Freight Villages in Brandenburg and Berlin – Traffic and logistical starting point of the railway connection to the Baltic States, potentials and requirements Study within the framework of the Interreg III B – Project RAIL BALTICA On behalf of the German Partners: Ministry for Infrastructure and Spatial Planning of the State of Brandenburg Senate Authority for Urban Development Berlin Freight Villages in Brandenburg and Berlin – Traffic and logistical starting point of the railway connection to the Baltic States, potentials and requirements Study within the framework of the Interreg III B – Project RAIL BALTICA Final report Customer: Ministry for Infrastructure and Spatial Planning of the State of Brandenburg Henning-von-Tresckow-Straße 2-8 14467 Potsdam in cooperation with the Senate Authority for Urban Development Berlin and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH Supplier: Infrastruktur- und Projektentwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (Company for the Development of Infrastructure and Related Projects Ltd) Burgstraße 30 14467 Potsdam Project Team: Armin Jordan Eileen Bahre Joachim Gollnick Rüdiger Hage Martin Heiland Potsdam 8 January 2006 Freight Villages in Brandenburg and Berlin – Transport and logistical starting point of the railway link to the Baltic States, potentials and requirements LIST OF CONTENTS LIST OF CONTENTS..........................................................................................................I TABLE OF FIGURES.........................................................................................................II LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ..............................................................................................III 1 REASON AND GOAL.................................................................................................1 2 FREIGHT VILLAGES (INTRODUCTION) ...................................................................3 2.1 Tasks of logistics.....................................................................................................3 2.2 Trans-European transport networks and Pan-European transport corridors............3 2.3 Trends in international logistics ...............................................................................5 2.4 Significance of logistics for the German economy...................................................7 2.5 Explanation of the GVZ philosophy .........................................................................8 2.6 Assessment criteria for a GVZ location ...................................................................9 2.6.1 Offer of areas.................................................................................................9 2.6.2 Centrality of the location...............................................................................11 2.6.3 Quality of the transport offers.......................................................................12 2.6.4 Nationwide GVZ integration .........................................................................13 2.6.5 Environmental situation................................................................................13 2.6.6 Planning safety ............................................................................................14 3 LOGISTICS REGION BERLIN–BRANDENBURG....................................................15 3.1 Logistics industry Berlin-Brandenburg...................................................................15 3.2 Integrated logistics concept...................................................................................16 3.3 Benchmark study of the Freight Villages in Germany............................................18 3.3.1 Area structures ............................................................................................19 3.3.2 Development and marketing status..............................................................19 3.3.3 Transport carrier interface............................................................................19 3.3.4 Results of the benchmark study...................................................................20 3.4 National relations of the Freight Villages ...............................................................21 3.5 International relations of the Freight Villages.........................................................22 3.6 Comparable analysis of the GVZ as well as of the ETTC......................................26 4 FREIGHT VILLAGES ALONG THE RAIL BALTICA ................................................30 4.1 Geographical classification....................................................................................30 4.2 Poland ..................................................................................................................33 4.3 Lithuania ...............................................................................................................40 4.4 Latvia ....................................................................................................................47 4.5 Estonia..................................................................................................................51 4.6 Finland..................................................................................................................56 5 SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK ....................................................................................60 5.1 Summary ..............................................................................................................60 5.2 Development trends and conclusions for Rail Baltica............................................61 5.3 Outlook and recommendations .............................................................................63 ANNEX ............................................................................................................................. A I Freight Villages in Brandenburg and Berlin – Transport and logistical starting point of the railway link to the Baltic States, potentials and requirements TABLE OF FIGURES Fig. 1: Trans-European transport network - axis “Rail Baltica”............................................4 Fig. 2: Pan-European corridor no. 1....................................................................................5 Fig. 3: Degree of outsourcing .............................................................................................6 Fig. 4: Share of logistic costs..............................................................................................7 Fig. 5: GVZ assessment criteria .........................................................................................9 Fig. 6: Logistic region Berlin-Brandenburg........................................................................15 Fig. 7: Goods traffic concept Berlin-Brandenburg .............................................................17 Fig. 8: Status of development GVZ...................................................................................18 Fig. 9: Benchmark study...................................................................................................20 Fig. 10: Logistical integration: Rieck company..................................................................23 Fig. 11: Route "Ostwind" ..................................................................................................24 Fig. 12: Comparison of the Freight villages.......................................................................26 Fig. 13: Logistics locations in Berlin / Brandenburg ..........................................................29 Fig. 14: “Rail Baltica” – Berlin - Helsinki............................................................................30 Fig. 15: Investments "Rail Baltica"....................................................................................31 Fig. 16: Railway infrastructure in Poland ..........................................................................34 Fig. 17: Logistics centres in Poland ..................................................................................35 Fig. 18: Wielkopolska logistics centre...............................................................................37 Fig. 19: Geographical presentation Lithuania ...................................................................41 Fig. 20: Transport flows by rail; 2005................................................................................42 Fig. 21: Transport flows by road; 2005 .............................................................................42 Fig. 22: Logistics centres in Lithuania...............................................................................44 Fig. 23: Geographical presentation Latvia ........................................................................48 Fig. 24: Cargo volumes by rail..........................................................................................49 Fig. 25: Geographical presentation Estonia......................................................................52 Fig. 26: Muuga Container Terminal throughput ................................................................55 Fig. 27: Geographical presentation Finland ......................................................................56 Fig. 28: Helsinki................................................................................................................58 Fig. 29: Possible logistics locations with hub function.......................................................66 II Freight Villages in Brandenburg and Berlin – Transport and logistical