A magazine published by Duisburger Hafen AG June 2012 - Duisport

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A magazine published by Duisburger Hafen AG June 2012 

duisport with record handling 

Congress preview: 

Initiativkreis Ruhr event with 

top class participants 

Concept prepared for Brazilian 

logistics corridor 

Around 40 ISPS certified facilities 

in the Port of Duisburg

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Port 

8 NRW logistics providers 

sound the alarm due to the 

lack of infrastructure 

Networking 

12 New direct rail connection 

from the port to 

Halkali near Istanbul 

Investigation 

14 New central contact point 

in the Port of Duisburg: 

DIALOGistik 

16 New classs of ship planned 

for strong hinterland 

Portrait 

18 UnionStahl has been 

successful in logport I for 

ten years 

CulTour 

22 Navigating between the 

times 

24 Art by Duisburgers for 

Duisburgers 

News 

21 Kühne + Nagel network 

26 From the land to a partly 

accessible riverbed 

28 duisport shows TEU-Story 

in the HafenMeile 

Service 

30 duisport Shipping List and 

Rail Schedule 

34 duisport – The Port 

35 Port Map 

You will find the ship and train list at the 

end of this publication in the service pages 

from now on. 

5 Industry and logistics take stock 

Initiativkreis Ruhr event with top class 

participants 

On September 5 and 6 the Initiativkreis Ruhr is organizing a 

congress together with the business newspaper “Handelsblatt” 

on the issue “NRW location advantage: industry and logistics 

– partners with perspectives”. The event is starting with a lecture 

by the Swiss scientist Dr. Betrand Piccard. 

10 Securing the supply chain 

CONTENTS 

ISPS certified facilities in the Port 

of Duisburg 

ISPS certification of port facilities is the condition for 

dealing with ships certified accordingly so they do not 

lose their entitlement to enter overseas ports. 

duisport Magazin June 2012 3 

A MAGAZINE PUBLISHED BY DUISBURGER HAFEN AG 

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June and December 

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4 Positive balance for 2011 

duisport Group posts record 

growth 

In an interview Erich Staake, Chief Executive Officer of 

the duisport Group, explains the dynamic development 

of the location and gives a preview of targets for 2012. 

6 Profiting from experience 

Concept prepared for Brazilian 

logistics corridor 

On the basis of an agreement signed in March 2011 

Duisburger Hafen AG is supporting the Brazilian government 

to prepare a logistics concept for the Sao Paolo- 

Santos logistics corridor. 

Editor and advertisements: 

Julia Crefeld (jc) 

Tel: +49 203 803-4381 

Fax: +49 203 803-4409 

julia.crefeld@duisport.de 

Authors of this edition: 

Hans-Wilhelm Dünner (dü), Manuela Fey (mf), 

Johannes Franke (jfr), Andreas Fröning (frön), 

Axel Granzow (gran), Thomas Guesnet (gues), 

Eberhard Krummheuer (krum), Ludger Macke 

(lm), Ferdi Seidelt (fs), Sebastian Voigt (sv), 

Katja Wenkel (wen) 

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Mülheim an der Ruhr 

Print: WAZ-Druck GmbH & Co. KG, Duisburg 

Translations: Kern AG, Bonn 

Cover photograph: Güterbahnhof Duisburg- 

Ruhrort-Hafen (Rolf Köppen) 

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with another name 

Articles signed by the authors do not 

necessarily represent the opinion of the publisher. Articles 

may not be reprinted, unless the source is quoted.

4 duisport magazine June 2012 THE PORT balance 2011 

Record growth in goods handling of 18 per cent 

duisport Group: positive balance 2011 

Erich Staake, CEO and President of the duisport Group in discussion. 

Total handling in the Port of Duisburg, including the private works ports, gained 10 per cent to 125.6 million in 2011. Of this 64 

Million t was accounted for by duisport Group ports, which reached a new record with a plus of 18 per cent and a share of over 

50 per cent for the first time. With total output of around 149 million euros, a slight rise on the previous year, the result before 

taxes on income improved by 20 per cent to 10.5 million euros. “The good total output and the above average increase in goods 

handling impressively prove the dynamic development of the location. In 2011 we were able to realize the best result in the history 

of the Port of Duisburg,” said Erich Staake, Chief Executive Officer of Duisburger Hafen AG, at the annual press conference 

on March 22, 2012. 

(dü) Revenue relevant ship and rail handling 

in the duisport Group’s ports also 

achieved an excellent result of 33 Million 

t. The increase of ship handling by 20 per 

cent to 17 Million t is particularly pleasing. 

Rail handling grew by 14 per cent to 

16 million t. Coal, iron and steel as well as 

chemicals developed disproportionately 

positively. Containers, the most important 

goods segment, achieved very pleasing 

growth with a plus of 10 per cent to reach 

2.5 million TEU. “Reaching this new 

record in 2012 is our goal, of course. 

However, the overall economic situation 

and global weakening tendencies will not 

make it easy,” said Erich Staake. 

This extremely positive development is 

being taken into account by the further 

development and new construction of 

important infra- and suprastructure projects 

in the Port of Duisburg. In addition to a 

new KV terminal, which the duisport 

Group will complete in Hohenbudberg in 

the south of the logport site by the end of 

the year, the DB Schenker subsidiary RBH 

will significantly expand its capacities on 

the Kohleinsel in the Port of Duisburg by 

2014. Furthermore, Deutsche Bahn is 

building the first of two mega hubs in Germany 

for combined transport in the north 

of the Port of Duisburg. “These strategic 

course settings are creating excellent condi- 

tions for future growth in goods transport,” 

said Erich Staake. 

The intermodal logistics turntable Duisburg 

also impressively proved its attractiveness 

for companies wishing to relocate last year. 

Thus the duisport Group built a further 

logistics complex for Kühne + Nagel on 

one of the last undeveloped plots in logport 

I, where up to three halls and an office 

building with a total of 22,000 m² hall 

space will emerge by the end of July 2012. 

Thus Kühne + Nagel is expanding its location 

in the Port of Duisburg to 190,000 m² 

of hall space and is developing Duisburg 

into its most important location worldwide.

“The variety of customers is continually 

growing,” enthused Erich Staake. “With 

the location of the subsidiary of an important 

corporation from Saudi Arabia on the 

Mercatorinsel we are intensifying our customer 

connections in the Arab world.” 

Regional activities have ever stronger 

effects 

With growth of 10 per cent in containers 

and 18 per cent overall, duisport was well 

over the planned figures for the first time 

with a plus of 5 to 6 per cent for 2011, 

enthused Staake. However, Europe’s most 

important hinterland hub is also growing 

much quicker than the seaports Rotterdam 

and Antwerp in the current year. Staake 

sees the reasons for this well above average 

expansion to be organic growth among the 

companies located in the port, additional 

quantities from businesses that have relocated 

there and the duisport Group’s own 

activities in packing logistics, heavy cargo 

and project logistics and organizing new 

train connections in combined transport. 

“The proportion of maritime goods in total 

volumes is only 50 per cent today, so that 

the strong growth of regionally related 

activities has correspondingly larger 

effects,” said Staake, explaining the background. 

He continued that it was also pleasing that 

at 20 per cent the ship area had grown 

stronger than rail transport for the first 

time. Staake sees the causes for this to be 

firstly, stronger growth in mineral oil products, 

chemicals, imported coal, ores and 

steel products and secondly, in the new 

transport quantities for inland waterways 

from packing logistics as well as heavy 

cargo and project logistics. “duisport packing 

logistics new logistics centre is humming 

and we have almost daily departures 

to the seaports – transport quantities that 

have mainly been taken off both the roads 

and rails onto ships. It is a similar story in 

heavy cargo and project loading, which is 

handled in the Heavylift Terminal Duisburg,” 

said Staake. 

Most important German inland coal hub 

“As what was once Germany’s largest coal 

export port, Duisburg has also completed a 

New start in the Ruhr region: 

industry and logistics take stock 

(krum) “NRW location advantage: industry 

and logistics – partners with perspectives“ 

is the subject of the congress, which 

the Initiativkreis is organizing together 

with the business newspaper “Handels- 

blatt” in the hotel “Maritim” at Düsseldorf 

Airport on September 5 and 6. The spea- 

kers and discussion participants will 

include top managers such as Dr. Johannes 

Teyssen (E.ON), Dr. Klaus Engel (Evonik), 

Karl Gernandt (Kühne + Nagel) and Bernd 

Tönjes (RAG). The leading politicians 

whose agreement to attend is still hoped 

for by the organizers include the re-elected 

NRW Premier Hannelore Kraft (SPD). 

“With this event we want to document 

how industry, logistics service providers 

and science have created an expert, creative 

mechanism in the Ruhr metropolis 

that offers the best conditions for corporate 

success in a globalized world,” 

explained Erich Staake, head of the Executive 

Board of Duisburger Hafen AG and 

Chairman of the Logistics Working Group 

in the Initiativkreis Ruhr. 

Cost effective efficiency, flexible reactions 

to changes, absolute safety for people and 

cargo, optimized ecology despite rising 

transport output – these, according to 

Staake, are the challenges of the new start 

in the Ruhr region. He added that precisely 

the industrial heart of the Federal State 

NRW offered optimal conditions for the 

successful interplay of industrial processes 

balance 2011 THE PORT duisport magazine June 2012 5 

turnaround in coal, its traditional product,” 

reported Staake. Eight handling businesses 

supply power stations and the steel industry 

with this fuel, which is primarily imported 

from South Africa, Poland, Columbia, Australia 

and China today. “Thus Duisburg is 

the most important inland hub in Germany, 

which is why further investments are being 

made in its development,” enthused Staake. 

In Staake’s opinion chemicals will create 

further growth impulses in future: “The 

chemical industry is building new locations 

worldwide whose products are later refined 

in Germany. With the location of the most 

important European chemical forwarders at 

locations in Duisburg in the past few years, 

the region has become a leading service 

centre for chemical companies based on 

the Lower Rhine and in the Ruhr region.” 

The Port of Duisburg Group is planning to 

invest around 100 million euros in developing 

its business in the period 2012 to 2014. 

“As before we see very positive perspectives 

in our logistics business fields and 

want to grow faster than the market, as we 

have up to now,” concluded Erich Staake. 

