia is a simi- Zernechel: The Małaszewicze/Brest border crossing does larly demanding task. certainly represent a sensitive interface for us. At first, both the customs process and the customs documents What strategic role does Russia play for Volkswagen? and capacities to be prepared played a crucial role. Zernechel: Within the 2018 Strategy we are planning to Adapting our computer systems to the requirements of continue growing profitably and qualitatively in all key Russian customs legislation was a new challenge for us in international markets. We are therefore producing vehi- that they had to “learn” the Cyrillic alphabet. A pilot cles that are geared to the regional needs of countries project is currently in progress aimed at the execution of like China, India, Brazil, the USA and Russia. It is our aim an oral customs declaration for containers from Russia at to sell 360,000 cars in Russia per year by 2017/18. the Małaszewicze terminal, which is greatly simplifying the customs clearance process. However, only the han- How do you assess the commitment shown by DB dling of full and empty containers at a terminal in the Schenker Rail Automotive and the solutions it offers for border region would signal a real breakthrough. This goal supplying your plant in Kaluga near Moscow? should be achieved in the medium term with the support Zernechel: Our partner DB Schenker Rail Automotive has of DB Schenker Rail Automotive. built up its transport operations to Russia with us from the outset and made a big contribution to ensuring that Russia extends another 10,000 kilometres beyond Mos- supplies to our Kaluga plant are consistently guaranteed. cow. How do you serve this vast territory? Today’s challenge is about not only delivering the rising Zernechel: Our sales are focused on the Moscow and St. freight volumes from four EU plants to Russia on sched- Petersburg conurbations. For remote regions VGR is cur- A CLEAN SERVICE: White ule, but also creating continuous transparency and re- rently using lorries. Depending on volume forecasts, overalls are mandatory for maining economically competitive in relation to road quality aspects and availability, rail concepts are current- the ATG employees in Małaszewicze responsible haulage. ly being developed for long-range transport operations. for driving the cars off the For imported vehicles we are examining the route via Ja- Central European freight pan to Russia’s eastern coast with subsequent distribu- wagons and onto their Russian tion in the region. counterparts, one at a time.

12 | Railways SAFE AND SECURE: The valuable freight is secured following among Russian car buyers: sales rock SUCCESS: eted this spring. are very popular transhipment. Škodas

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13 MArkets & Innovation Automotive — the supreme discipline No other sector places such high demands on its logistics specialists as the . For manufacturers and component suppliers DB Schenker Rail Automotive is developing complex logistics chains and is responsible for increasingly complex service packages.

or the automotive industry 2011 could be a glo- motive RailNet in Europe and with projects tailored bal record year. Experts predict that 75 million to its customers’ individual needs. The railways in- Fnew vehicles will be sold this year, a rise of six formation chart provides an overview of the main per cent on 2010. For automotive logistics this does services being offered by DB’s rail freight transport not only mean that more components and new cars to manufacturers and component suppliers. ok have to be moved, but also that the challenges in- volved are continually becoming more complex. New sales markets and production sites in Eastern Europe and Asia are extending the supply chains – with the requirements on flexibility and speed grow- Super market ing at the same time. As the industry’s biggest The automotive industry has revolutionised its logistics partner in Europe, DB Schenker Rail Auto- internal logistics based on the “smaller is better” principle. There are no longer large quantities of motive is responding to this by expanding its Auto- materials in warehouses or on the assembly line. Instead, based on the “pull principle”, the re- quired components are retrieved just in sequence in small containers. The materials required are assembled into an order and sequenced in an in-plant supermarket.

Automotive RailNet The Automotive RailNet operated by DB Schenker Rail Automotive is used by many automotive groups as the artery for their growing inter-plant transport operations, for the reliable delivery of components from external suppliers and for the transportation of new vehicles. Within the Automotive RailNet there are up to 200 trains on the move daily via 17 of DB Schenker’s own hubs, serving locations in 20 countries. Illuteam43 Illustration:

14 | Railways Overseas A significant proportion of the new cars manufactured in Europe are shipped overseas from the EU. Of the vehicles produced in Germany alone, over 518,000 cars were exported to the USA and 462,000 to China in 2010. Ports which specialise in cars, such as Emden and Bremerhaven, also serve as interfaces for imported vehicles.

Assembly line Reducing the volume of material on the assembly line speeds up the material flow, improves work- station ergonomics and cuts the distances to be Final mile walked. Instead of forklift , a time-phased In order to ensure the flexible and trailer train service now supplies the assembly line. fast delivery of small volumes to The more steadily the cycle functions, the lower car dealers, DB Schenker Rail stocks can be kept – thus reducing the space Automotive also relies on trucks required and the capital tie-up. and on 22 of its own compounds spread across five countries, at which added-value services are also offered.

Borderless DB Schenker Rail Automotive also Partnership accompanies the automotive industry DB Schenker Automotive is evolving into the across borders – not only in the export strategic partner of the automotive industry of new vehicles but also in inter-plant and is increasingly integrated into the produc- transport operations (below left). With tion logistics of manufacturers and component new plants being established in Eastern makers. The industry expects more and more and Southeast Europe the supply chains additional services to be provided, such as are getting longer. loading and unloading, IT processes or in-plant shunting operations. DB Schenker Rail Auto- motive is increasingly entrusted with complex logistics packages which effectively turn the company into the general contractor for all

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“We’re back on track” DB Schenker Rail Automotive head Axel Marschall on his company’s recovery from the crisis, long-distance east-west routes, strategies for the future, and the challenge of raising pro- ductivity by three per cent annually.

r Marschall, the situation is improving Automotive products and components are generally seen as again in the automotive industry. Does premium products in the rail freight sector. What are the that mean good news for DB Schenker particular challenges associated with them? Rail Automotive as well? Marschall: Speed, reliability and flexibility. We need to Axel Marschall: Yes, things are very coordinate precisely with our customers’ supply chains good with us. Our sales are on the and processes. And we need to be prepared for sudden Mincrease, we are maintaining our margins, and we are changes to volumes. The automotive industry also ex- getting ready for future growth. We’re back on track. pects us to offer more and more additional services, for However, the availability of our wagon fleet is still a example loading, unloading, and IT. They also put us cause for concern. It is not yet as good as I would like. in charge of complex logistics packages where we are effectively responsible for coordinating all the various What targets have you set yourself for this year and for the modes of transport, including all services provided to medium term? the automotive manufacturer by our partners. Our cu- Marschall: We want to incorporate new sites and de- stomers show their appreciation of this by giving us stinations into our Automotive RailNet. Turkey and repeat orders. As suppliers we also need to keep to the CIS are important markets with high growth. We are rule of thumb followed by the automotive industry of developing new projects together with our customers, increasing productivity by 3 per cent annually. for example the project with Skoda in the cover story for this issue of railways. And we have also started Does green logistics really play the important role in the shipping automotive components from Western Eu- automotive industry that experts claim it does? rope to China. This route can be reliably completed Marschall: It is indeed an important topic, not least for in 21 days, and in future we plan to up the frequency our customers. We launched our zero-carbon Eco Plus to between two and three trains a week. The integra- service a year ago when ordered it for the shipping tion of lorries is becoming an essential part of our of 150,000 vehicles from Ingolstadt to Emden for export, service to the industry. We also develop additional and now Audi wants to order the service for a second of services in our compounds. its routes. VW and two other manufacturers have also now opted for Eco Plus for the first time. We communi- cate intensively with our customers on green logistics “We want to grow more topics, though we do know that developing new, climate- fully into our role as a friendly drive concepts is an even more important focus strategic partner.” for the automotive industry. DB Schenker recently established an Automotive Compe- There is currently an emphasis on destinations in the East tence Center. What do you hope to achieve with this new in your work. Will the VW factory in Kaluga continue to be “think tank”? the most easterly factory you supply to? Marschall: Our automotive business operates on a Marschall: No, in future we will provide services fur- global scale, and incorporates rail, road and logistics ther east than Kaluga, towards Asian Russia. We plan services. DB Schenker has a wealth of know-how in to supply to Daimler and VW in Nizhny Novgorod this area, and we want to use the Automotive Com- (formerly Gorky), and Ford is planning a new factory petence Center to share this knowledge more effec- even further east. Particularly when such large di- tively among the various divisions. If this is stances are involved, we naturally want to play to our successful, it will open up considerable additional greatest strengths as a rail operator. It is important to potential across the group. It will enable us to conso- remember that we are in direct competition with all lidate our status as a single-source supplier, and so modes of transport in all of our services, but particu- grow into our role as a strategic partner for the auto-

