SBB Cargo

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Swiss Federal Railways SBB Cargo AG

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legal form Corporation
founding 1999
Seat Olten , Switzerland
management Désirée Baer
( CEO )
Eric Grob
( Chairman of the Board )
Number of employees 3,061 (2013)
sales 953 million CHF (2013)
Branch Transport company
Website sbbcargo.com

Freight train on the way through the Alps
The hybrid locomotive Eem 923 is the most modern shunting locomotive in the world
Containers on the north-south axis

SBB Cargo is the independent subsidiary of the Swiss Federal Railways in the rail freight sector . As a result of the first railway reform in Switzerland, SBB, as a former federal government, was converted into a public limited company under special law in 1999 and divided into the three independent divisions of passenger transport, freight transport and infrastructure. The headquarters of the Swiss Federal Railways SBB Cargo AG, as the company is legally called, is in Olten .

Planzer Holding , Camion-Transport , Galliker Holding and Bertschi AG acquired a 35 percent stake in SBB Cargo AG through Swiss Combi AG in 2020. This means that the majority of the shares (65 percent) will remain with SBB.

General

SBB Cargo employed 3,061 people in 2013 and achieved a consolidated turnover of 953 million Swiss francs. SBB Cargo is the market leader in rail freight transport in Switzerland and transports 175,000 tons of goods every day. That corresponds to the weight of 425 fully loaded jumbo jets or 7,000 trucks.

The company was led by Nicolas Perrin from 2008 to 2020 . In February 2020, he was replaced by Désirée Baer as CEO and then moved to the Board of Directors. SBB Cargo has been commissioned by its owner - the Swiss Confederation - to make a contribution to achieving the goal of shifting traffic from road to rail. As the system leader in the “Cargo Switzerland” business area, it is to operate an independent wagon load traffic network in domestic and import / export traffic, which is geared towards the needs of the shipping industry in Switzerland. The “Cargo International” business area is to focus on the role of traction provider for combined and block train transports on the north-south corridor and to offer marketable and profitable services.

SBB Cargo is an active member of the Xrail Alliance , which was founded in February 2010 by seven European freight railways and aims to make international wagonload traffic by rail more customer-friendly and efficient.

Strategic direction

Swiss politics is currently intensively concerned with freight transport by rail. To this end, the government received a motion from parliament in 2011 to present an overall concept for the future of rail freight transport in the area. This was done by the Federal Council in mid-April 2013. The proposal is expected to come to parliament in spring 2015. Since a referendum is still possible, the new legislative package will come into force in 2016 at the earliest and contain a reorganization of the framework conditions for rail freight transport.

At the same time, SBB Cargo is pursuing a three-pillar strategy: 1. The subsidiary SBB Cargo International, founded at the beginning of 2011 together with the freight forwarding company Hupac , operates shuttle trains in transit on the north-south axis. 2. In wagonload traffic, the focus is on lowering structural costs and on streamlining the service point network. 3. SBB Cargo's future combined transport (CT) offer includes liner trains connecting the most important centers in Switzerland.

In order to strengthen the partnership in wagonload and combined transport, Swiss Combi AG acquired a 35% stake in SBB Cargo on April 21, 2020 after approval by the competition commission. The former is a merger of the logistics service providers Planzer Holding AG (40%), Camion Transport AG (40%), Bertschi AG (10%) and Galliker Holding AG (10%).

SBB Cargo Switzerland

In Switzerland, SBB Cargo was able to increase its transport performance slightly in 2013 to 5.2 billion net tonne-kilometers compared to the previous year (5.0 billion). With the realignment of production networks, the fleet and administration, the cost structure improved significantly. SBB Cargo was also able to win new customers, although the number of service points has been reduced. Two new lines were opened in combined transport and the preparatory work for another connection began.