The Ruhr region, Germany’s largest industrial region, has accomplished a structural change away from mining and steel to the 

modern. More and more companies are joining the beacons with the illustrious names and great traditions. They are convinced 

by the advantages of a location in the Ruhr metropolis in the middle of the heart of Europe. The Initiativkreis Ruhr is taking this 

opportunity to hold an event with top class attendees in Düsseldorf at the beginning of September. 

and logistics services with its outstanding 

infrastructure, the waterways and tracks 

in particular. 

The congress participants, who are expec- 

ted from throughout Germany, will deal 

with aspects such as division of labor, globalization, 

sustainability and digitalization 

in various discussion rounds. First hand 

experiences and assessments will be presented. 

To start, the Swiss scientist Dr. 

Bertrand Piccard will present his vision of 

flying using only the power of the sun. His 

aircraft prototype has not only been in the 

air for hours but day and night too.

6 duisport magazine June 2012 THE PORT São Paulo-Santos logistics corridor 

duisport prepares concept for the São Paulo 

Handover of the Management Summary to Brazilian President Rousseff 

In March 2011 an agreement was signed between Duisburger Hafen AG and the Brazilian ports ministry to support the government 

to prepare a logistics concept for the São Paulo-Santos logistics corridor. This logistics corridor connects the port city 

Santos with the Serra do Mar plateau and the mega city São Paulo. Prior to signing the agreement mutual consultations were 

held over a long period in Duisburg and Brazil. 

(jfr) With nearly 420,000 inhabitants the 

city of Santos is the most important port 

city in Latin America and the administrative 

centre of the metropolitan region 

Baixada Santista. In goods handling terms 

the port is the largest port in Brazil and in 

Latin America. In 2010 the port was able 

to post container traffic of 2.72 million 

TEU and total handling of 96 million t. In 

comparison, duisport recorded container 

handling of 2.25 million TEU and total 

handling of 54 million t in 2010. 

The São Paulo-Santos logistics corridor is 

traversed by two highways and two railway 

routes, which connect the port city 

Santos with the plateau. Capacity bottlenecks 

already occur today on the road and 

rail infrastructure. Thus, for example, one 

of the highway connections toward Santos 

is closed to truck traffic due to the steep 

incline. The rail infrastructure is capable of 

development because there are some onetrack 

sections that prevent efficient flows 

of goods. The future development of container 

and tonnage traffic will further 

intensify the problems. An optimistic scenario 

foresees that the number of contain- 

A container ship leaves the port of Santos 

Photo: Mischke-Perolafilmes.de 

ers and general tonnage will treble in the 

next 12 years. Under these conditions an 

optimization of the processes within the 

port and efficient provision of the port of 

Santos and the hinterland is necessary. 

Photo: www.wikimedia.org

-Santos logistics corridor 

duisport was therefore commissioned as a 

central consultant and overall coordinator 

of the “São Paulo-Santos Logistics Corridor 

Program”. The task was to develop a central 

logistics and infrastructure concept for 

the heavily utilized transport corridor São 

Paulo-Santos. The main focus here was 

the connection between the port of Santos 

and the Serra do Mar plateau as well as 

the processes in the port of Santos itself. 

duisport coordinated numerous individual 

studies and projects on behalf of the Brazilian 

government and evaluated the optimization 

potential for efficient transport 

and goods flows between the port of Santos 

and the São Paulo metropolitan area in 

the hinterland. The aim of the concept 

developed was ensuring effective supply to 

and from the port of Santos and the São 

Paulo metropolitan area. Reference mo- 

dels for the Brazilian government’s assignment 

to develop the logistics and infra- 

Santos Brazil container terminal 

structure concept were the successful 

development of the Duisburg port into a 

European hinterland hub and the successful 

implementation of the logport project. 

duisport was able to contribute its expertise 

in planning and building ports and terminals 

here as well as in developing a 

logistics hub for the hinterland. 

Supplying the mega city São Paulo, which 

is at an elevation of 800 m above sea 

level, and the hinterland set a great challenge 

for the port’s infra- and suprastructure 

and for the transport infrastructure of 

São Paulo-Santos logistics corridor THE PORT duisport magazine June 2012 7 

Container terminal of the Grupo Libra 

the logistics corridor. The central challenge 

can be seen as the removal of the capacity 

bottlenecks of the logistics corridor’s infrastructure 

and thus an optimal connection 

between the port and the hinterland. In 

Foto: www.beachco.com≠ 

addition, the networking of the terminals 

and facilities of the port is not currently 

sufficient. An additional challenge for the 

port of Santos is optimizing passenger and 

goods transport on the roads. Reducing 

high logistics costs is an additional challenge 

for the port in order to be able to 

compete with other ports. 

The concept prepared by duisport foresees 

three central solution proposals. To optimize 

the São Paulo-Santos logistics corridor 

extensive investments in the existing 

infrastructure are necessary. Assuming the 

Photo: www.wikimedia.org 

expected container and tonnage traffic, 

sea capacity will be increased through 

state and private investments. Thus by 

implementing measures such as building 

and expanding the terminal, deepening 

the navigation channel and increasing the 

number of berths extra capacity will be 

made available in the port. In order to be 

able to master this rise in capacity investments 

will also be made in the road and 

rail infrastructure. Extensive investments 

by the state of São Paulo and by infrastructure 

operators and logistics stakeholders 

are foreseen. However, these will not be 

enough to remove the bottlenecks. By 

extending and building, if necessary, 

capacities in the road and rail infrastructure 

can be decisively increased. Because 

development and new construction is only 

possible to a highly limited extent due to 

the geographical conditions it is necessary 

to optimize the existing systems. This can 

be made possible by using a dynamic traffic 

guidance system. To relieve the port of 

Santos logistics activities should be reloca- 

ted to the hinterland by building logistics 

centers. 

The Management Summary was handed 

over to the President of Brazil, Dilma 

Rousseff, by the Chief Executive of Duisburger 

Hafen AG, Erich Staake, on March 

6, 2012. The handover took place on the 

occasion of a reception of the Executive 

Committee of the BDI Brazil Board at 

CeBIT in Hanover.

8 duisport magazine June 2012 THE PORT IHK congress 

Congress at the Zollverein in Essen 

NRW logistics providers sound the alarm du 

Around 280 participants in discussion at the IHK NRW Transport Congress in Essen. 

Logistics offers great opportunities and has now become the third most important sector in Germany with enormous growth 

potential. However, the pre-condition for realizing this is infrastructure that works and not only NRW is a long way from this. 

This was the unanimous warning from experts from business, science, administration and politics at a recent congress of the 

Association of the North Rhine Wesphalian Chamber of Trades and Industry. Unanimity that did not bring the experts a single 

step closer toward answering the event’s motto: “More transport, less money? – Who will pay for tomorrow’s transport routes?” 

(frön) While the economy is currently 

growing despite all the inconveniences 

and transport is increasing, logistics is 

already breaching new limits every day 

now. Growth of 60 per cent and more 

until 2025 could bring about the collapse 

of not just the roads, as the transport route 

with the highest proportion. 

For this reason developing infrastructure, 

particularly in NRW, the strongest federal 

state economically and thus in transport 

too, is urgently required, warned Paul 

Bauwens-Adenauer, President of the IHK 

NRW, Düsseldorf. “Mobility is increasingly 

becoming a bottleneck factor although 

it is the basis of prosperity, jobs and the 

industrial location.” In addition to the 

lack of funds, increasing resistance in 

society to infrastructure measures posed 

another problem. In this connection he 

criticized the partly decades long planning 

periods as “no longer acceptable“, 

because it jeopardized acceptance among 

the population. 

As a solution the President proposed 

changing the allocation formula for public 

funds, selecting efficiency and benefits 

instead of a justice formula as the basis. 

Analogous to the EU he proposed that a 

core network is defined. “But even without 

a redesign of the allocation formula it 

is the task of the federal states to make 

things ready for construction. There is still 

much to be done here in NRW too.” 

Priorities have to be set 

“We want merchandise and goods to 

move quickly from A to B and not get 

stuck in traffic jams. At the same time it is 

our aim to consolidate the budget and 

maintain budgetary rigor. Somehow that 

does not go together. Therefore we have 

to set priorities. Not everything that seems 

desirable is realizable,“ said Rainer Bomba, 

State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of 

Transport. Accordingly Minister Ramsauer 

had made it clear that maintenance had 

priority over new construction and development. 

In addition, combining the various 

modes of transport was necessary. 

The wishes of the federal states with costbenefit 

factors had been harmonized in

e to the lack of infrastructure 

the ministry on the revision of the investment 

framework plan. The upcoming fede- 

ral transport routes plan also had to meet 

challenges, prioritize, and prepare corresponding 

cost-benefit accounts. "But one 

thing is clear. Without raising expenditure 

it definitely will not happen," admitted the 

State Secretary. "We have to follow new 

paths for this, paths that are currently 

being intensively created." 

He could also envisage PPP models and an 

extension of road tolls. Working groups 

were already busy with the latter issue. 

But research and development will also be 

improved. "Germany is staying transport 

and transit country number 1“, said Bombas 

Conclusion: “We will not only maintain 

infrastructure, but also expand and 

develop it in a targeted manner, we will 

develop new financing models and we 

will look for new methods in research and 

development.” 

Maintenance before development 

NRW’s transport minister Harry K. Voigtsberger 

emphasized that the roads were in 

different areas of responsibility. “Funding 

for this purpose is very different. The leeway 

for action is correspondingly different 

as well. Road users have very little understanding 

for this because they only perceive 

the road." 

For the federal state the priority was also 

retaining the existing substance. “Important 

issues such as development or closing 

gaps can only come afterwards.” Accor- 

dingly, at the discussion of the federal 

transport routes plan the federal state had 

reported that the federal state with the 

highest population needed a large share of 

the funds. He described the looming 

The experts are unanimous: combining modes of transport and thus the ports will be more important in 

future to avoid a possible collapse. 

IHK congress THE PORT duisport magazine June 2012 9 

Participants in the podium discussion from left: Rainer Bomba, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of 

Transport, Building and Urban Development, Ekhart Maatz, Head of the Road Infrastructure and Road 

Transport Department in the Ministry of Economics, Energy, Building, Living and Transport of the federal 

state of NRW, Jens Fiege, member of the board of Fiege Stiftung & Co. KG, Greven, Ocke Hamann, transport 

expert of the Lower Rhine IHK and Transport Spokesman for the IHKs in NRW, Andreas Scharf, director 

of Verkehrsinfrastrukturfinanzierungsgesellschaft mbH, Berlin. 

reduction in overall funds in this connection 

as dramatic. 