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16 | Railways TRUE TO HIS ROOTS: “It makes sense that I ended up working in the rail freight sector, given that I come from Mainz originally,” says Axel Marschall, alluding to DB Schenker Rail’s headquarters, which are located in the city. Marschall’s office, like the whole of DB Schenker Rail’s automotive business unit, is however situated 20 kilome- name, not even I had a “Marshall Plan” to help get us tres further east in Kelsterbach, right by “I still see potential in out of the crisis! However, we ultimately succeeded in Airport. more than turning the situation around. Now we are the Asian markets and creating new jobs, and have ambitious growth targets the big automotive for the next few years, in the upper single-figure range. supply companies.” Name three reasons why you think DB Schenker Rail Auto- motive is better than its competitors! You transport three million finished vehicles and more than Marschall: Firstly our size, secondly – because of our ten million tonnes of components every year. Is there still size – the fact that we can offer the automotive indus- room for upward growth? In what areas do you still want to try a more extensively developed network than an- grow? yone else. And thirdly: our employees, whose Marschall: Generally we have a great deal of success enormous know-how is a constant source of amaze- with German and American manufacturers. We have ment to me. ok a 70 per cent share in automotive rail freight within Germany, and 40 per cent in Europe as a whole. But axel Marschall I still see potential in the Asian markets, and in the Born in 1965 in Mainz, Marschall joined DB in 1999 with a big automotive supply companies. degree in business studies. From 2005 he was responsible for strategy in the Transportation and Logistics division. In Mr Marschall, you took on leadership of DB Schenker Rail’s March 2009 he became head of the Automotive business automotive division in 2009, in the thick of the global econo- unit at DB Schenker Rail, before taking on leadership of mic crisis. Can you sum up how things have progressed so far? DB Schenker Rail Automotive GmbH in 2010. Marschall lives in Frankfurt, Germany. He is married with five children, Marschall: When I started in the job more than two ye- including four girls, aged between 9 months and 11 years.

AG / Max Lautenschlaeger DB AG Photos: ars ago, it was certainly very challenging. Despite my

railways | 17 18 how andresources Pooling know- predictable fluctuations in volume. providers,throughexternalservicealsoto un services but tics The basis. after all, for example through the increasing operational outsourcing of an logis on manufacturers’ Centre demands on their logistics Competence specialists aremotive growing, tract logistics,” says Jennifer Thierbach, who runs the new Auto of transport – from rail, via road and sea to air, not forgetting con integrated products for the automotive industry. innovative developing and potential synergy boosting date, to theskills andactivities within theGroup more intensively than poolinggoalsofthe with tank creatingthinkSchenker new is a segment. By establishing its Automotive Competence Centre,are already DBamong the market leaders in the automotive logistics L Inn & MArkets and further develop the global expertise of the business units. aim of the DB Schenker Automotive Competence Centre is to pool DB Schenker has established a think tank for auto logistics. The | Neuss Auto Terminal. Railways Painters (left) and a smart repair techni cian at work in the “One focus of activity is the intelligent interlinking of all modes by bally. The DB Group’s two Rail and Logistics business units arge volumes for the automotive industry OVERHAUL: DB Schenker – nationally,glo– - Schenkerand continentsacross - U such as auto painters and smart repair technicians, who declining leasing fleets overhauled before resale. their have example, for companies, leasing and ers cars, a paint shop and a workshop at combinationwhich of a handling manufacturterminal for new and used important points on our network.” Compounds are a we are planning further European sites at strategicallyAutomotive. Rail Schenker“But DB at Compounds thePolish town ofSlask,” says Uwe Langen, Head of twocompounds, theyasare known, Neussin andin in the overhaul of used cars. “To date we haveservices operated segment, the company is now gettingedfrom theplant byrail andtruck. Intheadditional involved For that reason the compounds employ tradesmen o v are being built or new vehicles are transport gettaskdowntotheat handwhen cars new s ually a t io D B Schenker Rail AutomotivetoRail Schenkerhas B n are transport ed - - - - graduate in industrial engineer [email protected] Phone: +49(0)6107509740| Contact |Jennifer Thierbach business unit. aged by Axel Marschall, Head of DB Schenker Rail’s Automotive automotive groups. The Automotive Competence Centre is man soas to develop tailored solutions geared to the specific needs of and to prepare for long-term trends,” she concludes. surface transport, air and sea freight and contract logistics/SCM, solutions with the involvement integrated develop to of seeking are all we sectors, Centre Competence tive rail freight transport, to increase further,” notes Jennifer Thierbach. “With the Automo Schenker Automotive Compe tence Centre, is a 37-year-old ing who joined DB Schenker INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE: Thethink tank also relies on the dialogue with key accounts level“The complexityof alreadyis veryhigh set nowandis a compound Overhaul in all inone. dling terminal,paintshopandworkshop the automotive industry. They are ahan- Compounds offerfor additional services Vice President of the DB - - Jennifer Thierbach,

to dealers or auction houses. includes the distribution of the reconditioned service the overhaul, the vehiclesto addition capacity. In to existing handling terminals can operate efficientlygenerating and additional business andfor ensuring that Automotivehastherefore identified niche a here for Rail Schenker DB partners.” external to frequently and dealers are outsourcing this work more and more for scope of growth: “Leasingplenty companies seeing as well asLangen manufacturers with – 2010 in Neuss the Auto At manually. Terminal damage somebodywork 2,000minor carsrepair were overhauled [email protected] Phone: +49(0)6107/509460| Contact |Uwe Langen

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approx. 20 countries , passing through 250 trains 000 shipping containers 2,500 daily, wagons, bundling shipments) finished vehicles, and 4,100 sliding-wall wagons for components automotive hubs 10 3,000,000 (turntables for 18 including 4,300 double-stack wagons and flat wagons for

new vehicles transported by rail 2,600 km (from Cologne to Gölcük, Turkey) , new carsproduced worldwide in2010. for more than16percent ofall ofthe • German ber states. 183 factories spread across 19EUmem- and commercial vehicles have atotal of 16topEUmanufacturers ofcars • The billion) andSwitzerland (€3.8billion). were theUSA (€12.7billion),China (€5.5 billion . The mainexport markets totalledcountries in2009.Imports 21.7 lion euros worth ofnew carstonon-EU carmanufacturers exported 47.7bil- • EU Peugeot (7.4%each). (8.5%), Ford (8.1%),Opel/Vauxhall and number ofvehicles registered), Renault brands were (11.1%market VW share by less thanin2009.The most popular registered intheEU2010–5.5percent than13.3millionnew carswere • More facts and figures Automotive market factories supplied to and longest range covered 000 collected from daily 30 manufacturers Quelle: ACEA/VDA were responsible railways

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MArkets & Innovation An idea before the market launch

CRANE-FREE: A jumbo swap body with new supporting lic system on the pushes or pulls the jumbo swap frame for -free handling. bodies from the railway wagon onto the truck – and vice versa. The use of the MOBILER technology to handle jumbo swap bodies has not been possible to date owing to the height in relation to the underbody of the contain- ers as well as the line profiles of the rails and the limiting height for road haulage. The solution in the form of the required supporting frame on the wagon has been de- veloped by DB Schenker Rail Automotive on its own. “Our invention improves the railway’s competitiveness in the automotive business”, says Helmut Kumm, Head of Equipment Management Components with DB Schenker Rail Automotive, explaining, “That’s because this technology saves our customers from investing in cranes and reach stackers.” The horizontal handling system is operated by the truck driver. The innovative technology is about to be brought Jumbo swap bodies can be handled even without onto the market. “One of the major German car manu- the use of cranes or reach stackers. DB Schenker facturers is currently planning to supply its assembly plants using the adapted handling system on the basis Rail Automotive has now convinced its first custom- of its own assessment of the MOBILER system,” ex- er of the merits of this innovative concept. plains Kumm. The network of this automotive group is based on extensive supply chains between the Euro- pean plant locations. The horizontal handling system or their inter-plant transport, carmakers require makes it possible to minimise investment in the infra- optimised load carriers and freight handling structure and thus to safeguard rail transport’s cost and F techniques. The jumbo swap bodies now com- logistical advantages in competition with road haulage. monly used throughout the industry could be handled to date using only gantry cranes or reach stackers. DB ok Schenker Rail Automotive has developed an efficient alternative to this in recent years. The horizontal han- dling system is based on MOBILER technology, which Contact | Helmut Kumm has mainly been applied in Austria and Phone: +49 (0)511 - 286 2521 | until now. With this technology a vehicle-based hydrau- [email protected]

Transfesa modernised The Spanish subsidiary of DB Schenker Rail is renewing 232 wagons designed to transport new cars.