In order to operate wagonload traffic in Switzerland profitably and sustainably, solutions for the renovation of poorly utilized control points have been developed in recent years. Overall, SBB Cargo examined the renovation of 155 very poorly used control points. On average, less than one car per day was moved at these points. 128 of the very poorly used points have not been served since the timetable change in December 2012. SBB Cargo and the other railways in Switzerland currently still regularly use over 300 service points for wagonload traffic. Nevertheless, over 98 percent of the previous transport volume remains on the rails.

The most important transit axis is the Gotthard route . The second transalpine axis through the Lötschberg and Simplon tunnels is mainly used by the competitor BLS Cargo . Nevertheless, it is also used by SBB Cargo trains. With the planned commissioning of the new Gotthard Base Tunnel in December 2016, rail freight traffic in Switzerland will change massively. Because three quarters of the traffic in the 57 kilometer long structure of the century will in future be made up of freight trains.

Because the locomotives no longer have to climb the gradients of up to 1,100 meters at the beginning of the current Gotthard summit tunnel , the freight trains can be up to 750 meters long, depending on the load. On the other hand, the tunnel tube is high enough that the four-meter-high trailers of articulated lorries can travel across the Alps by train in 35 to 40 minutes. On behalf of the federal government, SBB is currently building a 4-meter corridor on the 270-kilometer Gotthard axis between Basel and the Italian border. Around 20 tunnels have to be adapted so that semi-trailers with a corner height of 4 meters can be transported on rail wagons. In addition, there are changes to around 80 platform roofs and signal systems.

In Switzerland, freight traffic is handled via the three large marshalling yards (shunting yards) Basel-Muttenz, Zurich-Limmattal and Lausanne-Triage . The marshalling yards have so far been operated by SBB Infrastructure. As of January 2015, SBB Cargo will take over planning and production in the Limmattal and Lausanne inland marshalling yards on behalf of SBB Infrastructure. This means that SBB Cargo now handles the entire production process in freight transport - from collecting the freight wagons from customers to shunting them in the marshalling yard to delivering them to the recipients. SBB Infrastructure is still responsible for the marshalling yards, remains the point of contact for the railway companies and continues to ensure traffic control. This guarantees freedom from discrimination.

2008 strike

The planned cancellation of 401 jobs in the SBB Cargo industrial plant in Bellinzona led to violent protests. Among other things, 114 of the 142 positions in the maintenance service for the cargo locomotives in Bellinzona should disappear, the remaining 28 positions should be relocated to Yverdon and Chiasso . Then the 430 SBB employees in Bellinzona went on strike. After this was over, the future of the plant was negotiated at a round table. In June 2009, SBB Cargo officially handed over the Bellinzona industrial plant to SBB Personenverkehr Operations (P-OP). In June 2010 the plant received certification from the Association of Private Freight Car Customers (VPI) for the maintenance of freight wagons. The approval for wheel set maintenance including a new description, which is only offered by a few workshops, is important. In June 2013 it became known that the SBB in Bellinzona wanted to centralize training and further education for southern Switzerland. The maintenance of the maintenance fleet for the new Gotthard base tunnel will also take place at this location, as will the maintenance of some of the railcars in regional traffic south.

SBB Cargo International

SBB Cargo International was founded in 2010 with headquarters in Olten . The share capital is held by SBB Cargo AG (75%) and Hupac AG (25%). As a specialist in driving block trains and combined transport (CT) trains , the company focuses on the European north-south axis between Germany and Italy. The company's customers are primarily combined transport operators. The core element of the corporate strategy is to increase the productivity of locomotives and train drivers. This is achieved through a synchronized production system with high locomotive rotations and reduced idle times as well as by concentrating on high-volume routes.

SBB Cargo International started operations at the beginning of 2011 and employs people in Germany, Switzerland and Italy. For the time being, around 100 line locomotives have been leased from SBB Cargo's existing fleet, around half of which are modern multi-system locomotives for cross-border use. To expand its portfolio and business area, SBB Cargo International rented 14 locomotives of the 189 series from the leasing company MRCE in the spring of 2014 , which are in use across borders. Ten of these locomotives will be provided with the SBB Cargo International lettering in order to strengthen the visual presence on the north-south axis from the North Sea ports to Italy.

