Großbeeren · freight village Berlin South

A train in the terminal (riding along, key F)

1. 01

   arriving

2. 02

   being loaded

3. 03

   departing

What is shown – why – for whom

Facilities and areas in the model

• Food distribution centre

  Goods from producers are collected here and picked per store. Rack fill = stock of the Berlin hub in the model.

• Großbeeren intermodal terminal

  Containers and swap bodies from Hamburg arrive by rail and switch to trucks.

• Trucks at the docks

  The more consumption, the more docks are occupied.

• Expressway towards Berlin

  Two lanes towards the city: with ice or heavy demand traffic backs up (model).

Processes in the model

How a freight village can use the model

• Operations and planning

  More consumption, more busy docks: the control shows how distribution centre, terminal and access road fill up – in autumn, for example, with the harvest (food +18 %) and the Christmas run-up.

  対象Operators, site management, retail logistics

• Onboarding and training

  Ride along with key F: a truck from the gate to the loading point, a train in the intermodal terminal, a vehicle in the tailback towards Berlin. One line says what is happening.

  対象New staff, dispatch, trainees

• Local authorities and economic development

  The capital’s supply depends on a few roads. The model shows what ice or strong demand do on the expressway towards Berlin.

  対象Municipality, region, economic development, chambers

• Schools, universities, museums

  How is a big city supplied with food? Goods from the manufacturers are collected, picked for each store and loaded – also as a demo without anyone at the controls.

  対象Schools, universities, museums and exhibitions

• Public communication

  The ‘Winter chaos’ scenario brings snow and ice: roads lose up to a third of their capacity and the tailback towards Berlin grows. Four times the speed shows how it develops, and one tap brings back today.

  対象Public relations, associations

What you can change

What the model gives a freight village

• 01

  Supply made visible

  Racks, docks and road in one picture: you see how consumption becomes truck traffic.

• 02

  Consumption as a lever

  Consumer demand acts on 72 % of the volume here – more than at any other site in the model.

• 03

  Disruptions without damage

  Motorway closure, snow and ice hit this site hardest. Trigger them, then return to today.

• 04

  Site and map in one model

  The rack fill is the Berlin node’s stock on the Germany map, shown with live values in the site profile.

• 05

  For visits and big screens

  Runs in the browser and on large projections, with a demo that starts without anyone at the controls.

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  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.

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  Munich · Riem transhipment station

  The transhipment station in the east of Munich as a walkable model: container trains from Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Italy, gantry cranes between train, yard and truck, and the A94 next door.

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  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.

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  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.

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  Germany · freight flows and nodes

  All of Germany as a map of blocks: 27 nodes, 55 freight flows as bands of light, eleven bottlenecks with traffic lights. Controls, seasons, disruptions and ten scenarios change every flow at once, compared with today.

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  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.

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  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.