he automotive industry is enjoying changes in customer demand. The upper MODERNISED: One of the success with large-sized vehicles in deck has been given a hydraulic system, al- revamped wagons. T the shape of vans, minivans and lowing infinitely variable lowering or raising SUVs. Transfesa, in which DB Schenker Rail of the second tier. This makes it possible to vantage is their flexible deployability holds a 77-per-cent stake, is responding to transport efficiently on two levels, in spite throughout Europe because the axles on the this trend by modernising its fleet for trans- of the growing numbers of new passenger wagons can be changed to suit varying porting new vehicles. In early June, 189 of car models of increased height. gauges. ok 232 wagons had already been modified, with “The conversion of older rolling stock the last fully adapted wagon due to be com- is both cost-effective and eco-friendly,” missioned this year. notes Bernd Hullerum, Transfesa CEO. “In These are open, three-axle car transport- the modification process we recycle 60 per Contact | Juan Carlos Duerr ers in use for decades which are now being cent of the weight of each wagon, a great Phone: + 34 (0) 913-879 981 |

relaunched, having been adapted to the benefit to the environment.” A further ad- [email protected] Kranert DB AG/Manuel Warter; PR (2) ; DB AG/Stefan Photos:

20 | Railways Eco Plus celebrates first birthday One year ago, Audi became the first company to order DB Schenker Rail’s zero-carbon Eco Plus service. Now other manufacturers are interested too.

ince summer 2010, Audi AG has been benefiting to switch rail projects over to zero-carbon,” says ROLLING OUT THE from DB Schenker Rail’s Eco Plus service, which Carsten Pottharst, Key Account Manager for the RED CARPET has allowed it to reduce its emissions of the green- Volkswagen Group at DB Schenker Rail Automotive. for green logistics: S Presentation of the house gas CO2 by some 5,250 tonnes. That’s equivalent The service is catching on among automotive manu- first zero-carbon to the emissions that 2,200 four-person households facturers. “Other car manufacturers, too, are inter- transport by generate annually as a result of their electricity use. ested in the possibility of switching, and have asked DB Schenker Rail Up to three trains daily carry Audi vehicles from us to calculate what volume of CO2 emissions they for Audi in . the company’s main factory in Ingolstadt to the Ger- could save,” says Pottharst. man North Sea port of Emden, from where the cars But Eco Plus is not just for major customers such as are then shipped all over the world. Some 150,000 Audi, Lanxess, Hermes Transport Logistics and Euro- Audi A3s, A4s, Q5s and TTs have so far been shipped pipe: the service is available irrespective of the volumes to Emden on a total of 625 trains. The CO2 saving transported. Customers can order the zero-carbon op- figure of 5,250 tonnes achieved with Eco Plus is based tion for both new and existing routes within Germany, on a comparison with normal rail freight running on no matter how small the volumes to be shipped. rb electricity from the standard fuel mix. If all of the cars had instead been shipped by lorry, 37,660 tonnes more CO2 would have been emitted over the same period. Eco Plus gives customers zero-carbon rail trans- portation on German inland routes. With this service, Contact | Carsten Pottharst Phone: +49 (0)6107 509-411 | CO2 emissions do not even occur in the first place. carsten.pottharst@ DB Schenker Rail sources the electricity required for dbschenker-atg.com the specific volume to be transported from renewable sources in Germany – primarily hydroelectric power. Customers pay extra for the service, which is certified by the German testing body TÜV Süd. DB Schenker Rail invests ten per cent of the additional revenue in SHOWING ITS TRUE COLOURS: This red constructing new renewable power facilities. DB Schenker Rail locomotive has outstanding

AG/Stefan Warter; DB AG/Manuel Kranert DB AG/Manuel Warter; PR (2) ; DB AG/Stefan Photos: “It is quick and easy to calculate the savings and green credentials.

railways | 21 markets & INnovation

The ECO2PHANT: saving CO2 THINKING BIG: Dr Karl-Friedrich Rausch, Member of the Management Board for transportation and by the tonne logistics at DB Mobility Logistics AG, welcomes a co-worker with ECO2PHANT T-shirt to the transport DB Schenker continues to set the pace in green logistics. logistic trade fair. At this year’s transport logistic trade fair, the company B Schenker is upping the ante in unveiled a bundle of new green services and solutions. pursuit of its ambitious target of Dbecoming the world’s top green logistics company. At the transport logi- stic trade fair in Germany, the company unveiled a whole range of new services and solutions aimed at combating – including an elephant with a

green ear, called the “ECO2PHANT” to

reflect its CO2-reducing role.

The ECO2PHANT is DB Schenker’s new climate protection mascot. It symbo- lises the amount of carbon dioxide that customers can save by signing up to the company’s Eco Solutions. Each ECO-

2PHANT represents 5 tonnes of CO2 saved – 5 tonnes being approximately the weight of a fully grown elephant. “Our new Eco Solutions can be used to reduce, offset or even entirely eliminate

CO2 emissions across the entire supply chain,” said Dr Karl-Friedrich Rausch, Member of the Management Board for the

GREEN ACROSS THE BOARD: With Eco Solutions, customers can reduce their carbon footprint from air and road freight, too.

22 | Railways allows CO that rail and road of combination a offer SCHENKERrailog DB and hangartner clude allmodesoftransportation: in- toextended been rangehas the tions, within Germany,freight and now,rail with for Eco Solu service Plus Eco carbon zero- its agoyearwith one services green own climate targets more effectively.” their implement them help to services comprehensive customers our offering the are we step, second a now, in and group, within targets emissions internal provider. We haveservice a set as ourselves ambitiousresponsibility our of scious con AG.“We are Logistics Mobility DB of division Logistics and Transportation here, and in addition, indirect flights are flights indirect addition, in and here, gines and higher en loading volumesconsumption are fuel used low with aircraft HongKong Chicago.and State-of-the-art Singapore, Shanghai, to Frankfurt from routes the on available be initially will by up to 20%. The new Eco Charter service traffic. hinterland for possible wherever rail of on non time-critical routes, and by the use nies reducing the speed of their cargo ships achieved in two ways: by shipping compa ofgreenhouse gases byupto 50%. This is stomers the possibility of cutting emissions journey takes placebyrail. to 60%. In as far as possible the bulk of the • • • DB Schenker kicked off its portfolio of In overland shipping overland In In air freight, In sea freight, 2 emissions to be reduced by up

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DB SCHENKER DB ------www.dbschenker.com/ecosolutions. www.dbschenker.com/environment ways in which they can cut their emissions.also receive specific recommendations for Customersdata. base and testedmethod scientifically a on based tool developed specially a using performed are lations acrossthe entire supply chain. The calcu activities generate, from door to door, right gases that their transportation and logistics CO can choose to what extent they offset their special climate protection products. They des the possibility of cutting CO cutting of possibility the des ding routes. - tra main the on ones direct by replaced [email protected] Phone: +49( Contact |René Schöbel amounts of CO of amounts the of overview transparent a customers products. Solutions combinationEco in other with can offset previous CO previous offset can also offersEco Neutral, where customers Schenker above, DB named solutions tal dards for eco-friendly logistics buildings. hering to international certification stan- ad time the all Warehouseconcept, Eco tally friendly logistics centres based on the lopment and construction of environmen deve the on customers its with together ons by up to 35%. DB Schenker is working •In warehousing, warehousing, •In Further information is available at at available is information Further Anotherservice,Optimizer, Eco gives In addition to the specific environmen 2 emissions, and can order Eco Neutral 0 ) 30 297-54047| 2 and other greenhouse greenhouse other and Eco Warehouseprovi Eco 2 emissions with with emissions 2 emissi

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OSNABR Priority for urgent freight of the project we have already transported 2.3 billion Operations at DB Schenker Rail. “During the course Transport Continental of Head Hussmann, Sylke early, even with a late deadline for receipt,” explains terminals transport intermodal at available ments completed. “We have proven that we can make ship - rail. In April of this year the project was successfully to road from operations transport time-critical shift is subsidised by the German government and aims to services. freight shipments are now possible in even more rail scheduled DUSS, operator terminal and biverkehr mann, as well as intermodal transport operator Kom with Hell and Freight DHL jointly forwarders freight Netz, DB which implemented has Rail project, Schenker DB XpressNet the to Thanks pany. com forwarding Hellmann the by offered System operated by DHL Freight, as well as the Rail Solutions also already in existence: the Parcel Inter City (PIC) ly carriedoutbytruck. between collection and distribution centres are large shipments freight day.scheduled next The the ally short notice and guarantee their swift delivery – usu W by rail possible. XPressNet makes more time-critical scheduled freight shipments The year 2007 saw the launch of a project whichproject a of launch2007 sawyearthe The are transport rail utilising services special But ueCK courier, express and parcel services. services. at goods collect providers service These parcel and express courier, hen speed counts, shippers are reliant on BASEL BREMEN 5 KORNWESTHEIM FRANKFURT 4 4 3 3 HANOVER - - - - - HAMBURG 4 3 Munich [email protected] Phone: +49(0)3029754345| Contact |Sylke Hußmann ly,” Hussmann concludes. and speed – as well as being environmentally friend- reliability of terms in requirements the all meets it expectinggreat interest productnew our becausein customer.the by in shipmenthanded „Wethe is are a in result pending on the collection and delivery will slots at which This de services, some for basis. system price new completely regular a on ments KombiverkehrXpressNet offer shipand will mann Hell DHL, centres. economic Germany’s of eleven interlink will system the when service scheduled legs byrail. main the of handling reliable and fast the out rying Rail provides the locomotives and wagons while car- Schenker DB possible. is 140km/h of speeds top at were thus identified routes through and which prioritisedTerminals traffic optimised. further and ised between the participating partners had to be reorgan of CO2emissions.” tonnes 131,000 preventing and 200,000trips truck tonne-kilometres within the new system, thus saving 6 In the spring of 2012, XPressNet is to become a become to is XPressNet 2012, of spring the In cooperation the requirements high the To meet 1 2 5 4 Landshut Nuremberg Regensburg

