Article: Direct rail links bring Osnabrück and Hamburg closer together
TFG Transfracht and Container Terminal Osnabrück offer CO2-free transport by rail • Six new direct rail connections save up to 5,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year
Good news for the New Year: TFG Transfracht and the terminal operator Container Terminal Osnabrück (CTOS) are offering six weekly direct rail connections between the economic region of Osnabrück and Hamburg from January 10. Using TFGeco train, the rail transports are 100 percent CO2-free with green electricity. Operations at the Osnabrück terminal also run on 100 percent green electricity. The aim of the partners is to offer customers environmentally friendly transport solutions for switching from road to rail.
"We are delighted to expand our range of shortland feeders with the Osnabrück connection and to meet the growing demand for climate-friendly transport solutions. By expanding rail transport, we are offering a genuine rail alternative to road. In this way, we are shifting another 30,000 TEU from road to rail in the region and achieving a saving of up to 5,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year for our climate," explains Frank Gedat, Head of Regional Division North East TFG Transfracht.
"With TFG's six new connections, we are getting another important building block for attractive and environmentally friendly CT connections in the region," emphasizes Björn Tiemann, Managing Director Container Terminal Osnabrück.
The new hub for combined transport has been under construction since spring 2020 on a 9.5-hectare former barracks area at the Osnabrück port site and has a stowage capacity of 2,000 TEU. Four tracks, each 730 meters long, and two tracks, each 300 meters long, as well as two gantry cranes, each 40 meters high, are available for handling.
Über TFG Transfracht:
TFG Transfracht ist Marktführer im containerisierten Seehafenhinterlandverkehr der deutschen Seehäfen. Mit ihrem flächendeckenden AlbatrosExpress-Netzwerk verbindet die TFG Transfracht täglich die Häfen Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Wilhelmshaven, Koper, Rotterdam und Antwerpen mit über 15.000 Orten in Deutschland, Österreich, Italien und der Schweiz. TFG Transfracht ist ein Unternehmen der Deutschen Bahn AG mit einem Transportvolumen von ca. 1.000.000 TEU (2021).
About CTOS:
About CTOS:
CTOS operates the CT terminal for handling intermodal loading units at the Osnabrück Port site. With the support of the Hellmann family, Koch International, Nosta Group and Terminalbesitzgesellschaft Osnabrück (TBOS), new logistics opportunities are thus being created in the region. The common goal is to offer shippers and consignees the opportunity to switch to rail and thus promote environmentally friendly transport chains. For more information: www.ct-os.de
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