Jens Fiege, member of the board of Fiege 

Stiftung & Co. KG, Greven, reported very 

insistently what traffic loads mean for 

logistics companies. He set a figure of 

around two million euros a year as the 

additional costs caused by the lack of an 

autobahn connection at the goods transport 

centre in Bremen for his company 

alone. 

NRW IHK transport expert Ocke Hamann, 

from the Lower Rhine IHK, Duisburg 

(which organized the congress), made 

clear how close the existing system 

already was to its limits. “If we see that a 

slight increase in traffic from 2009 to 

2011 had the effect of raising traffic jams 

by 35 per cent, it shows that the road system 

is operating very close to its capacity 

limits. And we have the same effect on 

the rails." But at the same time you had to 

make a realistic estimate of the costs to 

avoid the partly immense increases.

10 duisport magazine June 2012 THE PORT ISPS facilities 

Duisburg, more than just a port in the hinterland 

ISPS facilities – an essential component in s 

If the supply chain is considered to be a global transport chain – sea or air freight – then the word security inevitably comes up. 

duisport, the largest inland port in the world, currently has 38 ISPS facilities, which can interact with up to 2,000 sea-going 

ships p.a. Almost all types of freight that are intended for international transport are processed securely and efficiently in these 

facilities. Of course this also includes goods carried on other modes of transport. ISPS certification of the port complex is a 

condition for handling ISPS certified ships; such ships would lose their entitlement to enter overseas ports if they called at 

non-ISPS code certified facilities. The first certification for a sea-going ship waiting area on the Rhine was received by 

duisport at the beginning of 2008 – without statutory or any other requirements! 

(mf) The most important challenge for 

operators of ISPS facilities and the port is 

meeting the extensive requirements of 

ISPS certification while taking efficient 

process design into account. duisport 

holds investments in terminals that successfully 

implement this, such as the HTD 

Heavylift Terminal, a trimodal terminal in 

the Außenhafen with heavy cargo handling 

capacities of up to 500 t. Handling, 

storage and final assembly of individual 

components or packing and shipping complete 

plants are all part of the service portfolio. 

There are also trimodal ISPS terminals on 

logport. Container transports, accelerated 

truck processing through an innovative 

tour management system etc. are carried 

out reliably, quickly and securely. 

The ISPS code INTERNATIONAL SHIP 

AND PORT FACILITY SECURITY CODE 

consists of an extensive package of mea- 

sures to prevent dangers to sea-going 

ships, port facilities and ports. In this manner 

internationally uniform preventative 

measures to increase danger prevention 

on sea-going ships in international transport 

are installed as well as in the ports 

that handle them to prevent terrorist 

attacks. In 2002 the IMO (International 

Maritime Organization) adopted Appendix 

IX-2 (ISPS-Code) as a supplement to the 

SOLAS international convention for the 

SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA). The scope was 

extended to land facilities in order to prevent 

dangers of unauthorized access to 

sea-going ships and their freight coming 

from the land. In 2005 EU Directive 

2005/65/EC to increase danger prevention 

on sea-going ships, port facilities and 

ports came into effect. 

SAFETY went on land and became 

SECURITY 

ISPS facility operators have to make considerable 

investments in security to satisfy 

the requirements of the ISPS code. In 

addition, port and port facility operators 

each have to have a danger prevention

ecuring the supply chain 

plan certified on the basis of a risk analysis. 

Depending on the number of sea-going 

ships processed extensive measures to 

attain and maintain this status have to be 

implemented (both structural and also 

monitoring and access control measures). 

In every case the certification of the port 

facility requires a trained Port Facility 

Security Officer (PFSO), who implements 

and supports security regulations and 

serves as an interface between sea-going 

ships, ISPS facilities and government 

authorities, including six duisport employees 

who among others support tenants in 

certification. The security of the port, its 

employees and the goods entrusted to it 

have the highest priority. 

The security standards set, such as changing 

the infrastructure and staff utilization, 

are intended to guarantee the protection 

and monitoring of sea-going ships and the 

interfaces affected (terminals, sea-going 

ships, other ships). Port facilities, previously 

freely accessible to practically everyone, 

have to be hermetically sealed. 

The implementation of security measures 

has fortunately led to a decline in property 

theft and increased protection of goods – 

to the benefit of all logistics stakeholders. 

Elaborate control measures are no longer 

necessary in every step of the supply 

chain. Effort is restricted to measures that 

maintain security status i.e. lower friction 

losses. Although firm controls – with 

government authorities under some circumstances 

– are necessary in cases of suspicion 

(manipulation, broken seals etc.) 

the flow of goods is not held up unnecessarily. 

A transport chain can only be as secure 

as its weakest link! 

Because the structure of transport chains 

in international trade is a complex network 

of logistics stakeholders, port facility 

operators, especially those of ISPS facilities 

ISPS facilities THE PORT duisport magazine June 2012 11 

Numerous well known companies operate ISPS facilities in Duisburg (including ALS, DeCeTe, DIT, D3T, 

Haeger & Schmidt, Rhenus Scharrer, RRT). 

(as well as duisport as a logistics turntable 

in Europe) make a number of demands. 

They keep handling and storage as secure 

as necessary using as little effort as possible. 

Here too duisport expertly makes an 

outstanding contribution to the security 

and efficiency of the supply chain and 

strengthens the NRW location in international 

competition.

12 duisport magazine June 2012 NETWORKING direct connection Halkali 

Duisburg moves closer to Turkey 

New direct rail connection from the port to 

Rotterdam 

Antwerpen 

Zeebrugge 

An interview with Heiko Rumfeld, Member of the Management Board of duisport agency GmbH, the transport logistics subsidiary 

of the duisport Group. 

Mr Rumfeld, last year the duisport Group 

was at the Logitrans trade fair (December 

8 to 10) in Istanbul for the first time. 

What caused you to do this? 

Heiko Rumfeld shows the way. 

DUISBURG 

Frankfurt 

Lovosice 

Ljubljana 

Turkey is a growth market of the future, 

the door to the Middle East and Asia so to 

speak. As one of the largest logistics turntables 

in Central Europe, the Port of Duisburg 

simply has to be present there and 

position itself in Turkey. Therefore we 

were on site with our own, large stand in 

Hall 9. We’ll also be there at Logitrans 

2012 (November 15 to 17). 

What was the response like? 

Slawkow 

Kosice 

Wien 

Bratislava 

Sopron Budapest 

Very good! Our new, public rail connection 

between the Port of Duisburg and 

Halkali near Istanbul was a central issue of 

the discussions on the stand above all. 

So what are you offering there that’s new? 

Alongside an existing rail connection via 

Ljubljana to Halkali that has already exis- 

ted for a long time, since 2011 there has 

been a direct connection between the Port 

of Duisburg to Halkali via Sopron in Hun- 

Brest 

Curtici (Arad) 

Bradu de Sus 

Thessaloniki 

Athen 

Istanbul (Halkali) 

Moskva 

gary. The shuttle train runs four times a 

week. It needs 6 days for a one way trip. 

It arrives at the DIT Container Terminal in 

the port. The operator of the train link is 

Inter Ferry Boats (IFB), a subsidiary of 

SNCB Logistics and thus Belgian Railways, 

which uses the brand IFB East. 

So how did the train start off and how 

has it gone from there? 

The train is very well utilized. Primarily 

continental and less maritime loads are 

transported, especially everyday consumer 

goods and electronic products. So we 

want to develop and intensify the connection. 

Above all we want to raise the frequency 

and offer more departures per day. 

Why does the train go to Duisburg of all 

places? 

Because the journey is not yet over in 

Duisburg (laughs). Duisburg is an ideal 

turntable for distributing goods in com-

Halkali near Istanbul 

Turkish Economy 

The Turkish economy is booming. Double 

digit growth rates are a cause for optimism 

among logistics companies. The most 

important trade partners are the European 

Union, Germany and Russia. Turkey is 

seen as the gateway to the East. Over a 

fifth of exports now go to this region, 

although the “Arab Spring” caused a 

slump. But companies hope to make up for 

this soon. At around USD 5 billion, logis- 

bined transport in Central Europe. There 

are not only direct connections by rail in 

the Ruhr region and beyond to as far away 

as Moscow, but also, for example, to the 

Belgian seaports Antwerp and Zeebrugge. 

Around 30 per cent of the goods that 

come by train from Turkey currently continue 

toward the western ports. In Duisburg 

we offer a connection to an international 

logistics network, so to speak. 

What makes you so confident? 

In the face of the dynamic economic 

development on the Bosporus there is 

enormous potential for growth in intermodal 

transport. Many Turkish forwarders 

that visited us on the stand want to send a 

large part of their loads by rail in future. 

The talk is of over 20 per cent. 

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tics branch sales are rather low measured 

against the potential of the sector. About 

400,000 people work in the sector and 

with over 40,000 vehicles the Turkish 

truck fleet is the largest in the whole of 

Europe. As before, the most important 

engines of the Turkish economy are the 

textiles and automotive industries. 

Source: German-Turkish Chamber of 

Industry and Commerce 

Logitrans 2011 

The new cooperation between Messe 

München and the Turkish trade fair 

organizer Eko Fair has already paid off. In 

comparison with the previous year the 

number of exhibitors almost doubled to 

207. More international exhibitors came 

in particular, their proportion increasing 

to over 50 per cent. Companies from 24 

(13 in the previous year) countries presented 

themselves in two halls on the 

Expo trade fair site in Istanbul over three 

days (from December 8 to 10, 2011). 

Nearly 12,000 visitors or 2300 more 

than in the previous year were counted. 

Around a fifth of them came from 

abroad. Most exhibitors came from Turkey, 

Italy, Germany, Latvia and Austria. 

The next Logitrans is taking place in 

Istanbul from November 15 to 17, 2012. 

Source: Messe München 

Why is this such a great success? 

For this you have to know that Turkey is 

traditionally a truck market. Up to now 

Turkey traffic has rolled on the roads 

almost exclusively, either directly or via 

Italian ports such as Triest – with the well 

known consequences for the environment 

and traffic. With the new train connection 

we will offer a reliable and highly frequent 

alternative to truck and feeder traffic in 

future. This alone is already an innovation 

in Turkey traffic. There too changing to 

environmentally friendly modes of transport 

is an ever stronger sales argument. 