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- battery driven freight train. an easy task – compared to a The battery-driven bunny is RESE tions andassociations to this end. institu research companies, industrial twelve with marketable products since 2010. DB has joined forces tainable mobility concepts and developing them into Research Minister Schavan has been promoting sus- Federal of sponsorship the under which novation, In Rail Eco of framework the within implemented Overhead Wireless Electric Traction project is being innovation.technologicalThe in roleleading its ing than infreight transport. plement the energy tender in rail passenger transport im- to easier be will it involved,thatpredict experts diesel locomotive? Owing to the lower train weights non-electrified sections of the railway line without a along move to train freight 1,500-tonne a for sible Or even this simple-sounding question: how is it pos today’sstorage railways.the technologiesuseon for of suitability the as such examined, be to need will the endof2014. with trial operation of the test vehicle due to start at 2012 early in launched be will project the of phase tions. Based on current planning the implementation to be implemented so as to prevent operating restric solutions integrated energy storage systems will havestandard subsequent In wire. overhead an without sections the on power traction as locomotive the to tricity from the overhead wire, which it then supplies tions this rolling storage device charges up with elec sec track electrified On system. the test to order in An electric locomotive with energy tender is planned industry. the with cooperation in energy solutions storage mobile of use the on study feasibility a ed tion. By the summer, DB Eco Rail will have complet- lines without overhead wires could provide the solu railway of sections the bridge can stock rolling tric emissions.” and reduce diesel traction with its CO2 and pollutant resources operating save efficiently, more network adding, “Namely, we would be able to utilise our route [email protected] Phone: +49(0)30/297-54225| Contact| Alexander Kluge With the feasibility study DB is again demonstrat challenges technical of host whole a then Until Mobile energy storage systems with which elec which systemsstoragewith energy Mobile A R CH: railways ok | ------

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SCRUTINY: By inspecting the wagons, the wagon Safety – signed masters play a key role in ensuring safety and security in the transport chain and and sealed thus for the AEO F certificate. Customs authorities have awarded DB Schenker Rail Deutschland the AEO F certificate. It attests to reliable customs clearance and high safety standards at the company and in the transport chain.

The events of 11 September 2001 also changed logistics. The safety regulations in many branches of the economy were tightened up in response to the international terror attacks – including in the logistics sector. Originally it was predominantly companies supplying to the USA that had to guarantee that not only they themselves but also their sub- contractors met rigorous safety standards. Yet this is now also becoming standard practice for other ship- ments. “The aim is to safeguard the whole transport chain,” says Peter Schuld, Head of the Customs Department at DB Schenker Rail Deutschland. With the granting of the AEO F certificate by the customs authorities, DB Schenker Rail Deutschland has been given the status of “Authorised Economic Operator – Customs Simplifications/Security and Safety” (or AEO F for short) since April 2011. The DB Schenker Rail subsidiaries DB Schenker Rail Nederland, DB Schenker Rail Scandinavia and NordCargo (Italy) have already been certified. “This is an important certificate with which the customs au- thorities confirm by administrative act that we meet specific quality and security and safety standards,” explains Schuld. “The basis was the measures for certification in accordance with ISO 28000, which DB Schenker Rail Deutschland was the first Eu- ropean rail freight operator to secure back in 2009, as well as the high safety and security standards of a railway operator which already exist at our company.” The required safety and security measures include, for exam- ple, the careful examination of the trains in the train formation yards and at the transfer interfaces to the customer, so as to iden- tify possible manipulation and take the required measures as necessary. Linked to this is special training for wagon masters and wagon inspectors. Further checks on the part of the customs authorities extend to the keeping of business records and trans- portation documentation, financial solvency and compliance with present customs regulations. Thanks to its AEO F status, DB Schenker Rail Deutschland will benefit in future from simplified procedures during customs clearance. Above all, however, Peter Schuld views the certificate as a signal to customers: “More and more companies will be de- manding certification from their service providers in future. With our AEO F status it is immediately clear to everyone that we meet the highest safety and security standards.” dv

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Viking Express for Volvo DB Schenker Rail Automotive has been conveying Volvo car parts from Germany to Sweden for three years. With “Viking Rail” the car manufacturer saves time and reduces its impact on the environment.

t is daybreak at the Leinetor intermodal termi- Rail Automotive has developed a tailored system nal in Hanover. For hours now, reach stackers for Sweden. “The customer required a concept that I have been heaving 13-metre-long megatrailers made the shipments faster and more reliable, and onto rail wagons. Trucks have been delivering the to which further services could be added later on,” containers throughout the night from across north- explains Susanne Kunze, Key Account Manager at ern Germany, with more arriving by special feeder DB Schenker Rail, adding, “With Viking Rail we train from Kornwestheim near Stuttgart. Their have created a system which gives us access to the contents: auto components of all kinds from various Swedish automotive market and can be extended suppliers across Germany. The over 600-metre-long to other countries.” “Viking” train, as it is known, must be ready to set Hanover is the hub for Viking transport opera- off at 6 a.m. Its mission: to arrive at Volvo’s Gothen- tions: component suppliers from northern Ger- burg plant before midnight on the same day. many deliver their megatrailers to the intermodal In 2008, the Swedish group shifted the supply terminal. Companies from the south send their of parts from Germany largely from road to rail. trucks to Kornwestheim, from where the feeder Since then five trains have been leaving Hanover train to Hanover departs. It is there that a through per week heading for Gothenburg. They replace the train of over 600 metres in length and weighing up 16,000 truck journeys which were made for Volvo to 1,600 tonnes is put together, which travels via every year until then between Germany and Swe- Flensburg, Copenhagen and Malmö to reach den, thus helping to reduce CO2 emissions by 2,400 Gothenburg in 18 hours. tonnes annually. “The environmental impact was In order to save handling time, DB Schenker a key argument in favour of the shift,” explains Rail has developed new pocket wagons which mean Volvo manager Lars Langenius. “The crucial factor that, for the first time, the megatrailers commonly was, however, the time saved, because by rail the used in the auto industry can be loaded key components from suppliers now reach us directly onto the train. The wagons can from Germany up to eleven hours earlier.” also transport conventional trailers, Along with Viking Rail, DB Schenker swap bodies and containers just as

Flexible Waggons: The new pocket wagons transport the megatrailers commonly used in the auto industry as well as conventional containers. The photos show the Volvo Terminal in Arendal.

28 | Railways Kaluga in Russia also being considered for a later later a for stage. around considered and being also Turkey Russia in Kaluga Republic, Czech in industrial of regions inclusion the with forward, moving system Viking to the and to connected be are Ingolstadt Frankfurt Duisburg, stage a In expansion it.” second extending about thinking are we motive Auto Rail Schenker DB with together – and reason that for it with continue certainly will “We Board. Management Logistics Volvo the of Member ius, says Langen Lars project,” is Rail a groundbreaking company. the to efit in fair impact and ben on the protection economic environmental trade the both honoured Transport jury & The Gothenburg. Logistics the at Rail Viking for Prize” Transport and Logistics “Big the awarded was May,Volvo of end the at sources: ent mil lion. also Recognition came recently from independ €1.1 of amount Marco the to the scheme within funding II Polo Union European three the for by years subsidised was Rail Viking rail, to road years the punctuality rate has been 99 per cent. cent. per 99 been has three rate past punctuality the the years over however: rare, extremely are Disruptions deliveries. their of progress the on eye constant a keep can customer the tool tracing and tracking online an using system: Viking the in ity prior utmost has Reliability by truck.” transported be easily can load the reason, some for disrupted is transport rail the “If noting, Kunze, safer,” explains system whole the makes also easily. flexibility “The [email protected] Phone: +49(0)511286-4011| Contact |Susanne Kunze “ O All this serves as confirmation to us All as that this serves confirmation Viking wing wing to the tangible impact of the transfer from

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JUST IN SEQUENCE: Transfesa swap bodies, which have arrived from Berlin, are unloaded in Dillingen an der Saar for the delivery of components to Ford’s Saarlouis plant.