At the beginning of July 2011, the company received the network access permit and safety certificate for Switzerland from the Federal Office of Transport (FOT), making it a fully functional and independent railway company. In addition to Germany and Italy, the company can also independently provide transport services in Switzerland - from ordering train paths to carrying out their own transport. Since then, the operational management of the traffic has been carried out centrally from the new control center of SBB Cargo International in Olten. In June 2013, the German subsidiary of SBB Cargo International received a license to use the Dutch rail network. It will be used to offer container transports between Rotterdam and Switzerland on your own. A cooperation agreement was signed with Rotterdam Rail Feeding (RRF) for the shunting tasks .

To expand the portfolio of mainline locomotives, SBB Cargo International put two Siemens Vectron locomotives into operation on September 1, 2014 . The modern locomotives already equipped with ETCS Level 2 and approved for Germany and Austria will be used in Germany on the shuttle train connections from the North Sea ports of Bremerhaven and Hamburg to the northern Bavarian economic area. For this purpose, the locomotives have been leased on a long-term basis from European Locomotive Leasing . The locomotives of the Re 482 series used so far will strengthen the north-south axis for cross-border use between Switzerland and Germany.

SBB Cargo Germany

SBB Cargo Deutschland GmbH, headquartered in Duisburg , was founded in 2002 and, as a German production company, is the wholly-owned subsidiary of SBB Cargo International. As a registered railway company for freight transport services, it plans, dispatches and drives block trains in Germany to and from Duisburg, Rheinhausen, Siegen, Cologne, Aachen, Ludwigshafen / Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, Freiburg im Breisgau, Singen, Lübeck, Bremerhaven / Bremen, Hamburg, Kehl , Gelsenkirchen, Ingolstadt, Neuss, Gießen / Mainzlar and Weil am Rhein.

SBB Cargo Italia

SBB Cargo Italia was founded in 2003 and is based in Gallarate . As an Italian production company, the company is part of SBB Cargo International and plans, dispatches and operates freight trains in Italy. It also trains train drivers. Destinations / departure points for wagon groups / block trains in Italy are Gallarate, Novara, Milano, Melzo, Trecate, Turin-Orbassano, Fossano, Poggio Rusco and Sant'Ilario. Platforms for rail / road transhipment in Italy are Desio and Turin.

Operations began in Italy on December 15, 2003. The company was renamed from Swiss Rail Cargo Italy to SBB Cargo Italia on April 15, 2004 . SBB continued to hold all shares in the company.

SBB Cargo Nederland BV

SBB Cargo Nederland BV, headquartered in Rotterdam , was founded in 2020 and, like the other two companies, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SBB Cargo International AG.

ChemOil Logistics AG

ChemOil tank wagons

ChemOil Logistics AG was founded in 1999 as a subsidiary of SBB Cargo. The company is part of a fine-meshed European logistics network and essentially provides services for customers in the chemical and mineral oil industries. The core competence of ChemOil lies in the organization and processing of goods transports, taking into account all available modes of transport. In addition to transport concepts, ChemOil also provides ancillary services such as the management of the wagon fleet, analysis of procedures and processes as well as advice on optimizing the supply chain . With the ChemLink product, the company has been connecting important chemical centers on the north-south axis with its own liner trains since 2011. For this, ChemOil was awarded the IBS advancement award - the interest group of rail freight forwarders - for innovative and future-oriented logistical solutions in rail freight transport.

Services

SBB Cargo divides its services into the categories of door-to-door logistics concepts with wagon loads (Cargo Rail and Cargo Express products), block trains (Cargo Train products) and international combined transport (traction services for CT shuttle trains from all major operators such as Hupac , ERS , ICF, IFB and TRW). Both standardized products and individual solutions are offered. The “rail and transshipment” offer within Switzerland is aimed at transporters and companies with their own truck scheduling. "Swiss Split" is the connection system for imports and exports in international combined transport in Switzerland. SBB Cargo thus guarantees the daily shuttle service and the fine distribution of intermodal loading units - such as containers and swap bodies - between the sidings of the Swiss economy and the international shuttle terminals in Switzerland. Since September 1, 2011, SBB Cargo has also been offering a rail shuttle between Basel Container Terminal and Chavornay for the transport of overseas containers.