Does the train also help to attract new 

investors from Turkey to Duisburg? 

That’s what we assume. The direct connection 

to Turkey will make the Duisburg 

location and the Ruhr region even more 

interesting to investors. 

How many companies have already loca- 

ted in the port? 

Up to now in Gökbora and Mates there 

are two Turkish forwarders in the Port of 

Duisburg. Mates is already a customer of 

the new train. We are still in discussions 

with Gökbora. 

What was your personal impression of 

Turkey? 

Unfortunately I wasn't able to see much of 

Istanbul. But I was very impressed. You 

feel how lively and active life is there. Up 

to now I have only had such a feeling on a 

visit to China. But that was 20 years ago. 

Mr Rumfeld, thank for your time. 

Questions asked by Axel Granzow

14 duisport magazine June 2012 INVESTIGATION DIALOGistik Duisburg 

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DIALOGistik Duisburg started operations in the Freihafen in April 2012. The concept of this dialogue center was developed from 

three projects of the EffizienzCluster LogistikRuhr, the largest European logistics research project as part of the German 

government’s high tech strategy. duisport is a practical partner in the projects “Scientific further education in logistics”, “Organizational 

innovations with good governance in logistics networks”, “Integrated corporate social responsibility management in 

logistics networks” and supports the implementation of DIALOGistik Duisburg in harmony with the wishes of customer on site. 

(wen) DIALOGistik is a central contact 

point in the port intended to intensify 

existing cooperation in the port, make 

new contacts and strengthen the qualifications 

of personnel. The focus here is on 

the transfer between science and business, 

e.g. by networking companies with 

research institutions. On the one hand 

DIALOGistik provides committed students 

with business practice and on the other, 

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companies’ needs for innovation are discussed 

with research partners. The perception 

of logistics as a career will be intensified 

in cooperation with Duisburg 

companies and regional schools, public 

authorities and organizations. In addition 

to developing a “Duisburg Port Community”, 

using synergy effects will be at the 

center of activities. For example, a survey 

was carried out by the University Duis- 

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burg-Essen on the qualification needs at 

the Port of Duisburg. One result is the 

pilot implementation of a further education 

program for “multi-modal logistics” 

specialists for commercial and trade 

employees. Additional training needs will 

be realized after consultation with companies 

in cooperation with existing education 

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In addition to planned working groups 

(including personnel in logistics), increasingly 

value oriented corporate responsibility 

and efficiently shaping logistic processes 

make up a further focal point of DIALOGistik. 

Small and medium sized enterprises 

in particular will be given help to act sustainably 

here, e.g. through sustainability 

checks, guidelines for analyzing stakeholder 

groups and training measures. 

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A program of events tailored to the needs 

of Duisburg companies will serve to create 

better exchanges on sector specific issues. 

Thus on June 11, 2012 a workshop on the 

issue “Challenges of demographic change 

for operational personnel work in logistics” 

is taking place. A lecture on cost-benefit 

analysis of sustainability measures at 

logistics companies is planned for July. The 

opening ceremony of DIALOGistik Duisburg 

is being held at the end of August 

with the start of the further education 

course “Multi-modal logistics specialist“. 

With this range DIALOGistik wants to 

contribute to combining the logistics 

strengths of the port thus strengthening 

the Duisburg location for the future. Take 

part in the dialogue and contribute your 

ideas to DIALOGistik! 

Katja Wenkel is the Head of 

DIALOGistik 

Contact partner: Katja Wenkel, Email: 

katja.wenkel@dialogistik-duisburg.de or 

0203-803 4476.

16 duisport magazine June 2012 INVESTIGATION RuhrCargo 

New class of ship planned for strong hinter 

Simulation of the current characteristics of the newly developed pushing units 

The research and development project RUHRCARGO has been put together to develop an efficient and cost effective system to 

transport containers with inland waterway ships between the ports of Duisburg and Dortmund. The partners here are the DST - 

Entwicklungszentrum für Schiffstechnik und Transportsysteme e.V. as the project leader, Duisburger Hafen AG, Dortmunder 

Hafen AG, the shipping line H&S Container Line GmbH and Meidericher Schiffswerft as the shipyard. The project was selected 

as part of the Logistik.NRW innovation competition in 2009 with a runtime until 2012. The most important results can already be 

presented shortly before the conclusion of the project. 

(gues) A barge train was developed to 

transport the containers, which optimally 

uses the inland waterway possibilities 

between Duisburg and Dortmund. The 

tug barges are relatively small and box 

shaped and their construction is as simple 

as possible. More barges can be coupled to 

form a barge train with a maximum length 

of 185 m. This results in a large transport 

capacity of up to 160 TEU when stacking 

two layers. The train is moved by two specially 

designed tugboats, one each at the 

rear and the head of the barge train. The 

barge train can maneuver perfectly in this 

configuration and the helmsman in the 

front tugboat has a field of vision that is 

not impaired by containers. 

Apart from the technical development 

organizational aspects will also decisively 

improve the efficiency of the system. In 

contrast to motorboats the tugboat does 

not have to wait in the port while the 

barges are loaded or unloaded but posi- 

tions the barges for unloading and can 

directly collect those that have already 

been dispatched. The barge train can also 

split in the Duisburg area so that each tugboat 

can head for the different terminals 

with some of the barges. What is impor- 

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tant here is smooth integration into the 

working processes of the container terminal. 

In the opinion of terminal operators 

what is decisive here is that the barges 

made available can be dealt with in order 

without the tight deadlines that are typical 

for dealing with rail goods transport, for 

example. Here too a schedule with regular 

timing is considered to be necessary. 

The aim of the scheduling is to offer two 

complete round trips a week. For this purpose 

a round trip will take place on set 

weekdays within 48 hours. The tugboats 

will then be underway almost 24/7, but 

with changing crews. In contrast to large 

tugboats, on which there is complete 

accommodation on board, the crew at 

RUHRCARGO will leave the boat when 

shifts change and go home again. This 

should not be difficult to organize with the 

relatively short distances within the Ruhr 

region. 

With the system outlined here a small 

fleet of two tugboats and a corresponding 

number of barges will be in a position to 

transport approximately 10,000 containers 

a year between the Duisburg and Dortmund 

terminal. If the handling facilities 

there allow, it will also connect ports on 

the canal route. Approximately 50 boxes 

Test-drive of the pushing unit in a simulator 

per trip will be carried and distributed at 

this transport output so that with the right 

stowing empty containers and high-cube 

containers will be able to pass beneath the 

partly low canal bridges. It is also concei- 

vable to offer container transport between 

the numerous Duisburg terminals. 

What will be decisive for the feasibility of 

RUHRCARGO is the costs situation of 

course. The costs of container transport 

currently calculated with RUHRCARGO 

are somewhat lower than the comparable 

costs of trucks or trains. Here around 25 

per cent of the costs are incurred by the 

actual transport by ship, plus the advance 

carriage by truck and the handling costs. 

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Additional benefits of RUHRCARGO are 

the considerable relief of the existing 

transport infrastructure and the verifiable 

reduction of emissions, particularly CO 2 . 

This concept has technically and organizationally 

proved the advantages inland 

waterways are in a position to provide. As 

soon as market demand emerges sustainable 

cost savings and traffic relief can be 

realized.

18 duisport magazine June 2012 PORTRAIT UnionStahl 

Organic growth success story continues 

UnionStahl has been successful in logport I 

200 new jobs among others 

“We’re bringing steel back to Rheinhausen,” a newspaper once wrote about UnionStahl. Ten years ago the company formed at 

the logport I location. At exactly the same place where the steelworks had ended production nine years earlier in 1993. And 

back then it promised what the team around the management board has honored. What’s more they have created about 200 new 

jobs in the past ten years. And the success story is continuing. 

(frön) Oliver Hillekamp, one of three 

directors, is aware of the location’s tradition. 

A Krupp rolling mill was once loca- 

ted in exactly the same place where the 

company halls stand today. “Former rol- 

ling mill workers turn up here all the time 

and ask if they can come in and take a 

quick look around,” reports the board 

member. A request that the 48 year old 

very rarely turns down. 

What the visitors then see amazes many 

of them. Today UnionStahl is an established 

steel plate warehouser with wide 

ranging prefabrication and processing for 

special plate applications. Now in eight 

Photos: UnionStahl 

halls on a site of around 75,000 m² the 

experts store and process plates with 

thicknesses from three to 450 mm. Over 

40,000 tonnes of steel are available at the 

Duisburg location to be prefabricated precisely 

in accordance with the requirements 

of the company’s customers and 

then subsequently delivered.

for ten years and has created 

UnionStahl mainly supplies the plates and 

the ready-to-install parts to purchasers 

from industrial customers ranging from 

plant and apparatus constructors, to 

mechanical engineers, up to crane and 

pipeline construction businesses. They 

partly come from the region but a not 

inconsiderable part of production goes 

abroad both within and outside Europe. 

This includes countries in Asia, South 

America and Africa. “This is related to the 

fact that we have an exceptionally, large 

warehouse with almost all specialties in 

the area of plate steel available,” says 

Hillekamp, revealing one of the secrets of 

the success of the Rheinhauseners. “But 

the main business as warehousers will 

classically always be in Germany.” 

Using the advantages of the location 

A business in which logistics plays a central 

role: “logport is an attractive location. 

We have a railroad connection and most 

deliveries are made on the tracks. Also the 

Rhine isn’t far away. In addition the majo- 

rity of our clientele are in the Rhine-Ruhr 

region,” explains the director further. 

“From our central warehouse and prefa- 

brication operation right here in Rheinhausen 

and also in Koprivnice we are in a 

position to offer a multi-facetted program 

of construction steel and boiler plate goods 

as well as consumable and highly durable 

goods in a complete range with short 

routes throughout Europe,” summarizes 

Hillekamp. “And with extensive stock levels 

UnionStahl is one of the few full range 

providers in the plate steel sector, with 

close connections to all European steel 

plate manufacturers.” 

When the founders were looking for a 

suitable location they found a lunar landscape 

in Rheinhausen that was still almost 

deserted. An area with perspectives, however. 

Alongside the track connection 

already mentioned the necessary areas for 

possible future expansion were also available 

here. And these were urgently 

required – as quickly became clear. 

Because the original three hall bays have 

since grown to 8. And punctually on the 

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tenth birthday it is intended to begin production 

in Halls 9 and 10. “We think it’s 

really charming to hand these halls over to 

use too in the 10th year,” smiles the director. 