for the factory in Genk/Belgium. Five times per week Precisely in a train with the length of 630 meters departs from the capital, travelling overnight and reaching the city on the Rhine 13 hours later. This translates into 12,500 lorry trips that are avoided. A proportion of the tune with Ford’s 13.6-metre swap bodies are directly fed into the Ford Fiesta production facility in Cologne’s Niehl district, whilst others are unloaded onto trucks and conveyed production to component suppliers in the region for further pro- cessing. Up to the autumn of 2009 the production of Transfesa ensures the smooth supply of compo- the Focus and Kuga models in Saarlouis was also sup- plied from Cologne by truck, but since october of nents from Berlin to the Ford plants on the Rhine 2009 the relevant containers have remained on the and Saar. wagons and travel down to the Saar by rail. From Be- ckingen their onward distribution to the plant eight he factories of the carmaker Ford in Cologne kilometers away continues by truck. and Saarlouis maintain an especially close in- “With just-in-time production, component makers T tegration of external component suppliers work precisely in sequence with the customer’s fac- into their logistics processes. In order to keep their tory,” explains Alexander Clemens, Managing Direc- workflows lean and efficient, component makers such tor of Deutsche Transfesa GmbH. “As a transport and as Visteon in Berlin supply their components to the logistics service provider we form part of this syn- plant just in time – just before they are needed in the chronous system, which means we have to meet es- assembly process. Because virtually no car leaving the pecially high requirements in terms of punctuality plant is identical to any other, Visteon also supplies and reliability.” dashboards and other plastic parts in varying designs Transfesa is responsible for the transport opera- – and in the very sequence in which they are fitted tions. The logistics specialist for the automotive in- on the assembly line. For this system to work there dustry also organises the supply of parts to plants in has to be close coordination between the production Turkey, Spain, the UK and Germany for the Ford processes of both the component supplier and the group. dv manufacturer – as well as smooth and reliable trans- port operations. Transfesa is responsible for supplying the Ford Contact | Alexander Clemens plants in Cologne and Saarlouis with Visteon compo- Phone: +49 (0)221 290 900-21 |

nents from Berlin, additional lorry service is provided [email protected] PR (2) Continental / Max Lautenschlaeger; DB AG Photos:

30 | Railways Tyres for the world DB Schenker Rail Automotive controls Continental’s global operations from Hanover.

MEGABOXES: In containers like these DB Schenker Rail he car component supplier Continental and tyre burst later on – with serious consequences for transports truck tyres the railways have been working together for the driver and other road users,” explains the automo- from Puchov to the T many decades. In recent years, the office of tive expert. “In addition, the goods have to be care- Stöcken district of Dirk Baerbock in Hanover has been the nerve centre fully secured during loading and transportation Hanover. of the operation: “All DB Schenker’s business units because if a stack of 70-kilo tyres becomes loose it can work for Continental, in many countries across the cause huge damage.” DB Schenker has therefore de- world,” explains the key account manager. “Our team veloped special transport containers for Continental: is the central contact point for this important client in the megaboxes, as they are called, three-metre-high on all issues, ranging from invitations to tender, con- tyre stacks can be conveyed safely and easily unload- tact requests or questions on the range of services.” ed from the train onto trucks. At more than 170 specialised locations on all con- The logistics tasks which DB Schenker takes on tinents, in-plant processes and distribution logistics for Continental do not end with the delivery to Hano- are of high strategic importance to Continental. The ver. In Finland, for example, the logistics service group’s main plant for truck tyres in the Slovakian provider has been operating a warehouse since 1997, town of Puchov, for example, produces almost two offering space for 120,000 tyres and wheels over an million tyres every year, which are sold right across area of 6,000 square metres. In addition to storage Europe. The central distribution centre for Germany and distribution, DB Schenker takes on extra serv- and northern Europe is located in Hanover, supplying ices here, such as packaging and labelling. dv truck manufacturers and dealers with Continental tyres. “We transport most of the output from Puchov to Hanover in two block trains per week,” Baerbock goes on. “Our longstanding experience in tyre logis- tics guarantees that everything runs smoothly.” Contact | Dirk Baerbock Tyres are a sensitive shipment after all. “Unno- Phone: +49 (0)511 286-4012 | ticed damage during transportation can result in a [email protected]

TYRE SUPPLY: Ten years ago Continental AG opened its central European Distribu- tion Centre (EDC) for truck tyres in the Stöcken district of Hanover, which delivers 23,000 tyres daily. Continental PR (2) ; Continental / Max Lautenschlaeger DB AG Photos:

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Fodder for the printing presses DB Schenker conveys newsprint and magazine paper from Sweden to Italy for the SCA paper group – over a distance of almost 2,700 kilometres.

ilan is the centre of the Italian press. It is nates from the forests of Scandinavia and was manu- here in the capital of Lombardy that numer- factured in SCA’s mills. The Swedish group supplies M ous newspapers and magazines are pub- newsprint paper and what is known as LWC paper lished, including the newspaper with the highest (see box, top right) for high-quality magazines to circulation in the country, Corriere della Sera, and – northern Italy – some 30,000 tonnes are scheduled on pink paper – the world’s oldest sports paper, the for delivery this year. DB Schenker has been respon- legendary Gazzetta dello Sport. The printing presses sible for this transport operation by rail since Septem- that rotate around the clock in Milan therefore con- ber 2010. sume a lot of paper. “As a company known for its sustainable business The paper, wound onto two- to four-tonne reels, practices we would like to convey our shipments by has come a long way. A large proportion of it origi- rail as far as possible,” says Jennie Dahlkvist of Trans-

32 | Railways On a reel Printing, packaging, sanitation – the industry markets various types of paper, used for wide-ranging purposes. In the newsprint segment alone there are numerous varieties of paper with varying properties. SCA supplies the printing plants in northern Italy with newsprint and LWC paper for magazines.

LWC paper Newsprint paper LWC is the paper industry’s premium product for With newsprint paper, low price is the chief high-quality magazines. The abbreviation stands criterion. Its tensile strength is also important, for “lightweight coated”. A binding agent – con­ however, so that the long lengths of paper in the sisting chiefly of fine-grained clay – is applied to high-speed printing presses do not tear. News- the surface of the paper. This makes the surface print paper comes from SCA’s UK plant with a smoother and the printed image, especially of wastepaper content of up to 100 per cent; the BUILT ON TIMBER: In the 19th century colour photographs, more brilliant. SCA produces paper from the Swedish plant can, however, be Sundsvall was considered the town with the thin LWC paper from ground spruce pulpwood, manufactured inexpensively and completely from the highest sawmill density in the world. extracted from timber from the company’s own fresh spruce wood, thanks to its own forest hold- Nowadays, in addition to its mills, forest holdings. It is enriched with kraft pulp to ings. The plant in Ortviken produces 275,000 Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA) operates the Interforest Terminal in give the product added strength. SCA is among the tonnes of newsprint paper annually. Sundsvall for the group’s products, with world’s leading manufacturers of LWC paper, an annual handling capacity of 1.9 million producing up to 500,000 tonnes of it per year. tonnes (2010).

OWN FLEET: SCA Transforest operates three of its own roll-on/roll-off ferries. In this picture the Obbola is being loaded with paper reels in Sundsvall

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forest, the logistics subsidiary of SCA. “But in order in such a way that the customer benefits from maxi- to be able to meet the exacting requirements of our mum cost efficiency. The four-axle wagons used are Italian customers we need a transport service which fitted so that they can carry paper reels with a total is also fast, cost-effective and very flexible. weight of 60 tonnes. “That means the best capacity DB Schenker has demonstrated that it can perform utilisation,” explains Maarten de Ridder, Managing this task.” Director of Schenker AB. “And thus at the same time Schenker AB with its division Rail Logistics and we are making sure that upon final distribution in Forwarding (RLF) is responsible for the paper ship- Italy the complete wagonload is delivered by truck ment operation from Sweden to Italy. The Swedish as efficiently as possible.” subsidiary is the direct interface with SCA and organ- To ensure that the deliveries reach the final cus- ises the whole transport handling procedure: from tomer within only five to six days, RLF organises and wagon ordering to collection of the paper reels in supervises the transport operation via the Öresund Sundsvall and shipment supervision in Sweden, as Bridge to , through Germany and Switzer- well as purchasing of the logistics services in Italy, up land to the DB Schenker Railport in the Lombard to and including the invoicing of SCA’s all-inclusive town of Desio. From there Schenker Italiana takes on package. In Sundsvall on Sweden’s east coast, just 400 the task of onward distribution by truck to the con- kilometres north of Stockholm, SCA operates saw- signees. mills, paper and pulp mills. Also located there is SCA SCA is informed of the progress of the transport Transforest’s rail and seaport terminal, a chief tran- operation several times a day. “We can guarantee this shipment centre for the group’s products. level of quality only because we combine the strength The loading operation in Sundsvall is organised of a Europe-wide rail freight operator with our for-

2,700 KILOMETRES: DB Schenker AB takes charge of the SCA paper reels in Sundsvall, which are to be trans- ported by rail over five days to northern Italy, where they

will be processed into newspapers and magazines. SCA PR (6) PHotos:

34 | Railways TRIMODAL: Aerial shot of the Interforest Terminal in Sundsvall. The treasures of the Swedish forests are transported from here by ship, rail and truck all over the world.

