Germany · freight flows and nodes

Supply chain ‘Containers Rotterdam → Dortmund’

1. 01

   Rotterdam: containers from the sea ship onto the Rhine barge

2. 02

   Up the Rhine to Duisburg – about 200 km upstream

3. 03

   Duisburg: transhipment from Rhine barge to canal barge, rail and truck

4. 04

   Via the Rhine-Herne and Dortmund-Ems canals to Dortmund (ships up to 110 m, two tiers)

5. 05

   Dortmund, container terminal at the canal: from barge to truck – about 4 km to the Westfalenhütte plant

6. 06

   Delivered: Westfalenhütte plant. Goods from Duisburg go there (documented); this container chain is an example (model)

What is shown – why – for whom

Facilities and areas in the model

• Seaport

  Rotterdam, Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Wilhelmshaven.

• Inland port

  Duisburg, Dortmund, Magdeburg.

• Industry

  Duisburg-Schwelgern (Hütte), Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Salzgitter, Wolfsburg, Ingolstadt, Weser-Ems.

• City

  Köln, Hannover, Kassel, Dresden.

• Freight yard · transhipment

  Frankfurt, Stuttgart, München, Nürnberg.

• Distribution centres

  Berlin, Leipzig/Halle, Venlo.

• Border crossing · corridor

  Basel, Kufstein (Brenner), Frankfurt (Oder).

• Bottlenecks (traffic lights)

  Kölner Ring, Kamener Kreuz, Kreuz Kaiserberg, Frankfurter Kreuz, Elbtunnel A7, Kreuz München-Nord, A8 bei Stuttgart, A100 Berlin, A3 bei Würzburg, Schkeuditzer Kreuz, A2 bei Hannover.

• Modes of transport

  Road, Rail, Waterway, Pipeline – the colours of the bands of light.

• Goods groups

  container goods, raw materials, food, industrial goods, energy carriers.

Processes in the model

How the Germany map can be used

• Planning and strategy

  The chart ‘What each lever does’ shows what economy, consumption, industry and tolls each bring about. Expensive roads shift freight to rail and water, and the map shows at once how flows and traffic lights change.

  対象Logistics and transport planners, shippers

• Onboarding and training

  Six supply chains lead step by step from the map into the sites: from the sea ship in Rotterdam to the steelworks in Dortmund, from the plant near Stuttgart up the stern ramp in Bremerhaven.

  対象Logistics and forwarding trainees, new teams

• Local authorities and economic development

  ‘Who supplies whom’, ‘How far goods travel’ and ‘Where it gets tight’ show every node in the network: where its goods come from, how far they travel and where they are slowed down.

  対象Economic development, chambers, associations

• Schools, universities, museums

  Ten 3D charts calculate live from the same model, from ‘Goods by mode’ to ‘Performance and climate balance’. Each has its own link and opens directly in class.

  対象Schools, universities, museums and exhibitions

• Public communication

  Rhine closed, rail strike, port strike, motorway closure: trigger any disruption, see where freight shifts and where stocks pile up – and return to today with one tap.

  対象Public relations, associations, shippers

What you can change

What the Germany map gives you

• 01

  One network instead of many tables

  Ports, rail hubs, industry and distribution centres on one map, volumes as bands of light: you see at a glance who supplies whom and where it gets tight.

• 02

  Effects, not forecasts

  Every scenario recalculates all 55 flows and shows the difference from today, so consequences can be discussed without claiming a future.

• 03

  Disruptions without damage

  Rhine closure, rail strike, port strike and motorway closure, plus flood, low water, storm and ice: you see where freight goes instead.

• 04

  Ten charts, open about the statistics

  Key message, findings and figures calculate live with the scenario, and every chart names its source. ‘Who carries the load’ sets the model network beside the official statistics, ‘How far goods travel’ shows their average haul distances.

• 05

  From the map into the site

  Thirteen detailed sites use the same figures as the map. What happens in the network arrives at the quay, the track and the gate.

• 06

  For foyers and big screens

  Runs in the browser and on large projections. Without input, the demo starts after 75 seconds.

• 

  Hamburg · Container Terminal Altenwerder

  An automated container terminal as a walkable model: up to 14 container gantries, driverless transport vehicles, the block yard, a rail station for trains up to 740 m and the truck gate.

• 

  Duisburg · logport I (Rheinhausen)

  A trimodal inland port on the Rhine as a walkable model: Rhine barges with sea containers from Rotterdam, gantries and yard, trains to the south, Eastern Europe and Asia, trucks into the region.

• 

  Ludwigshafen · chemicals on the Rhine

  A large chemical site on the Upper Rhine as a walkable model: tankers at loading arms, tank wagons on the works railway, pipe bridges, the Friesenheimer Insel tank farm and the container quay.

• 

  Lehrte · MegaHub

  A train-to-train transfer facility as a walkable model: six tracks of 720 m each, three gantry cranes, driverless transporters – and freight trains regrouped without shunting.

• 

  Frankfurt interchange (A3/A5)

  One of Europe’s busiest motorway interchanges as a walkable model: the A3 and A5 cross, the weaving section becomes the bottleneck, and the tailback grows with freight, holidays or snow.

• 

  Leipzig/Halle · air cargo hub

  A night hub for air cargo as a walkable model: about 60 freighters a night on the 3,600-m south runway, the apron, the sorting halls and the A14 at the Schkeuditz interchange.

• 

  Bremerhaven · car terminal and river quay

  Bremerhaven as a walkable model: almost five kilometres of river quay for the largest container ships, straddle carriers, car trains and parking for about 95,000 vehicles at the mouth of the Weser.

• 

  Wilhelmshaven · JadeWeserPort and LNG terminal

  Germany’s only deep-water port as a walkable model: the container quay on the Jade with straddle carriers and rail, plus the floating LNG terminal, a tank farm and the crude-oil pipeline to the refineries.