SWOT‐Analysis Chemical Logistics: Germany - Central Europe

SWOT‐Analysis Project [ChemLog]
4.2.3 GOVERNMENT PLANS AND POLITICAL PROGRAMS
Extension plans, financing ‐ PPP, investment volume, focus on corridors, etc.
There exist plans to enforce the intermodal transport. Reason for this are the necessity for a
better use of capacities, to avoid bottlenecks in road freight traffic and to increase the
attractiveness of the logistic locations by a higher value added.
Due to the new built and extended 5 trimodal port locations, the new built bimodal terminal
Schkopau and the local important terminals in Leuna and Bernburg was created a intermodal
network.
Federal government and the government of the country do support the shift of traffic from
road to railway and waterway. At least one of the intermodal inland harbours Haldensleben,
Magdeburg, Aken, Dessau‐Rosslau and Halle‐Trotha are accessible within 90 minutes from
every point in Saxony‐Anhalt.
One example for meeting the requests is the setup of container trains from the harbour
Halle‐Trotha to the North Sea harbours Hamburg and Bremerhaven. In the beginning of this
connection in 2002 just 178 containers were transported. This number was rising until 2007
up to 36000 containers.
Excellent conditions for bimodal transport exist in the terminal Value Park Schkopau, where
by help of a further new terminal especially chemical products are shipped to Ludwighafen,
Duisburg or Munich.
The capacity of the first terminal in Schkopau was exhausted in 2004 (15000 containers), but
by setting up the new terminal the transhipment did increase. More terminals of local
relevance are located in Leuna, Bernburg and respectively in Nessa.
According to the roadmap of the federal government the country is interested in strengthen,
extending and developing the locations.
Combined Traffic:
Further facilities of the combined traffic are to develop, if existing facilities are not threaten
and if there are needs. Principally such development is possible in the “Chemiedreieck”
(triangle of the chemical industry).
Project Partner: GERMANY Page 16/39