Wirtschaftsregion Mainfranken

– The traditional inland waterway transport on the Main, with
its significant potential to compensate for increasing road and
rail bottlenecks during the climate transition (keywords: coal
and heavy goods transport);
– Two large Main Franconian airfields in Giebelstadt and Haßfurt-Schweinfurt,
through which regional companies have
direct flight connections to their global business partners;
– An almost constantly low unemployment rate, which currently
stands at around 2.6% for Main Franconia, which is only
about half the German average;
– And last but not least the two university locations of Würzburg
and Schweinfurt, where the University of Applied Sciences in
Schweinfurt provides qualified young logistics managers with
two specialised bachelor’s degree programmes in German and
English.
Speditionsunternehmen investieren vermehrt in den Logistikstandort
- so baute die Geis-Gruppe in Gochsheim ein zweites
Logistikzentrum für 18 Mio. Euro und Schäflein plant ein Industrie-
und Dienstleistungszentrum mit 175 neuen Arbeitsplätzen
in Gerholzhofen.
Der Bundesverkehrswegeplan 2030 sieht zudem zur Kapazitätssteigerung
des Schienengüterverkehrs zwischen Fulda
und Nürnberg eine Blockverdichtung zwischen Burgsinn,
Gemünden, Würzburg und Siegelsdorf sowie einen dreigleisigen
Ausbau zwischen Siegelsdorf und Fürth vor.
Das häufig vernachlässigte Potenzial des Binnenschiffs wird in
regionalen und überregionalen Transportketten an Bedeutung
gewinnen (müssen), denn die landgebundenen Leistungsträger
Straße und Schiene geraten immer mehr an ihre Grenzen. Umso
bedeutsamer sind die geplanten Investitionen nach dem Bundesverkehrswegplan
zur Beseitigung der qualitativen Engpässe
einer überalterten Schleuseninfrastruktur auf den main fränkischen
Wasserstraßen.
Fazit: Die Voraussetzungen für Mainfranken sind gut – aber
letztlich wird es darauf ankommen, die Zeitenwende als Chance
zu nutzen, den Mix und die Zusammenarbeit der Verkehrsträger
den aktuellen und zukünftigen Herausforderungen anzupassen.
Foto: Wasserstraßenverwaltung
Looking ahead, Main Franconia is also developing more and
more into a centre of excellence for services. Despite economic
uncertainties, for example, the region has been characterised for
years by an unrestrained start-up dynamic and associated net
growth of around 7,000 companies in the last decade – above all
in trade and commercial services.
Freight forwarding companies are investing more in the logistics
site – for instance, the Geis Group has built a second logistics
centre in Gochsheim for 18 million euros and Schäflein is
planning an industrial and service centre with 175 new jobs in
Gerholzhofen.
In addition, the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030
provides for the capacity increase of rail freight between Fulda
and Nuremberg by adding to the signal blocks between Burgsinn,
Gemünden, Würzburg and Siegelsdorf and expanding it
to three tracks between Siegelsdorf and Fürth.
The often neglected potential of inland waterway transport
will (have to) play a more significant role in regional and supraregional
transport chains, as land-based road and rail service
providers are increasingly reaching their limits. This makes
the planned investments according to the Federal Transport
Infrastructure Plan to eliminate the bottlenecks due to the poor
quality of an obsolete lock infrastructure on the Main Franconian
waterways all the more important.
Conclusion: The conditions for Main Franconia are good –
but ultimately it will be important to use this turning point in
his tory as an opportunity to adapt the mix and interaction of
modes of transport to the current and future challenges.
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