With the expansion of combined transport in Switzerland, SBB Cargo is complementing its existing wagonload and transit business. The concept provides for lines that connect the most important centers in Switzerland. Shuttle trains will commute back and forth according to a fixed timetable. The first pilot train has been running twice a day since the beginning of 2012 according to a fixed timetable between Dietikon near Zurich and Renens near Lausanne. Since September 2012, SBB Cargo has also been running a liner train for Migros with refrigerated containers between Neuendorf SO and Gossau SG. In June 2013, the north-south shuttle between Dietikon and Cadenazzo started as a further line, with an extension to Lugano Vedeggio, connecting the economic center of Zurich with Ticino.

In order to be able to cope with the growing container volumes in import and export traffic, a new terminal is being built in Basel North in the immediate vicinity of the Rhine port of Basel-Kleinhüningen for handling between ships, trains and trucks. A first stage for transshipment between rail and road is to be completed by the end of 2016. The plans for the Limmattal gateway near Zurich, however - another large terminal for trains up to 750 meters in length was planned there - have been postponed. These plans are currently not being pursued, the current plan approval process has been discontinued. However, in a mediation initiated by the BAV, the Swiss logistics industry has agreed that the possibility of a gateway in the Limmat Valley should be actively kept open. In order to be able to meet the needs of the regional economy in the future, the existing transshipment facility for combined transport in Dietikon is to be expanded and upgraded.

Since the 2013/14 timetable change, SBB Cargo has been operating a significant part of its transit traffic through Switzerland on behalf of DB Cargo . Thanks to these additional operating and traction services, the Swiss rail freight operator was able to better utilize its existing production capacities and resources.

SBB Cargo cooperates with the international climate protection organization myclimate to offer customers climate-neutral transport. The CO 2 emissions of a train journey should be neutralized by climate protection measures at another location. In contrast to similar offers, the SBB Cargo concept takes into account all climate-damaging emissions and the entire life cycle of a transport when calculating the environmental impact. Since the beginning of 2009, the Swiss rail freight operator has also been creating individual emissions reporting for its customers. This comparison of emissions across all transports handled by SBB Cargo can be integrated into corporate environmental management systems and shown in eco-balances.

Rolling stock

2-system locomotive Re 482 from SBB Cargo in Germany
4-system locomotive Re 484 from SBB Cargo
Diesel locomotive type Am 843 from SBB Cargo

In 2013, SBB Cargo had 7,360 freight wagons in circulation (6,677 of which were low-noise). SBB Cargo uses 50 two-system freight locomotives Re 482 for traffic between Switzerland and Germany , 15 of which can also be used in Austria. SBB Cargo uses dual-current locomotives for the Switzerland-Italy traction: 21 SBB Re 484 locomotives and 12 Re 474 locomotives . Locomotives of the types Re 420/421 , Re 430 and Re 620 are mainly used in Swiss domestic traffic . A total of 495 locomotives were in use in 2013.

SBB Cargo uses 45 SBB Am 843 shunting diesel locomotives with soot particle filters for Swiss domestic traffic and for use in Germany . They enable economical production in the heavy shunting area and are equipped with radio remote controls. In addition, 45 modernized shunting tractors of the type SBB Tm IV are used in the Biel industrial plant. Their new vehicle designation after the conversion is Tm 232 .