PREMIUM PRODUCT: warding network,” explains de Ridder. “We draw on Grapho Cote is the name of the LWC paper which is produced the capacities and expertise of our various locally by SCA for high-end magazines based subsidiaries, including that of the Pulp & Paper and catalogues. team at our Duisburg Customer Service Centre. Yet throughout the whole operation the team of RLF re- mains the single contact for the customer.” Only six days after departing from the Gulf of Bothnia the Swedish paper completes its journey to Italy, after almost 2,700 kilometres and four border crossings. DB Schenker is doing its bit to ensure that the printing presses in Milan never come to a stand- still. dv

Contact | Maarten de Ridder Phone: +46 (0)70 221 2812

PHotos: SCA PR (6) PHotos: [email protected]

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Clearing contaminated sites Fifty-year-old chemical waste from the French Le Letten landfill site is being disposed of in in an environmentally compatible manner. DB Schenker Rail is responsible for its safe transportation in hermeti- cally sealed containers.

etween 1957 and 1960 the Basle chemical and deposited industrial Bwaste at the Le Letten landfill site 300 metres beyond the Swiss border in France Alsace. Even though in the view of experts these contaminated sites do not pose a threat to the quality of groundwater, some 35,000 tonnes of chemical waste and rubble in all have been excavated on a voluntary basis from the Le Letten site since the end of January and transport- ed to a number of locations, including Deutzen in Saxony, for eco-friendly disposal. As a partner of AWILOG-Transport GmbH, which specialises in waste logistics, SWEG is performing the rail haulage operation on behalf of DB Schenker Rail. The hermetically sealed special containers start out from Neuenburg (Baden) and are handed over to track management and shunting operations. Follow- WASTE DB Schenker Rail in Freiburg for onward long-distance ing the removal of the contaminated waste, the site at TRANSPORT: transportation to Borna, south of . In nearby Le Letten is to be returned to nature. The GI DRB In special containers Deutzen eneotech (formerly Bilfinger Berger consortium responsible for the landfill reclamation, like these AWILOG Entsorgung Ost) operates a thermal treatment centre. consisting of a grouping of several chemical and phar- transports the exca- For this contract, which is being handled in indi- maceutical companies, is investing some EUR 20 mil- vated material from vidual wagons and groups of up to 8 wagons until the lion in the project. ok the former landfill end of the year, DB Schenker Rail has reopened the site by rail. Borna freight office. Locally based DB subsidiary MEG Contact | Angela Westfahl (Mitteldeutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) is respon- Phone: +49 (0)5371 940367 | sible for organising the transport operations including [email protected] From scrap to wire rod

he Trierer Stahlwerk (TSW) steel per week. “Through the close cooperation between mill recycles steel scrap into wire TRANSA, Berlin regional sales, the Customer Service Trod, a raw material used in the pro- Centre in Duisburg, and the responsible cargo centres duction of steel ropes, steel springs, up- in dispatch and receipt, we have been able, together holstery springs, welded wire mesh and with TSW, to shift significant transport volumes to many other products. A total of 1,500 rail,” explains Esther Barth of DBSR Regional Sales tonnes leave the plant on the Moselle Berlin. “Thanks to optimised operating times we are daily – a growing proportion of which is able to meet the customer’s requirements of 1,600 transported by DB Schenker Rail and tonnes per day.” When it was necessary to transport DB Schenker subsidiary TRANSA GmbH an additional 12,000 tonnes of stock at short notice, WIRY: by environmentally friendly rail. Much this was also achieved through close coordination be- The raw material for of the wire rod leaving the Trier plant is bound for the tween TRANSA, Regional Sales and the customer. the production of Salzgitter-Beddingen port in Lower Saxony. Up until ok welded wire mesh. the autumn of 2010 the freight volumes were sufficient only for sporadic special trains, after which two sched- Contact | Esther Barth uled services were laid on per week. Since April, how- Phone: +49 (0)30 297-57513 |

ever, the frequency has actually risen to three trains [email protected] PR (4) Photos:

36 | Railways Sensitive concrete DB Schenker has delivered 20-metre girders to Sweden on a just-in- time basis for Vetra Betongsystem AB, a subsidiary of Vetra Beton.

HEADING NORTH: Vetra Betongsystem AB’s hy do Swedish builders order concrete components concrete girders waiting in Sassnitz for the in Germany? Gerhard Barnasch, Key Account Man- railway ferry to Trelleborg. Wager with DB Schenker Deutschland, knows why: “In the far north the summers are very short and therefore concrete work, which cannot be carried out in frosty conditions, is often port the segments were reloaded there into rail wagons using shifted abroad.” This is why Vetra Betongsystem AB secured a reach stackers. “The experience of the wagon masters was re- contract to supply 18 concrete girders for a new freight and ferry quired here,” recalls Barnasch. “This is because the girders were terminal, and DB Schenker took on the task of transporting them allowed to rest only on very specific points, otherwise they – some of which are almost 20 metres long and up to 27 tonnes might have been damaged.” The shipment was transported us- in weight – from Kavelstorf near Rostock to Sweden. ing the railway ferry to Trelleborg and then smoothly on the A particular challenge: the girders could not be collected from Swedish rail network to the destination of Uddevalla, some 400 the manufacturer until late, but owing to tight scheduling had kilometres away. ok to be available at the building site quickly. Thanks to the coop- eration between RLF, the rail logistics division of DB Schenker Deutschland, DB Schenker Rail and the port of Rostock, and the Scandlines shipping company, this just-in-time order was exe- Contact | Gerhard Barnasch cuted reliably. Phone: +49 (0)4371 5010-81 | After the first leg by truck from Kavelstorf to Rostock sea- [email protected] From the sea and into a lighter Liquefied gas from drilling platforms is landed at the Nor- dsee Gas Terminal in Brunsbüttel. DB Schenker BTT takes charge of its onward distribution.

iquid or gas? is because most of the liquefied gas comes from the The substance North Sea, where it forms as a by-product of oil pro- Lwith the para- duction. doxical name has Tank vessels laden with up to 15,000 cubic metres many interesting of refrigerated liquefied gas land at Brunsbüttel almost properties: under every week. In 30-metre-high tanks the substance normal conditions it waits to be unloaded for onward distribution. Eighty takes the form of a gas storage sites and filling stations throughout Ger- gas, but it liquefies at many are supplied from Brunsbüttel – mostly by room temperature DB Schenker BTT, DB Schenker Rail’s tank wagon and at slight over- specialist. “We convey some 70 per cent of our lique- pressure. This makes fied gas shipments by rail,” says Dietmar Möllenhoff, HUB: The Nordsee liquefied gas easy and safe to transport and store. Eve- Managing Director of NGT. “Because we are depend- Gas Terminal in ryday items such as a gas lighter or camping stove ent on reliability and good service, DB Schenker BTT Brunsbüttel from would be unthinkable without liquid gas. Homeown- has now been our preferred partner for ten years.” the air with the River ers without a mains gas connection use pure propane, BTT transports liquefied gas to Germany not Elbe in the back- whereas the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) used to only from Brunsbüttel but also from the terminal in ground. fuel cars and buses consists of a mixture of propane on behalf of NGT – some 180,000 tonnes and butane. There are benefits for the environment in 2010. “In recent years NGT has entrusted us with and for combating climate change, too – because lique- ever greater volumes,” explains BTT Managing Di- fied gas combusts with much lower emissions than rector Dr Jörg Hilker. “We expect the quantities to other fossil fuels. increase further.” dv Progas and Primagas, two of the leading dealers in liquefied gas, have an extensive distribution net- work aimed at supplying customers throughout the Contact | Wolfgang Prieß country. The central hub is the Nordsee Gas Termi- Phone: +49 (0)40 3918-6913 |

