Transshipment station
As Umschlagbahnhof (Ubf) are freight stations designated where not sent or received goods, but in transit between the web and other means of transport such as ship or truck handled be. These are often created as container terminals in the context of combined transport . Such a transshipment station is also called a container terminal.
construction
A transshipment station is divided into different areas. The transshipment tracks are central . Next to these there is a storage area and a traffic area for trucks or the quay wall for transshipment to the ship. There are also entry, exit and bypass tracks for the freight trains. The cargo units are handled horizontally by floor conveyors or vertically by gantry cranes .
Germany
In Germany, most transshipment stations are operated by the Deutsche Umschlaggesellschaft Schiene-Straße DUSS, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn . The company operates a total of 22 of these plants in Germany. The eleven largest of these terminals can handle at least four freight trains over 600 m in length at the same time.
Other transshipment stations of other operators can be found at the seaports in Hamburg ( Container Terminal Altenwerder ) and Bremen ( Container Terminal Bremerhaven ), at various inland ports (e.g. Port of Dortmund , Port of Duisburg ), as well as at large companies, e.g. B. on the premises of the BASF headquarters in Ludwigshafen am Rhein and at Halle / Leipzig Airport ( DHL Hub Leipzig ). The Burghausen freight center opened on January 19, 2015.
Austria
Rail Cargo Austria operates six transshipment stations in Vienna , Wels , Villach , Wolfurt and St. Michael. Another ten transshipment stations such as the Salzburg Container Terminal are operated by private companies. As part of the National Intermodal Network Austria - NINA of Rail Cargo Austria, the transshipment stations Wolfurt, Bludenz, Hall, Salzburg, Villach, St. Michael, Graz, Linz, Enns, Kapfenberg, Wien-Nordwest and -Freudenau have been operating since April 4, 2011 connected to the Wels marshalling yard in a hub-spoke system several times a week with shuttle container trains.
Switzerland
The SBB operate three transhipment and loading terminals in Switzerland in Aarau , Basel-Wolf and Niederglatt . Another terminal is to be built with the so-called Gateway Limmattal south of the Limmattal marshalling yard .
Africa
In Johannesburg , Transnet Freight Rail operates the largest container terminal in South Africa , which also functions as a dry port . In City Deep Container Terminal 30 percent of the export volume of South Africa are handled.
Individual evidence
- ^ Rail Cargo Austria - Terminal ( Memento of December 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 24, 2011
- ↑ Rail Cargo Austria: "NINA - National Intermodal Network Austria" ( Memento of 29 October 2011 at the Internet Archive ), accessed 20 February 2012
- ↑ SBB Cargo: “The gateway to the world in the Limmattal” ( memento from February 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 24, 2011
- ↑ City of Johannesburg: Overview . at www.joburg.org.za ( Memento from January 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 1, 2014