“This wasn’t planned intentionally, it 

just happened. But we think it’s really nice 

anyway.” 

Continual staff qualification and further 

education 

Around 200 people now work on the 

Europaallee, all new jobs as Hillekamp 

reports with justifiable pride. “We weren’t 

a relocation but a new start up. These jobs 

didn’t exist before.” As many as 500 people 

work for the group worldwide. These 

include a second service center, strategically 

positioned for the East European market 

where three countries meet in Koprivnice 

near Ostrava and also various sales locations 

and representatives in most European 

countries and other important countries 

outside Europe. 

Part of the secret of their success is also 

that from the beginning UnionStahl has 

continually trained young talents in commercial 

and technical disciplines every 

year and takes these trainees on where 

possible. This is the only way to secure the 

quality we and our customers expect long 

term, which is a further secret of Union- 

Stahl’s success. Accordingly the continual 

qualification and further education of staff 

also plays an important role.

20 duisport magazine June 2012 PORTRAIT UnionStahl 

And continual investments are made in 

infrastructure too. New machines have 

been added again and again to expand the 

spectrum of services for customers in 

accordance with technological progress. 

Hillekamp places great value on this. “We 

have never acquired machines to rationa- 

lize. We buy machines and recruit new 

employees to carry out even more qualified 

work and thus not least avoiding 

some market volatility.” And he adds, 

“Everything standing in Rheinhausen 

today has come from organic growth, 

generated ourselves and not acquired. We 

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prefer to rely on healthy growth with our 

customers on the basis of trust - this offers 

the best opportunities long term.” And 

finally - an additional success factor – the 

employees of the port company have also 

accompanied the company’s growth in 

partnership for over ten years, which was 

extremely important according to Hillekamp. 

“All our contact partners have 

always kept their promises and agreements. 

You can’t expect any more.” 

Always meeting world changes flexibly 

The director accordingly weighs things up 

with satisfaction on the occasion of the 

anniversary. “It’s going well, we left the 

growing pains behind us long ago and are 

very well positioned. We have created a 

good basis with all our staff, our customers 

and friends on which we want to grow 

further.” This does not mean, he assures at 

once, that the 20th hall bay also has to 

start operations in 2022. “But we don’t 

want to restrict our vision. In our assessment 

the world is currently changing so 

much so we don’t want to make too many 

Fast & reliable to any destination. 

commitments. Instead we believe we 

have to be flexible and adjust to new challenges. 

That’s what we want and we’re 

prepared to do it.” 

Hillekamp added that UnionStahl was a 

medium-sized, owner-managed company, 

which he considered to be a great advantage 

in the market. "Because it keeps us 

flexible, because it makes our decisionmaking 

quicker. And because you can 

meet customer wishes better due to the 

fact that we can negotiate better and more 

freely with both suppliers and customers. 

And because we can retain a certain 

degree of individuality,” listed the director. 

Even if he and his colleagues have chosen 

a market that does not offer a particularly 

easy environment. An environment that in 

his opinion offers one of the most technically 

interesting and varied products with 

many different groups of customers, diffe- 

rent degrees of processing and, in the 

wide range of specialization in the steel 

business, definitely one of the most challenging 

products. 

Phone + 49 203 8003-0 

Fax + 49 203 8003-273 

www.HAEGERundSCHMIDT.de

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The Port of Duisburg takes a leading position in the 

Kühne + Nagel network 

The Port of Duisburg is becoming the largest location in the worldwide branch network of Kühne + Nagel. A logistics complex 

with three halls and an office building is currently being built in logport I. Construction work will be completed at the end of 

July 2012. 

(lm) The symbolic ground breaking ceremony 

was performed at the end of January 

by Hans-Georg Brinkmann, Chairman of 

the Board of the German Kühne + Nagel 

organization, and Erich Staake, President 

and Chief Executive Officer Duisburger 

Hafen AG. “It was very easy to decide on 

the Duisburg location again,” explains 

Hans-Georg Brinkmann: “Our customers 

and not least our own network profit from 

these infrastructure advantages.” In future 

the logistics service provider will have 

almost 185,000 square meters of hall 

space in the Port of Duisburg. Kühne + 

Nagel is using the new building with 

22,000 square meters of space on behalf 

of a globally operating large customer to 

pick and store cleaning and care products 

and ship them within Germany and to 

Austria. In total around 50 new jobs will 

be created. 

The company has built up its capacities on 

the logport site step by step since 2003. 

Now the logistics service provider has 

almost 125,000 square meters of hall 

space there. In addition, there is a warehouse 

with floor space of 60,000 square 

meters in the Kaßlerfeld part of the port 

on the right bank of the Rhine. The new 

warehouse is being built on a corner plot 

on Gaterweg/Antwerpener Strasse, which 

is almost 40,000 square meters in size and 

one of the last undeveloped areas in log- 

port I. “We offer numerous other attractive 

logistics areas, including for large projects, 

in the port and beyond logport ruhr 

in the whole Ruhr region,” explains Erich 

Staake: “So the port can grow further.”

22 duisport magazine June 2012 CULTOUR Museum of Inland Waterways 

Museum of German inland waterways 

Navigating between the times 

It is in the middle of Ruhrort today, the address Apostelstrasse 84 has something of the emissary about it. And this is precisely 

the role played by the Museum of Inland Waterways, founded in 1974, between the past, present and future. The chronology in 

two sentences: from 1979 the young museum resided in the old Ruhrort town hall. In 1998 it successfully moved into the former 

Ruhrort indoor swimming pool. 

(fs) The inland waterways maritime collection 

also includes two heavyweights at 

the nearby Leinpfad. These are the last 

remaining 75 m long paddle tugboat 

“Oscar Huber” and the floating, 23 m 

long steam bucket dredger “Minden” – 

two particularly exciting monuments. 

But the museum, run with great dedication 

by Dr. Bernhard Weber and accommodated 

in a magnificent art nouveau 

swimming pool that once had separate 

indoor swimming pools (1908 to 1986), 

is underway on many paths. There is a 

sailing barge under full sail from 1913 to 

see in the former men’s indoor swimming 

The Museum of German Inland Waterways – accommodated in the former Ruhrort indoor swimming 

pool in Duisburg since 1998. 

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pool. In the former ladies’ indoor swimming 

pool a walk-in model of an inland 

ship gives impressions of life onboard. 

Technology to amaze and to touch, 

models accurate in every detail and historical 

exhibits are also shown. 

Ship transport on rivers, canals and lakes 

from the Stone Age to the present is 

brought to life. Detailed models tempt 

you to be amazed and to learn again and 

again and history is omnipresent. Inland 

waterways from today and tomorrow are 

represented, among others by the 5 monitor 

container logistics presentations, 

where we learn that TEU and FEU are 

neither currencies nor weights. 

The museum is aimed at everyone! 

Regardless of whether you are with the 

family, as a group or alone. Groups can 

book cheap experience packages with a 

restaurant visit and port tour. In the shop 

there are books, videos and calendars and 

also model kits, clothing, present ideas, 

decorative items and souvenirs. The 

museum and the shop are open all year 

from Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 5 

pm. The ships invite you to visit them 

from May to September. 

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The former men’s indoor swimming pool with a new use: due to the high ceilings it is possible to show 

a complete sailing barge to visitors. A form of presentation that is as unusual as it is interesting. 

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Dr. Bernhard Weber, previously Head of 

the Haniel Museum in Ruhrort for 18 

years where the Haniel story began more 

than 250 years ago: “We are in the middle 

of the river. Here the sector ties up 

independently of daily business.” This is 

made particularly clear by membership of 

the sponsorship association of the Museum 

of German Inland Waterways (Apostelstrasse 

84, 47119 Duisburg. Tel: 

0203/80889-0, Fax: 0203/80889-22). 

This society was founded in 1977 as a 

result of an initiative by the inland waterways 

sector. It is actively dedicated to 

acquiring items for the museum from the 

area of inland waterways. Over the 

course of time it has succeeded in acqui- 

ring or purchasing well over half the current 

exhibits in the museum and making 

this extraordinary collection available to 

the public museum as permanent loans.

24 duisport magazine June 2012 CULTOUR cubus kunsthalle 

Art by Duisburgers for Duisburgers – not a l 

Almost a little hidden away, the “cubus kunsthalle” on the outside of the Kant-Park in Duisburg city centre. 

The Lehmbruck Museum, set in the green Kant-Park in the city centre, is a household name in the arts scene. Just a few minutes 

away towards the main station there is another exhibition location – almost in the shadow of the famous museum building – 

that does not need to shy away from comparison with the well-known attraction: the cubus kunsthalle. And here too works primarily 

by Duisburg artists are shown, as the current exhibition “Goldstück” by Andrea Bender proves. 

(frön) Large format works greet visitors. 

The mostly bright colors have been 

applied to the canvas using a variety of 

techniques: watercolors, drawings, pain- 

ting. “The colors sometimes flow, sometimes 

impasto, then glazed, and then so 

thick again that it creates a relief. Andrea 

Bender thus directs the observer’s view to 

the essential. Like a film director who lets 

his characters act on the screen,” says art 

historian Dr. Claudia Schaefer, Head of the 

cubus kunsthalle and its friends association, 

demanding a closer look. And then it 

becomes clear that the motives are not 

clearly tangible, that other truths are hidden 

behind the seeming idylls with small 

children and cute toy animals, which ini- 

tially only surprise, then confuse, sometimes 

even unsettle. 

Drawn deeply into the current exhibition 

in this way, the visitor can easily even lose 

sight of the rooms. These also explain a 

multi-faceted history. They emerged in the 

50s as the first new public library built in 

the young Federal Republic. When the 

public library moved to Düsseldorfer 

Strasse the Lower Rhine museum initially 

moved to Friedrich-Wilhelm-Strasse 64. 

The team wanted to show citizens special 

finds from the Lower Rhine here. The 

building served the cause of monument 

preservation, preparing finds from Duisburg 

excavations. 

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The end threatened at the start of the 90s. 

As part of the expansion of the Wilhelm- 

Lehmbruck-Museum the council of the 

City of Duisburg resolved to tear the buil- 

ding down. The reason was not only a 

lack of funds but also the lack of a concept 

for use. 

This is where Claudia Schaefer came in. 