Photos: PR (4) Photos: nal (NGT) in Brunsbüttel on the Elbe estuary. This [email protected]

railways | 37 38 Steel under the Channel from the Netherlands to Wales, four times a week. week. a times four Wales, to Netherlands the from rail Tunnelby Channel the through coils steel conveying by Tata Steel group steel the for work pioneering performing is Rail Schenker DB fast, reliable transportation between the various various the between transportation reliable fast, concept tailored to our current requirements, allowing 220,000 tonnes. is contract the under transported freight of volume Llanwern plant, with freight for IJmuiden. The total but are loaded up again not far from Trostre, at Tata’s makenot do returnplant.trains thetripThe empty, Trostre in south-west Wales, where Tata has another France and the , and are delivered to facility in IJmuiden, theyproduction then passSteel Tatathrough the Belgium, from originate industry tentially continue to doso until October. po will Wales and April, and Netherlands since the been operating weekly between Tata Steel’s plants in havetonnes1,800to up weight totalof a with trains impressive Consequently, very solution. a offer four European network – was able to respond quickly and quotation at short notice, DB – thanks to its extensive Europe’s a TataWhen requested producer Steel steel second-largest Rail. Schenker DB of CEO erich, I PROJECTS & CUSTOMERS | Railways “DB Schenker Rail offered us a transportation transportation a us offered Rail Schenker “DB The steel coils destined for the British packaging always gone by sea,” says Dr Alexander Hedd Alexander Dr says sea,” by gone always have would rather,it – contract of kind this for n the past, rail traffic would never have been used - - “whisper brakes”. called so with equipped is stock rolling The quired. recushioningis - load the of further that no means The vehicles also have a special lining,rubber which coils. steel the with contact into coming water stop Wales.to lands covers with to fitted arewagons The Netherthe - steelfrom the transport to used being is ments facedbyTata Steel.” require market new the to accurately and quickly DB Schenker Rail. “As a result we were able to respondber of the Management Board responsible for Sales at European services,” says Karsten Sachsenröder, Mem ily in order to be able to offer our customers seamless hours. “Over the past few years we have invested is in heava position to achieve transit times of less than 24 and Transport at Tata Steel inIJmuiden. ex plains Derk Triezenberg, General Manager Logistics organisation,” Europe-wide our within plants [email protected] Phone: +31(0)302358637| Contact |JanPalma A new type of wagon with a capacity of 68.5 tonnes Thanks to the Channel Tunnel DB Schenker Rail ok - - - - Rail is running freight manufacturing group the channel tunnel to plant in Holland (the history, DB Schenker big picture) through For the first time in NEW HORIZONS: trains for the steel Tata Steel from its Wales.

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Photo: Daimon XANTHOPOULOS/GAMMA/laif; Jiri Rezac / VISUM Record-breaking contract in England change, and it also reduces congestion on our motor- climate and environment the for news good That’s road70.the by on loads lorry of reducesnumber the at least two years: “Every intermodal train we operate for last will which contract, major new the with sed Chief Executive of DB Schenker Rail UK, is also plea of containers being shipped by rail.” Alain Thauvette, number the increase to potential the and flexibility Rail UK as a partner because Schenker theyDB chose “Wecould (UK). offer CGM sufficientCMA of CEO chains in the United Kingdom,” says Graham Fraser, want to see anincrease inthisfigure. parties both but annually, transported are tainers 25,000con present At world. the in company ping again for CMA CGM, the back third-largest and containerLeeds) ship (near Wakefield and Manchester Birmingham, to inland coast, south England’s on trains every weekday from the Port of Southampton, I Southampton everySouthampton week for thecontainershippinggroupCMACGM. DB SchenkerRailUKnow operates 15containertrains toandfrom “Rail freight traffic is a crucial link in our supply supply our in link crucial a is traffic freight “Rail UK, DB Schenker Rail UK now operates three three operates now the UK Rail Schenker since DB UK, contract the in activities freight rail its started container Group DB biggest the n - - - conurbations in the heart of England. also possible to ship high-cube containers by rail to the line’sloading gauge. As a result of this work, it is now Southampton and Birmingham in order to increase reached:the namely the “lowering” rail,ofnow that athe key infrastructure mainmilestone linehas been between in Southamptonare transported byrail. ways.” Currently, 27 per cent of all containers handled Southampton in the spotlight [email protected] Phone: +44(0)7710392495| Contact |Gareth Davies Kingdom and the Far East is handled here. handled is East Far the and Kingdom of the total cargo shipped between the United port after Felixstowe. More than 40 per cent is home to Britain’s second-largest container of London and with a population of 220,000, The city of Southampton, 130 km south-west This modal split could, however, change in favour of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth. legendary Cunard luxury liners Queen Mary 2, annually.It isalso theport ofregistry ofthe minal, serving more than a million Southamptonisthe country’s top cruise ter ok of containers that are vessel equals roughly BOXES: visible in the picture of this CMA CGM the capacity of a freight train. The number railways | -

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RUSSLAND Far-flung destination China A record-breaking freight train recently rolled into Duisburg: following 16 days travelling halfway around the world it brought high-end products from the River Yangtze to the DEUTSCHLAND WEISSRUSSLAND Rhine. DB Schenker plans to follow up this successful trial run from China, given the relevant POLEN demand and cost-effectiveness, with regular rail transport services soon.

KASACHSTAN

RUSSIA CHINA MOScow March 30, Minsk 07.11 p.m. (UTC) March 31, SAMARA Warsaw 07.08 p.m. (UTC) March 29, April 3, 01.07 p.m. (UTC) 01.10 a.m. (UTC) GERMANY BELARUS Duisburg POLAND April 4, 11.16 a.m. (UTC) KAZAKHSTAN

Spurbreite 1435 mm he freight train covered 10,300 kilometres from sively shipped by sea or air. The transfer of containers the Chinese metropolis of Chongqing, which is from Chongqing to a Chinese seaport alone takes about Spurbreite 1520T mm almost unknown over here, to its destination, the three days. In that time the train to Duisburg via the port of Duisburg. Before the pilot train set off, all the has already covered half of its jour- CHINA logistics processes were planned in detail with the cu- ney through China. Compared with the sea route, trans- KEEPING A WATCH- stomer, from the preparation of the freight documents portation by rail takes only half as long. FUL EYE: With the DB Schenker Smart- and the loading of the containers in the Chinese dispat- “The journey time from the Chinese hinterland, the box the whole train ching plants, to the pre-carriage and onward carriage by arrival in the heart of Germany and the scope for the journey is monitored lorry coordinated with the train’s departure. Instead of fast and secure onward distribution of the containers by GPS – including using the oft tried and tested Trans-Siberian Railway, from here to their destinations are the attractions of the the temperature in the trial train overcame the Eurasian land bridge further service we are offering,” notes Dr Karl-Friedrich Rausch, the containers. south through North-West China, Kazakhstan, Russia DB Schenker CEO. “I hope that the trial train has con- and Belarus. This route is 2,000 kilometres shorter than vinced our customers. We are certainly ready, given via the Trans-Siberian, but contains one more border appropriate demand and cost-effectiveness, to launch crossing. As with the route via the Trans-Siberian the scheduled rail services between China and Germany as containers have to be craned twice en route because the early as this year. ok railway in the transit countries of Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus operates on the broad-gauge system. The trial train to Duisburg conveyed high-end Contact |Carsten Helwig 1435 mm products of an international group which operates Phone: +49 (0)6107/9868 8150 factories in Chongqing. The City of Light, as it is [email protected] track gauge 1520 mm known, on the River Yangtze, with almost 30 million inhabitants, is one of the world’s biggest and fastest- growing megacities – many international companies have their products manufactured there.

To date, exports to Europe have been almost exclu- 43 Illuteam Illustration: privat, Michael Neuhaus/DB AG; Photos:

40 | Railways JUST IN TIME: After 16 days the container train from RUSSIA Chongqing, China – loaded with high-end products – arrived in Duisburg.

GERMANY BELARUS POLAND ASTANA March 27, 12.06 p.m. (UTC) ÜRÜMQI March 23, KAZAKHSTAN 07.34 p.m. (UTC)

“Great demand for CHINA rail solutions” Chongqing Questions to Carsten Helwig, the China Train Project Mana- March 20, ger at DB Schenker, Rail Logistics and Forwarding (RLF) 01.04 p.m. (UTC)

Mr Helwig, organising a freight train journey over more pe. This is also linked to the fact that parts of China’s than 10,000 kilometres, is really quite a logistical feat, is industry are shifting their operations to the west, further it not? inland, and therefore further increasing the advantages of Carsten Helwig: It is a challenge, of course, but we have rail over shipment by sea. partners with the required expertise at DB Schenker Lo- The trial containers were loaded with high-quality electro- gistics in China and Germany, as well as along the route. nic goods which all arrived safely. However, the weather is In this case, the chief operator involved was Trans Eurasia obviously an issue on this route. Logistics (TEL), DB’s joint venture with the Russian Helwig: Yes, absolutely. For that reason, alongside their state-owned railway RZD. TEL was responsible for hand- exact position, we kept a constant eyetrack on gauge the internal 1435 mm CARSTEN HELWIG ling and processing of this long-distance transport. temperature in our containers with the DB Schenker coordinated the The first China trial train, which travelled from Beijing to Smartbox. This time it went as low as minus 17ºC, which track gauge 1520 mm efforts of many Hamburg in 2007, was not followed by a commercial ser- is no problem for electronic products. In winter tempera- partners for the vice. Are you more optimistic this time? tures can fall below minus 40ºC. We still need to come up record-breaking train journey. Helwig: Yes, and for good reason. We are conscious of the with a solution in that regard because monitors cannot very high demand from many companies who are in- withstand such bitterly cold conditions. ok

Illuteam 43 Illuteam Illustration: privat, Michael Neuhaus/DB AG; Photos: terested in rail solutions between China and Central Euro-

railways | 41 Company & People

London Calling DB Schenker Rail is paving the way for through freight trains between mainland Europe and the British capital. Trials are underway, with sched- uled services set to follow soon.

