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Logistik, Verkehr und Umwelt / Logistics, Traffic and Environment
Kontakt / Contact
© CFL Terminals
Maximiliane Lorenz M. Sc.
Verkehrslogistik /
Transportation Logistics
Tel. +49 231 9743-209
maximiliane.lorenz@
iml.fraunhofer.de
/ Combined Transport Terminal Optimized
in Bettembourg
/ As part of the project called “Optimierungsmöglichkeiten zur
Erhöhung der Terminalkapazität des KV-Terminals in Bettembourg”
(“Possible optimization approaches for increasing the
capacity of the combined transport terminal in Bettembourg”),
the Studiengesellschaft für den Kombinierten Verkehr e.V.
(the German Promotion Center for Intermodal Transport) and
Fraunhofer IML spent the period between June 2020 and July
2021 analyzing the processes at the Bettembourg terminal
and identifying and developing some possible optimization
approaches.
The Bettembourg-Dudelange intermodal terminal is a combined
transport terminal in Luxembourg that is strategically located
at the point where the main transport axes for the whole
of Europe converge. The terminal allows both horizontal and
vertical transshipment and serves as an important transshipment
hub for intermodal transport within Europe.
In view of the forecast increase in volumes, it is highly desirable
to optimize the terminal and expand its capacity in the long
term. To reveal the potential for optimization and any bottlenecks
at the terminal, the researchers analyzed the operational
processes and information flows there. The process chains
were visualized and once the associated process times and
KPIs had been added, they were validated in discussion with
terminal employees.
In the second part of the project, the scientists also analyzed
the infrastructure, the layout and the operational concept of
the Bettembourg-Dudelange combined transport terminal
and identified possible potential for developing it. The project
provided operator “CFL terminals” with recommendations for
dealing with future increases in volumes and showed them
some possible scenarios regarding the terminal’s future.
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