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Initiative in order to increase the quota rail shipment of the container between the port of Amburgo and Bavaria
Currently beyond 62% of the container it travels on track
July 24, 2012
Slid thursday has been concluded, with a held conference to Monk of Bavaria, the project "Hafen Hamburg 62+" realized in collaboration between the administration of the Land di Amburgo and Bavaria and the participation of the Harbour Authority of Amburgo and companies of the logistic, railway and intermodal field with the objective to increase the quota rail shipment of containerized cargos between the port of Amburgo and Bavaria, than currently it is pairs to the 62-65%, with the transported quota remaining via truck.
Between the measures in order to increase the use of the railroad characterized in the course of the project figure, between the others, an increment of the relative information to the offer of transport arranged, the constitution of a solid net of transport companies on the director Amburgo-Baviera, the introduction of potenziamento measures and widening of the railway net on the base of the demands for the market, the preparation of new warehouses for container and the extension of the business hours of already active the intermodal terminals.
Currently the Land of Bavaria, with a annual volume of about 690.000 container teu, constitutes the main partner of the port of Amburgo for containerized trade quota with the hinterland. In the course of the conclusive conference it is emphasized that, in consideration of the distances between Amburgo and Bavaria that are comprised between 500 and 900 kilometers, the railroad constitutes modality of the more economic and ecological transport for the shipment of the container. "The port of Amburgo - it has observed the secretary of state to the Economic affairs, infrastructures, transports and technology of Bavaria, Katja Hessel - is the more important port for Bavaria. Already now more of 62% of the transported one it travels on the railway lines. We want to continue to increase this remarkable percentage and to carry a very greater number of containers for railway way to the port of Amburgo".
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