After a successful start in a small shop in 

Moltkestrasse, until then she had run a 

studio and gallery rooms in a hall formerly 

owned by the company Gebrüder 

Scholten in Duisburg-Duissern. Why not 

use the empty building in the Kant-Park as 

an exhibition location for Duisburg artists 

to give them an opportunity to show their

uxury but a necessity 

works to Duisburgers? And to bring citizens 

to modern art in this way? 

A friends association helps with 

financing 

However, in contrast to the convincing 

artistic concept the finance plan presented 

problems. “Although culture is sustainable 

it does not cover costs,” says Claudia 

Schaefer, summing up the dilemma. A survey 

brought the solution: parts of the 

rooms could be let to a restaurant and for 

other uses, thus laying the foundations for 

artistic use. 

But how to raise the considerable funds 

needed for the renovation now required? 

Here too an idea unusual for the times 

helped. Initially Claudia Schaefer founded 

a GmbH & Co KG (limited liability company). 

Contributions from the 50 current 

limited partners and numerous sponsorship 

payments made by Duisburg companies 

helped to finance the extensive conversion. 

“And this way, which was not 

always easy, showed itself to be the right 

way. After a six month conversion phase 

the building could be brought to the public 

and culture again in 1995,” explains 

the Head. 

Since then the model has changed once. 

In order to avoid being treated as trading 

company and to make it possible for sup- 

Exhibition openings regularly attract many interested people 

to the premises of the “cubus kunsthalle”. 

porters to offset donations against tax the 

trusteeship was placed in the hands of 

friends association. 

And the idea of presenting art to Duisbur- 

gers in an unusual form works. The premi- 

ses are regularly let for weddings and 

other parties and concerts and other 

events are organized. A bit of art included, 

so to speak. One highpoint for the little 

ones is the interactive exhibitions for children 

in summer. “Even today teachers, 

parents and also former children come to 

us again and again to report what a lasting 

impression their visit to us has left.” 

In addition, the cubus kunsthalle looks to 

cooperate with institutions and indepen- 

dent event organizers. Thus it was possible 

to initiate a range of concerts 

under the slogan cubus culture 

club in cooperation with the König 

brewery. 

Art from China will find its way 

to Duisburg soon 

Even if the original concept was 

mainly to show art by artists from 

the city, who had only had limited 

opportunities to show their works 

for a long time, the cubus kunst- 

halle has significantly broadened its 

horizons. This year is the anniversary 

of the city partnership with Wuhan. 

Germany has maintained diplomatic relations 

with China for 40 years and, as the 

first municipality to do so, Duisburg concluded 

a friendship agreement with 

Wuhan. On this occasion the Head is 

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“Goldregen” is one of the extraordinary works of the current exhibition “Goldstück” by Andrea Bender. 

pleased to bring an exhibition with everyday 

items made and designed in China 

from the Museum of Applied Art in Frankfurt 

to the Kant-Park in cooperation with 

the Confucius Institute at the University 

Duisburg – Essen. The Frankfurters have 

already given their agreement – now Claudia 

Schaefer is desperately looking for supporters 

who can provide the transport, 

interim storage and printing costs.

26 duisport magazine June 2012 NEWS Review 

High and low water on the Rhine 

From the land to a partly accessible river 

There are more and more media reports about the precarious situation of inland waterways in periods of high or low water. But 

what do we actually mean by these terms, how do these conditions come about and what effects are inland waterways confronted 

with? 

(sv) According to DIN 4049 high and low 

water conditions occur in a surface body 

of water when the water level reaches a 

certain threshold and exceeds or falls 

below this. However, these thresholds can 

vary according to the location and the 

measurement approach taken. For example, 

in Duisburg High Water Mark I (HW 

I), is only reached at a level of 9.30 m in 

Ruhrort. In contrast, in Cologne Mark II 

(HW II) is already exceeded from 8.30 m. 

Differing from high water there are no official 

thresholds for low water on the Rhine, 

apart from the stretch between Bingen 

and St. Goar. Thus low water is described 

as a water level considerably below nor- 

mal. The so-called equivalent water level 

(GIW) can be considered a reference point 

here. Seen from a statistical point of view 

the water level only falls below this on 

twenty ice free days a year. 

The Rhine is mainly supplied with precipitation, 

melt water and the inflow of neighboring 

bodies of water. Low water occurs 

as a result of reduced source drainage 

and/or drought. For example, if no heavy 

snowfalls occur in the Alps in winter, the 

snow layers that supply the Rhine with 

melt water drainage in summer will be 

low. This results in low water conditions, 

as also happens during a sustained drought 

such as that in 2003. In contrast, high 

water is caused by heavy precipitation, 

often also in combination with snow melt 

and eddies caused by ice in a river. 

Changes in the water level also change 

the navigability of the waterway infrastructure 

for ships. In the event of high 

water, bridge clearance heights are lowered. 

In combination with the draft of a 

ship this can lead to the necessity of 

adjusting the number of container layers 

accordingly. If the HW I mark is reached, 

ship speeds have to be cut to 20 km/h. In 

addition, inland waterway sailors have to 

sail in the middle third of the channel as

ed 

far as possible. From the HW II mark ship 

navigation even has to be discontinued on 

certain sections, apart from emergency 

vessels. 

When water levels are low channel depths 

and widths are reduced. On December 1, 

2011 the channel depth at Duisburg was 

only 2.38 m at a level of 1.83 m. Ships 

thus had to reduce their draft in order to 

maintain the safety margin of water under 

the hull of approximately 0.2 to 0.3 m and 

avoid grounding. Loading capacity was significantly 

reduced as a result and the cost 

effectiveness of ship transport fell. Thus in 

2003, for example, 12 million tonnes of 

goods fewer were transported than were 

carried by inland waterway ship in 2002 

as a result of low water. 

Parameters relevant for inland waterway transport. 

Review 

NEWS duisport magazine June 2012 27 

As a provider of trimodal transport solutions, 

in the event of high or low water in 

the Port of Duisburg it is possible to divert 

cargo onto other modes of transport so 

that orders can continually be met, thus 

avoiding any delays or bottlenecks. 

Fluctuations in water levels caused by high and low water are made clear by the hydrograph levels at Duisburg-Ruhrort from 2000 until 2011. The difference 

between the highest and lowest water levels ever measured is 11.46 m.

28 duisport magazine June 2012 NEWS IdeenPark 

Unbelievable – but IdeenPark 

duisport shows TEU-Story in the HafenMeile 

The IdeenPark is opening its doors again from August 11 – 23, 2012. This unique world of experience, organized by Thyssen- 

Krupp, is making a stop in Essen this year after halts in Gelsenkirchen, Hanover and Stuttgart. During this period Messe Essen 

will be turned into a creative city landscape with contributions from numerous partners from research, science, education and 

business. A fascinating and extraordinary voyage of discovery through the world of ideas will be waiting for visitors. Different 

districts of the city invite you to spend some time, discover and try things out. 

(jc) Under this year’s slogan “Unbelievable 

– but IdeenPark” ThyssenKrupp is inviting 

visitors to be inspired by technology and 

innovation in an interactive way, to promote 

technical creativity and make it possible 

to experience important technological 

innovations of the future. For this 

purpose children, young people and adults 

will be offered the most varied range of 

exhibits. This project is being implemen- 

ted with the support of around 120 partners 

such as Microsoft, Siemens, Daimler, 

Deutsche Telekom and duisport. They are 

providing insights into their areas of activity 

and are making it possible to experience 

their know-how. The interactive idea is 

all photos:ThyssenKrupp

taken further here by the extraordinary 

spatial design. Exhibition halls have been 

redesigned into a flowing landscape and 

districts replace the otherwise usual exhibition 

stands. For the visitor this means 

choosing between the AeroDrom, the 

VerkehrsKreisel, the EnergiePark and the 

HafenMeile among others. Business inte- 

rests have deliberately been put in the 

background here. The partners are doing 

without advertising and the visitor has free 

entrance to the IdeenPark for the whole 

period. 

Everything about containers 

This event concept was implemented for 

the first time in 2004 and has already met 

great interest and enthusiasm among the 

public. Many of the partners have been 

involved since then, taking up the challenge 

set them to convey their highly specific 

know-how and making it possible to 

experience this interactively and with a 

great deal of motivation. The result speaks 

for itself: around 400,000 visitors are also 

expected to the IdeenPark in 2012. 

Thus there was also no question that duisport 

would not show its commitment here 

and give insights into the world of the 

port. In the HafenMeile the visitors are 

invited to go on a container’s journey and 

to experience interesting facts about these 

steel giants among others. But the highlight 

will definitely be the TEU story. In 

cooperation with the Düsseldorf University 

of Applied Sciences a unique media 

documentary of the work at a container 

terminal has emerged. Four monitors 

show an innovatively made film that will 

transfix the visitor. All this is presented in 

a real container specially supplied and converted 

for the purpose. 

In addition, there will be lots of information 

about the issue of logistics, the effects 

of climate change on deep sea shipping, 

alternative drive technologies and a pre- 

sentation of innovative logistics and usage 

concepts. So there’s lots for the visitor to 

expect. 

IdeenPark 

NEWS duisport magazine June 2012 29

30 duisport Magazin June 2012 SHIPPING LIST 

Full service logistics – 

perfectly situated at 

harbour port Duisburg with 

reloading points at 

Außenhafen and Hochfeld 

Südhafen, both connected 

to water, railway and 

important motorways. 

Cargo handling possible 

up to 300 t weight. 

Storekeeping and storage in 

multi-purpose warehouses 

- 80.000 m2 Transportation of general 

cargo and container by 

barge, ship, rail and lorry. 