As a replacement for used in the light delivery wagonload freight shunting locomotives of type Bm 4/4 and various triaxial Rangierloktypen that in terms of age, economy and efficiency no longer meet today's requirements, ordered SBB Cargo in the summer of 2010 at the Stadler Winterthur AG 30 new, two-axle hybrid locomotives (type Eem 923 Hybrid ). The newly developed model is based on the Ee 922 shunting locomotive , which SBB is already using for shunting tasks in passenger transport. The hybrid version for SBB Cargo has an electric main drive and a supplementary diesel auxiliary drive for operating sidings without a contact wire. The Eem 923 Hybrid reaches a maximum speed of 120 km / h. At the end of February 2014, the last of the Eem 923s ordered was named “Chestenberg” and put into operation in Lupfig.

Key figures

In 2013 SBB Cargo achieved a transport performance of 12.3 billion net tonne-kilometers with a consolidated operating income of 953 million francs. For the first time in over 40 years, the company achieved a positive result of 14.7 million francs. In the previous year the deficit was CHF 51.2 million. Transport income rose from CHF 822 million in 2012 to CHF 857 million.

The positive development continued in the first half of 2014 as well: The total transport performance of goods traffic in Switzerland rose significantly by 27 percent to 7.6 billion net tonne-kilometers (previous year: 6.0 billion). This is mainly due to new traffic on the north-south axis. Compared to the same period in the previous year, the result increased from 3 million to 15 million francs. At SBB Cargo International, new traffic and productivity increases led to black figures for the first time with a profit of 1.1 million francs - an increase of 3.9 million francs compared to the first half of 2013.

Further investments

In addition to the 75% stake in SBB Cargo International , SBB Cargo holds the entire share capital of ChemOil Logistics AG in Basel (transport of chemicals and mineral oil products) as well as minority shares in RAlpin AG , Bern (30%), in Hupac SA, Chiasso ( 23.85%) and Termini SA, Chiasso (20%).

Web links

Commons : SBB CFF FFS Cargo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry of "Swiss Federal Railways SBB Cargo AG" in the commercial register of the Canton of Solothurn
  2. ↑ Management. SBB Cargo AG, 2020, accessed on June 6, 2020 .
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  5. ↑ Strategic goals of the Swiss Federal Council for the SBB 2011–2014. Adjustments according to the BRB of March 8, 2013 (entry into force on January 1, 2013)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.uvek.admin.ch  
  6. ^ Paul Schneeberger: SBB Cargo is reducing network. In: nzz.ch. June 6, 2012, accessed October 14, 2018 .
  7. ↑ http://www.zol.ch/ Bezirk%20pfaeffikon / standard / SBB-Cargo-schliesst- 7- Verladebahnhoefe-im-Oberland / story / 11306171 (accessed on: June 7, 2012).
  8. ↑ Press release from September 1, 2014
  9. ↑ SBB Cargo reviews Bellinzona decision by Swissinfo, March 26, 2008
  10. ^ [1] Base group on the strike at SBB Cargo
  11. ^ [2] Reporting on the strike
  12. ^ [3] VPI certification for the Bellinzona industrial plant, media release from June 1, 2010
  13. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Clear strategic direction: Good future prospects for the Bellinzona industrial plant , media release of June 7, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sbb.ch
  14. ↑ SBB Cargo International News from July 4, 2014
  15. ^ Nieuwsblad Transport, June 11, 2013
  16. ↑ SBB Cargo International News from September 1, 2014
  17. ↑ The market entry of SBB Cargo in Italy . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , issue 3/2004, ISSN  1421-2811 , p. 118 f.
  18. ↑ Announcement SRC becomes SBB Cargo . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , issue 6/2004, ISSN  1421-2811 , p. 270.
  19. ↑ SBB Cargo International founds SBB Cargo Nederland BV - SBB Cargo International. Retrieved March 9, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated May 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 386 kB) CargoNews 4/11 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sbbcargo.com
  21. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Migros starts project for more ecological transport , media release of September 17, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sbbcargo.com
  22. ↑ The Gateway Limmattal is off the table , NZZ, April 3, 2014
  23. ↑ All 30 hybrid locomotives from SBB Cargo are in operation , Cargo Blog from February 27, 2014