ixteen years after the Channel Tunnel opened, rail still plays only a secondary role in interna- tional freight transportation into and out of WET S PAINT!The England. This is because of the lower first Class 92 in the UK: although freight wagons from the railways wearing of Continental Europe can pass through the Tunnel, DB colours. they cannot run on the standard network. But London is now on the verge of becoming accessi- ble for trains arriving from the Continent; the new Class 92 in the spotlight High Speed 1 line between the capital and the Tunnel This heavy, six-axle electric locomotive was developed portal in Folkestone is approved for trains with Eu- between 1993 and 1996 especially for use in the Channel ropean dimensions. Tunnel. It has a power output of 5,040 kW and a top speed DB Schenker Rail UK is, therefore, currently te- of 140 km/h. For use on the High Speed 1 line, it was sting class 92 locomotives with a view to obtaining necessary to fit the locomotive with an additional on- certification for High Speed 1. The first successful board signalling system. DB Schenker Rail operates 10 journeys were made at the end of March, and these locomotives of this type. will be followed by trial journeys of wide wagons from Continental Europe. High Speed 1, Ansaldo STS and PROGRESS: European-sized SYSTRA are working with DB Schenker Rail to mo- As soon as the trials have been successfully com- freight waggons can dify the signalling systems installed in the locomoti- pleted, DB Schenker Rail plans to launch scheduled operate into London ve. Funding for the five-year project is being provided international freight services to London. “This will very soon. by the . be a milestone in promoting a modal shift to rail in cross-channel freight transport,” says Alain Thauvet- te, Chief Executive of DB Schenker Rail UK. “We are now very close to achieving our objective of running freight trains directly to London from every country in Europe.” ok LONDON

Focus on High Speed 1

High Speed 1 is a 108 km-long high-speed line linking Lon- don St. Pancras with the UK Channel Tunnel portal at Folke- stone. It opened in 2007 and has a European loading gauge, as a result of which, the ICE (InterCityExpress) will be able to run between Cologne and London from 2013 onwards. High Speed 1 can also carry freight traffic. Illuteam 43 Illuteam PR (2) ; Illustration: AG, Matthews/DB Kippa Photo:

42 | Railways Photo: Kippa Matthews/DB AG, PR (2); Illustration: Illuteam 43 opened in Wiesau Cargo Centre Bavaria “It was our joint goal to revitalise the Wiesau rail rail Wiesau the revitalise to goal joint our was “It flexibility. possible the greatest gaining thus trains, for systems Rail and wagons block in both individual transportation Schenker DB the into tegrated in been has Ziegler operator, former the of ruptcy had been since abandoned 2009 the following bank Caribbean. the and Japan Africa, North to journey great a on embarks it where from ports, sea the to transported mainly is timber sawn The annually. containers 4,000 and chippings wood of metres cubic million one timber, sawn of tonnes) 3,000(150,000 around wagons to and dispatch ests for German from chiefly timber round of tonnes) (200,000 wagons 3,500 some Weiden, in to receive point loading previous the replaces which Wiesau, solid metres. cubic million 1.6 some of production annual the with sawmills biggest operates Germany’s of one Ziegler away, Betzenmühle, kilometres 20 berg, Plöss In Holzindustrie. Ziegler its company, of hub parent logistics the as Bavaria” Centre “Cargo name new the under it using now is and March, in sidings loading 550-metre to 500- with site metre T around theworld. terminal intheUpperPalatinate, dispatchingsawn timberfrom there Ziegler Holzindustrie isbreathing newlife intoanabandonedfreight Thanks to its own rail in Wiesau, which which Wiesau, in siding rail own its to Thanks in siding rail new the via intends company The gistik GmbH purchased the 128,000-square- the purchased GmbH gistik Lo Ziegler life. to back coming is Palatinate, Upper Wiesau, in terminal freight small he ------in us.” in partner right the chosen has and Ziegler that quality reliability with prove to intend we Now start. a made “We have Nuremberg. in Sales Regional Rail Nieten and Wolfgang Rebhan, Head of DB Schenker unanimously note Manfred services,” Eberhard rail of for DB Schenkergrowth create to thus and siding [email protected] Phone: +49(0)9112191960| Contact |Wolfgang Rebhan

from Regensburg to Hof. mobilising the site on the route partner, DB Schenker Rail is sawn timber there daily. As their some 1,000 tonnes of round and purchased the site and is handling Ziegler Logistik GmbH has now nate, was deserted for two years. terminal in Wiesau, Upper Palati REVIVAL:

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43 Customers & Projects

HANDSHAKE: Poland: Customers Hans-Georg Werner (DB seeking integrated Schenker Rail, left) and Stasys solutions Dailydka (JSC Lithuanian At an international business conference in Railways). the Polish city of Katowice, DB Schenker Rail Polska, Poland’s first private rail carrier, discussed the prospects for European rail freight transport, as well as customers’ re- Lithuania moves closer quirements, with customers and experts. Representatives of the companies Arcelor- B Schenker Rail Polska and JSC Lithuanian Railways have Mittal and Vattenfall Heat Poland made it agreed on closer cooperation in cross-border rail freight clear during these discussions that they were Dtransport operations. The contract enables DB Schenker increasingly seeking integrated logistics so- Rail Polska, among others, to use the standard-gauge infrastruc- lutions, for instance from port transhipment ture at the Lithuanian border station of Šeštokai, where freight to unloading at the railway siding. Hans- wagons are either changed over to the Russian broad-gauge sys- Georg Werner, Chairman of the Board of DB tem or the cargo has to be unloaded. “For the time being we aim Schenker Rail Polska, who hosted the discus- to transport timber by rail from Lithuania to Germany, and then sion, drew attention to the advanced integra- later in containers, too,” noted Hans-Georg Werner, Chairman tion of the individual DB subsidiaries into of the Board of DB Schenker Rail Polska, to which Lithuanian one European rail freight operator: “We want Railways Managing Director, Stasys Dailydka, added: “We want to demonstrate to our customers that we are to work closely together, including with regard to the future a premium service provider of integrated rail north-south Rail Baltica mainline, connecting Poland via Kaunas logistics solutions across our entire Euro- and Riga to Tallinn.” Both partners are also seeking to develop pean network.” ok integrated logistics chains for their customers. ok

Coal from Antwerp

DB Schenker Rail has expanded its ARA concept to include the Port of Ant- werp. Each week, two heavy trains now carry imported coal to a power station in Lünen (North Rhine-Westphalia) via the Dutch rail network. Larger quantities can be carried per wagon on this route than along Antwerp’s traditional inland ship- ping route via Aachen, where weight re- strictions apply. The trains used are produced by COBRA (Belgium) and DB Schenker Rail Nederland (Netherlands) in close cooperation with DB Schenker Rail Deutschland. This new service testifies once more to DB’s flexibility in supplying the with imported coal via the ARA ports. Each year the group re- ceives some 7 million tonnes of bituminous PORT OF ANTWERP DB Schenker Rail is operating two heavy coal trains coal at the ARA ports for transportation to

per week to North Rhine -Westphalia. power stations inland. ok Bridge/F1online of Antwerp; wildcard/plainpicture; ; PR (2); Port Rossberg Ralf Roman Photos:

44 | Railways Tunnel construction at Coal from Amsterdam Centraal

erving 250,000 passengers a day, of Friesland, then transported to the Port Antwerp Amsterdam Centraal is the busiest of Amsterdam by river boat. DB Schenker Strain station in the Netherlands. The Rail Nederland is responsible for covering tunnels for pedestrians and cyclists at the the last mile of the journey from the port historic station are currently being wid- to the city’s central station. The compo- TUNNEL WORKS: DB Schenker Rail Ned- ened to increase capacity. The concrete nents for the new underpasses are both erland is hauling concrete components to components used in this project are manu- very heavy (50 to 125 tonnes) and extreme- Amsterdam Centraal. factured in the northern Dutch province ly wide (4 to 5 metres). ok

Repairs in Beverwijk Since April, DB Schenker Rail Nederland’s wagon work- shop in Beverwijk (IJmuiden) has been authorised to repair not just the Dutch company’s wagons, but those of its German sister company, as well. Among those to benefit from this change is DB Schenker Rail’s major customer Tata Steel, based nearby, because it will mean increased wagon availability for the steel manufacturing group. The main type of wagon QUICK REPAIR: used for Tata Steel is the Shimms wagon from DB Schenker Freight wagons of Rail Deutschland. Previously, these wagons needed to be DB Schenker Rail taken to Germany if they got damaged, whereas now repairs Deutschland in

(2); Port of Antwerp; wildcard/plainpicture; Bridge/F1online of Antwerp; wildcard/plainpicture; ; PR (2); Port Rossberg Ralf Roman Photos: can be carried out directly on site in Beverwijk. ok Beverwijk.

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