Rhenus Scharrer GmbH 

Forwarding & Shipping Agency 

Moerser Str. 59 · Port No. 3921 


Phone 

+49 203/7 38 08-0 

Fax 

+49 203/7 38 08-38 

www.rhenus.com 

info.rhenus-scharrer@de.rhenus.com 

Shipping List 

LINER CONNECTIONS 

INLAND CONTAINER TRANSPORT 

International from Duisburg Shipping Company Terminal Ship type* 

Belgium 

Antwerp 4 x per week 1, 6, 13, 5 DIT/D3T B 

Antwerp 3 x per week 3, 11 DeCeTe B 

Antwerp 3 x per week 1 RRT B 

The Netherlands 

Rotterdam 4 x per week 3, 11 DeCeTe B 

Rotterdam 5 x per week 1, 6, 13, 5 DIT/D3T B 

Rotterdam 4 x per week 1 RRT B 

Rotterdam 3 x per week 1 GWW B 

SEA-GOING CONTAINER TRANSPORT 

International from Duisburg Shipping Company Terminal Ship type* 

Great Britain 

Blyth (Schottland) 2 x per week 17 RRT B/S 

Hull, London (Tilbury) 6 x per week 13 DeCeTe B/S 

Immingham, London (Tilbury) 6 x per week 17 RRT B/S 

Grangemouth (Schottland) 2 x per week 13 DeCeTe B/S 

Russia 

St. Petersburg 3 x per week 16 DeCeTe B/V 

Finland 

Helsinki 3 x per week 16 DeCeTe B/V 

Latvia 

Riga 3 x per week 16 DeCeTe B/V 

Lithuania 

Klaipeda 3 x per week 16 DeCeTe B/V 

Kazakstan 

via Riga 3 x per week 16 DeCeTe B/V 

Ukraine 

via Klaipeda 3 x per week 16 DeCeTe B/V 

TERMINALS 

DeCeTe Duisburger Container-Terminal GmbH + 49 (0) 203-80 90 600 info@decete.de 

DIT Duisburg Intermodal Terminal GmbH + 49 (0) 2065-49 92 65 zentrale@dit-duisburg.de 

RRT GWW + 49 (0) 203-31 85 622 gateway@rrt.container-terminal.de 

RRT Rhein-Ruhr Terminal GmbH + 49 (0) 203-31 85 60 info@rrt.container-terminal.de

LINER CONNECTIONS 

All data in the shipping list are based on information provides by the shipping companies. 

SHIPPING LIST 

CONVENTIONAL SEA-GOING TRANSPORT 

International from Duisburg Shipping Company Ship type* 

Denmark two-weekly 2 V 

Finland two-weekly 2 V 

France two-weekly 2 V 

Great Britain 

River Humber-Ports daily 9 V 

Ports on the East and West coast 3 x per week 7 V 

Sutton Bridge, Flixborough 2 x per week 4 V 

Killingholme, Sutton Bridge, Flixborough 1 - 2 x per week 12 V 

Hartlepool, Newport, Boston, Sharpness, Northfleet weekly 2, 4 V 

Greece, Italy, Northern Africa two-weekly 2, 8 V 

Norway 

Horten, Kristiansand, Sandnes, Bergen, Trondheim 

Frederikstad, Stavanger, Aalesud weekly 15 V 

Sweden two-weekly 2 V 

Spain two-weekly 2 V 

TRAMP/TRANSPORT PROJECT CARGO 

CONVENTIONAL SEE-GOING TRANSPORT – Regular sailings upon request 

National Shipping Company 

German Baltic Ports (e. g. Kiel, Wismar, Rostock, Stralsund) 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 

International 

Denmark (e. g. Fredericia, Kopenhagen, Odense) 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 

Great Britain (e. g. Grangemouth and all british Seaports) 3, 9, 10, 14 

Finland (e. g. Ports on the South and West Coast) 8, 9, 12 

France (e. g. Bordeaux, Caens, Le Havre) 4, 8, 9, 12, 14 

Greece, Italy, Northern Africa all Ports on the Mediterranean Sea 9, 12 

Ireland (e. g. Cork, Drogheda, Fojnes) 2, 4, 9, 10, 14 

Littuania, Latvia, Estonia, CIS Countries all baltic Countries/Seaports 2, 8, 9, 12, 14 

Norway (e. g. Oslo) 2, 8 

Poland (e. g. Danzig, Gdynia, Stettin) 2, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 

Portugal (e. g. Aveiro, Figueira, Leixoes, Lissabon, Setubal) 2, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 

Russia ( e. g. St. Petersburg) 2, 9 

Sweden (e. g. Göteborg, Malmö, Sölvesborg, Stockholm) 9, 10, 14 

Spain (e. g. Aviles, Bermeo, Bilbao, Pasajes, Santander) 4, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 

Turkey, Black Sea 2, 8 

SHIPPING COMPANIES 

1. Alcotrans Container Line B.V. + 31 (0) 78-7 50 12 20 info@alcotrans.nl 

2. Amadeus Schiffahrts- und Speditions GmbH + 49 (0) 2066-99 830 chartering@amadeus-schiffahrt.de 

3. H & S Container Line GmbH + 49 (0) 203-80 03 101 info@hs-containerline.com 

4. Haeger & Schmidt International GmbH + 49 (0) 203-80 03 255 chartering@haegerundschmidt.com 

5. HTS intermodaal b.v. + 31 (0) 183-66 88 66 willemvaneijk@htsgroup.nl 

6. Independent Container Line + 32 (0) 3-2 32 19 79 info@icl.ltd.com 

7. Intraha Reederei-Kontor GmbH + 49 (0) 203-80 08 00 info@intraha.de 

8. Meerpahl & Meyer GmbH + 49 (0) 203-7 13 96 90 duisburg@meerpahl-meyer.eu 

9. Rhein-, Maas- und See-Schiffahrtskontor GmbH + 49 (0) 203-80 42 02 rms-team@rheinmaas.de 

10. Rhein-Nord-Ostsee Befrachtungs GmbH + 49 (0) 203-8 09 69 10 rno@rhein-nord-ost-see.com 

11. Rhinecontainer B.V. + 31 (0) 78-62 51 555 info@rhinecontainer.com 

12. Saar-Rhein-Transportgesellschaft mbH + 49 (0) 203-80 07 60 srt@saarrhein.de 

13. Samskip B.V. + 49 (0) 211-6 50 44 70 duesseldorf@samskip.com 

14. See-Transit Schiffahrts- und Speditionsges. mbH + 49 (0) 2066-2299-0 operating@seetransit.de 

15. Wilson NRL Transport GmbH + 49 (0) 203-80 95 70 dbg.chart@wilsonship.de 

16. Containerships + 49 (0) 203-51 86 93 35 christof.maas@containerships.de 

17. UCI United Container Intermodal + 49 (0) 203-4 82 91-0 sales@united-container.de 

* B: Barge, V: Vessel (Short Sea), B/V: Barge/Vessel 

duisport Magazin June 2012 31

32 duisport Magazin June 2012 RAIL SCHEDULE 

Connections for Combined Transportation 

National From Duisburg To Duisburg Operator Terminal 

Dep. Arr. Dep. Arr. 

Bönen 1 - 5 B 1 - 5 B 8 RRT GWW 

Bremerhaven-Nordhafen 2 - 6 C 1 - 5 C 2 DIT/D3T 

Dormagen 2 - 6 A 1 - 5 A 2 DIT/D3T 

Dortmund 1 - 5 B 2 - 6 B 2 DIT/D3T 

Frankfurt 2, 4, 6 A 1, 3, 5 B 5 DIT 

Gütersloh 2 - 6 A 1 - 5 B 2 DUSS 

Hamburg Süd-Waltershof 2 - 6 C 1 - 5 C 2 DIT/D3T 

Hamburg-Billwerder 1 - 5 B 1 - 5 B 6 DUSS 

Hamburg-Billwerder 6 C 6 C 6 DUSS 

Kiel-Ostuferhafen/Schwedenkai 1 - 5 B 1 - 5 B 6 DUSS 

Leipzig-Wahren 1 - 5 B 1 - 5 B 6 DUSS 

Lübeck-Skandinavienkai 1 - 5 B 1 - 5 B 6 DUSS 

Lübeck-Skandinavienkai 6 B 7 B 6 DUSS 

Ludwigshafen 1 - 5 B 1 - 5 B 6 DUSS 

Marl 1 - 5 A 1 - 5 A 2 DIT/DUSS 

München-Riem 1 - 5 B 1 - 5 B 6 DUSS 

Schkopau - - 6 C 4 DIT 

Schkopau 1 - 5 B 2 - 5 B 4 DIT 

Schwarzheide 5 D 6 C 4 DIT 

Schwarzheide 1 - 4 B 2 - 5 B 4 DIT 

Singen 1 - 5 B 2 - 6 B 4 DIT 

Stuttgart 3, 5 B - - 8 RRT GWW 

International 

A - Austria 

Wels 1 - 5 B 2 - 5 B 6 DUSS 

Wels - - 6 C 6 DUSS 

Wien-Nordwest (via Wels) 1 - 4 B 1 - 4 B 6 DUSS 

Wien-Nordwest (vis Wels) 5 D 5 D 6 DUSS 

WienCont 1, 3, 6 C 1, 3, 5 C 4 DIT 

WienCont 

B - Belgium 

2, 4, 6 C 2, 4, 5 C 5 DIT 

Antwerpen 1 - 6 B 1 - 5 B 2 DIT/D3T 

Antwerpen 2, 4, 6 B 1, 3, 5 B 6 DUSS 

Zeebrugge 

BG - Bulgaria 

1 - 6 B 1 - 5 B 2 DIT/D3T 

Ruse via Sopron - - - - 5 DIT 

Shamen via Sopron - - - - 5 DIT 

Sofia via Sopron 

CH - Switzerland 

- - - - 5 DIT 

Basel 1 - 5 B 1 - 4 B 6 DUSS 

Basel 

CZ - Czechia 

- - 5 D 6 DUSS 

Lovosice TSC 1 - 4 B 1 - 4 B 6 DUSS 

Lovosice TSC 5 C 6 C 6 DUSS 

Prag 

DK - Denmark 

2, 4, 6 B 2, 4, 6 B 11 GWW 

via Hamburg 

E - Espania 

more connections 6 DUSS 

Barcelona (Granollers) via Ludwigshafen 6 DUSS 

Tarragona (Constanti) via Ludwigshafen 

EST - Estonia 

6 DUSS 

via Lübeck 

FIN - Finland 


via Lübeck more connections 6 DUSS 

via Rostock 

F - France 


Bayonne via Ludwigshafen 6 DUSS 

Lyon 2, 4 B 1, 3, 5 B 6 DUSS 

Lyon 6 C - - 6 DUSS 

Marseille via Ludwigshafen 6 DUSS 

Paris via Antwerpen 2 DIT/D3T 

Operators 

1 - 7 - monday - sunday DEP - day of departure 

ARR - day of arrival OP - Operator 

A - arrival on same day B - arrival one day later 

C - arrival two days later D - arrival three days later 

E - arrival four days later F - arrival five days later 

G - arrival six days later 

1 DistriRail B.V. Tel + 31 (0) 10-20 10-716 Fax + 31 (0) 10-20 10-795 E-Mail info@distrirail.nl 

2 duisport agency Tel + 49 (0) 203-803-415 Fax + 49 (0) 203-803-430 E-Mail dispo_dpa@duisport.de 

3 Ewals Cargo B.V. Tel + 49 (0) 2065-89 31 10 Fax + 49 (0) 2065-89 31 99 E-Mail j.wille.dui@ewals.de 

4 Hupac Tel + 41 (0) 90-6 95 29 20 Fax + 41 (0) 90-6 95 28 01 E-Mail avalenti@hupac.ch 

5 Interferryboats Tel + 32 (0) 32 70 27 00 Fax + 32 (0) 32 70 97 74 E-Mail ewin-schepens@interferryboats.be 

6 Kombiverkehr Tel + 49 (0) 69-79 50 50 Fax + 49 (0) 69-79 50 51 19 E-Mail Info@kombiverkehr.de 

7 Optimodal Nederland B. V. Tel + 31 (0) 10-4 94 39 00 Fax + 31 (0) 10-4 94 39 39 E-Mail exp@optimodal.nl 

8 Rhein-Ruhr Terminal Gesellschaft Tel + 49 (0) 203-31 85 60 Fax + 49 (0) 203-31 85 622 E-Mail info@rrt.container-terminal.de 

9 Trans Eurasia Logistics GmbH Tel + 49 (0) 30-29 75 48 00 E-Mail guchmazova@trans-eurasia-logistics.com 

10 Italcontainer Tel + 39 (0) 5166-5 10 35 Fax + 39 (0) 5166-5 09 91 E-Mail an.gennari@fslogistica.it 

11 Metrans Tel + 42 (0) 267 29 31 36 E-Mail hornik@metrans.cz

International From Duisburg To Duisburg Operator Terminal 

Dep. Arr. Dep. Arr. 

GB - Great Britain 

Manchester 

GR - Greece 

2, 4, 6 B 1, 2, 4 B 2 DIT 

Thessaloniki via Sopron - - - - 5 DIT 

Sindos via Sopron 

H - Hungary 

- - - - 5 DIT 

Budapest 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 C 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 C 4 DIT 

Sopron 2, 4, 6 C 4, 6 C 5 DIT 

Budapest via Wien 

I - Italy 

6 DUSS 

Busto Arsizio/Gallarate 6 C 6 C 6 DUSS 

Busto Arsizio/Gallarate 1 - 4 B 2 - 5 B 6 DUSS 

Bologna 1, 3, 5 C 1, 3, 5 C 10 DIT 

Milano 2, 4 B 2, 4 B 10 DIT 

Novara 2 - 4 B 1 - 3 C 6 DUSS 

Novara 2, 4 C 2, 4, 6 C 3 DKT 

Novara 6 C 6 C 6 DUSS 

Pomezia 

LT - Lithuania 

1- 5 A 1 - 5 B 10 DIT 

via Kiel 

LV - Latvia 


via Lübeck 

N - Norway 


via Kiel more connections 6 DUSS 

via Lübeck 

NL - The Netherlands 


Rotterdam 1 - 6 B 1 - 6 B 1 DIT 

Rotterdam Euromax 1, 2, 4, 5 B 1, 2, 4, 5 B 6 DeCeTe 

Rotterdam MVTE 1 - 5 B 1 - 5 B 6 DUSS 

Rotterdam MVTE 1 - 5 B 1 - 5 B 6 DeCeTe 

Rotterdam RSC 1 - 5 B 1 - 5 B 4 DIT 

Rotterdam RSC 1 - 5 B 1 - 5 A 6 DUSS 

Rotterdam 

PL - Poland 

- - 1, 3, 5 B 8 RRT GWW 

Gadki (Poznan) 1, 3 C 1, 3 C 6 DUSS 

Gadki (Poznan) 5 D 5 D 6 DUSS 

Katowice (via Poznan) - - - - 6 DUSS 

Lodz (via Poznan) - - - - 6 DUSS 

Pruczkow (via Poznan) - - - - 6 DUSS 

Slawkow (via Schkopau) 1, 2, 5 D 1, 2 D 4 DIT 

Slawkow (via Schkopau) 3 F 3, 4 E 4 DIT 

Wroclaw (via Poznan) 

RO - Rumania 

- - - - 6 DUSS 

Bukarest via Sopron - - - - 5 DIT 

Bradu de Sus via Sopron - - - - 5 DIT 

Curtici via Bukarest 

RUS - Russia 

- - - - 4 DIT 

Moskau (via Slawkow) 4 DIT 

Moskau 3, 6 - - - 9 DIT 

Moskau via Brest 

S - Sweden 

1 - 5 - - - 6 DUSS 

via Lübeck 

SK - Slovakia 


Bratislava via Lovosice 6 DUSS 

Kosice 

SLO - Slovenia 

via Lovosice 6 DUSS 

Ljubljana 1, 3 C 1, 3 C 6 DUSS 

Ljubljana 

TR - Turkey 

5 D 5 D 6 DUSS 

Istanbul (Halkali) via Lubljana 6 DUSS 

Halkali via Sopron 5 DIT 

Terminals 

DeCeTe Tel + 49 (0) 203-80 90 60 Fax + 49 (0) 203-809 06 34 E-Mail info@decete.de 

D3T Tel + 49 (0) 2065-67 83 80 Fax + 49 (0) 2065-6 78 38 20 E-Mail rail.operations@d3t-duisburg.de 

DIT Tel + 49 (0) 2065-49 90 Fax + 49 (0) 2065-49 92 90 E-Mail info@dit-duisburg.de 

DKT Tel + 49 (0) 2065-89 35 00 Fax + 49 (0) 2065-8 93 50 20 E-Mail contact@dkt-duisburg.de 

DUSS Tel + 49 (0) 203-80 90 50 Fax + 49 (0) 203-8 09 05 55 E-Mail duisburg@duss-terminal.de 

RRT GWW Tel + 49 (0) 203-31 85 60 Fax + 49 (0) 203-31 85 622 E-Mail gateway@rrt.container-terminal.de 

RRT Tel + 49 (0) 203-31 85 60 Fax + 49 (0) 203-31 85 622 E-Mail info@rrt.container-terminal.de 

All data in the rail schedule are based on information provided by the operateurs without engagement. 

RAIL SCHEDULE 

duisport Magazin June 2012 33

34 duisport magazine June 2012 SERVICES The Port 

duisport – The Port 

The port of Duisburg (duisport), at the 

confluence of the Rhine and Ruhr, is the 

largest inland port in the world with handling 

volumes of 125 million tonnes 

(2011) and value creation of 3 billion 

euros per year. 

The trimodal (water, rails and roads) logistics 

turntable acts as a hinterland node for 

the seaports and as a gateway for goods 

transport to Central Europe. In addition 

to goods handling (primarily merchandise 

in containers, import coal, iron/steel, 

mineral oil/chemicals) the logistics location 

offers numerous logistics services. 

Contacts 

Infrastructure 

Duisburger Hafen AG 

property development and marketing 

Tel: +49 203 803-1 · mail@duisport.de 

Logport Logistic-Center Duisburg GmbH 

investor management 

Tel: +49 2065 902-1180 

info@logport.de · www.logport.com 

logport ruhr GmbH 

logistics real estate in the Ruhr region 

Tel: +49 2065 902-1179 

richard.schwarze@logport-ruhr.de 

www.logport-ruhr.de 

duisport – the company 

Around 300 logistics oriented companies 

are based in the Port of Duisburg. In total 

over 20,000 jobs in Duisburg depend on 

the port, 40,000 in the region. Port 

induced investments made by companies 

at the location amount to more than 250 

million euros a year. 

duisport – the port Group 

Duisburger Hafen AG is the holding and 

management company of the Port of 

Duisburg. The duisport Group, which the 

subsidiaries of Duisburger Hafen AG also 

belong to, offers full service packages in 

infra- and suprastructure including relocation 

management for the port and logistics 

location. Logistics services supplementing 

the portfolios of companies based 

in the port complete the Group’s service 

spectrum. Thus the duisport Group sees 

itself as a partner of the logistics sector 

and makes its own contributions to optimizing 

transport chains to deliver to and 

from industry and retail. 

Logistic Services Packing Logistics 

duisport agency GmbH 

transport chains, marketing, 6les 

Tel: +49 203 803-4417 · dpa@duisport.de 

dfl duisport facility logistics GmbH 

facility management, maintenance, 

warehouse services, port logistics 

Tel: +49 203 803-4233 · dfl@duisport.de 

duisport consult GmbH 

port and logistics conzepts 

Tel: +49 203 803-4210 · dpc@duisport.de 

duisport rail GmbH 

public railroad utility 

Tel: +49 203 803-4202 · dpr@duisport.de 

duisport packing logistics GmbH 

packaging logistics and transport solutions 

for the investment goods industry 

Tel: +49 203 803-20 · dpl@duisport.de 

www.duisport.de 

The Web Portal 

The Web site of the Port of Duisburg 

provides news on the Port, offers information 

on logistics and transport, presents 

major port operators, the companies 

of the duisport Group and other 

contacts, shows routes to Duisburg and 

detailed port maps and lists shipping and 

railroad lines. 

www.duisport.com 

Corporate Communication 

Tel: +49 203 803-4270 · pr@duisport.de 

… for Shipping 

Port Authority and Shipping Authority 

Tel: +49 203 803-4240 

hs@duisport.de 

Ship Reporting Station 

Tel: +49 203 479 76 36 

VHF channel 14 

anmeldung@duisport.de

Port Map SERVICES duisport magazine June 2012 35

THE GATEWAY TO EUROPE. 

Intelligent networking moves your cargo 

more efficiently. 

An improved integration of waterway, railroad and highway transportation 

increases your lead on a market in which delivery time and cost are crucial 

elements of competition. The trimodal facilities in the Port of Duisburg 

optimize your routing whatever your destinations in continental Europe. 

As a prominent trading and transportation hub located in Europe’s prime 

industrial region, duisport has set its own standards. It has become an ideal 

platform for an all-in service. 

Whether your needs are small or large: duisport – We provide a European 

service. 

YOUR GATEWAY TO MORE INFORMATION: VISIT OUR WEBSITE. 

Tel. +49 (0) 203-80 31 

mail@duisport.com 

www.duisport.com

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