RETRACK: Setting up an innovative rail freight service between Constantza and Rotterdam · 2009-09-16 · Corridor Rotterdam - Constantza in KM 2643 Planned roundtrips per year (3

RETRACK: Setting up an innovative rail freight service

between Constantza and RotterdamREorganising of Transport networks by Advanced RAil freight Concepts

Inland Transport Committee, Working Party on Railway transport, 2007, 20-21st November, P iParis

Arnaud Burgess

TNO, DELFT, THE NETHERLANDS

RETRACK project partners

Research partners Railway partners

• RETRACK project: start May 2007, finish May 2011• RETRACK project supported by European Commission, DG TREN• RETRACK is an FP6 “Integrated project”

20-21st November, Paris ECMT Inland transport Committee: WP on rail transport Page 2

Markets for RETRACK rail service

RETRACK Rail freight shuttle- Objective: offer a weekly rail freightservice NL – RO in 80 hours

- Different stops in EU possible,according to market demands

RETRACK Rail markets- Maritime containers- Continental loading units- Chemical sector- Bulk sector


RETRACK Rail freight shuttle,operated by partners:- Rail4Chem- LTE- CER- Romanian partner

RETRACK Work Packages

WP 1Logistics

requirements

WP 2State-of-the-art

rail services

WP 3

New rail freight service concept

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WP 4IT Solution

WP 5Training

WP 6Rail infra &

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WP 7

Rail safety & security

WP 8

Pilot

WP 9

Evaluation

WP 10Synthesis &

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RETRACK man month budget

Work-package Work package title Lead contractor Person-

months

0 Project management TNO

1 Logistics requirements TNO

2 State-of-the-art rail services UNEW

3 New Rail freight service concept TOI

4 IT solutions SOP


4 IT solutions SOP

5 Training activities UNEW

6 Rail infra & interoperability UNEW

7 Rail safety & security TOI

8 Pilot R4C

9 Evaluation TOI

10 Synthesis & Reporting TNO

11 Dissemination UNEW

TOTAL

RETRACK time frame


RETRACK pilot investmentCorridor Rotterdam - Constantza in KM 2643

Planned roundtrips per year (3 times/week) 150

Cost prices Annual cost

Traction cost (Eight Taurus locomotives) 3.500.000

Personnel cost (operational personnel in 5 countries corridor) 1.020.000

Infrastructure cost (use of rail infrastructure in 5 countries corridor) 1.980.000

Wagons cost (9 sets of 20 wagons: 14 6-axle and 6 4-axle wagons) 1.910.000

Energy cost (electric/diesel, depending on country) 2.060.000

GCC Agency fees 150.000

CIC usage fees 50.000


CIC usage fees 50.000

Transhipment cost (2 terminal moves) 300.000

Overhead cost (office, personnel, IT systems, etc,) 600.000

Risks (insurance, actions in case of delays) 450.000

TOTAL COSTS FOR OPERATION 12.020.000

Cost price per roundtrip 80.133

Average Capacity per train (TEU) round trip 65

Price per TEU in Euro for round trip 1.233

Price per TEU for Single trip Rotterdam - Constantza or vice versa 616

Average additional door-to-door cost for TEU single trip 250

TOTAL DOOR-TO-DOOR cost price single trip 866

Possible service improvements on RETRACK pilot corridor

Service aspect Common rail freight service

characteristics

RETRACK rail freight service

characteristics

Enhancement

Transport price 2100 Euro 1800 Euro 300 Euro (14%)

Transport time 120 hours (*) 80 hours 40 hours (33%)

Service frequency 2 times a week (**) 3 times a week 1 additional service (50%)

Number of 2x 1x Higher reliability


Number of marshalling

2x 1x Higher reliability

* For a common West East freight corridor, rail services are usually offered 1 or 2 times a week.

** For the comparable Rotterdam - Istanbul corridor, rail services take circa 5 days, i.e. 120 hours.

• The train traction providers will lease 8 locomotives and 9 sets of wagons. • This amount is necessary because every locomotive can only run in one or two countries.• The 9 sets of wagons will consist of fourteen 6-axle wagons (for 4,5 TEU) andsix 4-axle wagons (for 3 TEU), in this way a maximum of 81 TEU per trip can be transported.

• The total maximum weight of the train will be 1,600 tonnes (maximum in Hungary).

RETRACK: serving the customer

Tranship-ment Rail freight transport

Last mile transport

2. Physical supply chain

Tranship-ment

Last miletransport

1. Customer value chain

Manufacturing SalesTransport


The NetherlandsGermany Austria Hungary Romania

4. Infrastructure management

Rail4Chem LTE CER/Romanian operator

3. Transport operators

ment Rail freight transporttransport ment transport

Information exchange: Vital for RETRACK success CIC and TCC

CustomerInformation

CenterGeneric and specialistICT that help

tie in customers

ICT systemperspective

Operational focus of the participatingPartners along the corridor

People requirements& Training

Rail freight customer logistics, combining all relevant train corridor information

European Bulls

Integration of railway service information with clients logistic processes (SCM)

European Bulls

Integration of customer and railway

IT-systems

Qualified personnel for contacting potential

customers

Combining rail freight information for customers,

following SCM requirements EurBulls

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IT-systems


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Corridor logistics, running the trains and providing the seamless service

Track side information provisionDealing with other train planning

considerations

Other elements in the supply chain that will enhance the Performance of the new rail service

(terminal (un)load plannings and cargo info systems)

TrainControlCenter

Qualified personnel to runthe trains and to perform the associated services

Pro-active monitoring of the corridor, problem solving, to remedy defects or the

usage of back-up systems

Systems used to planand run the trains and

other useful info to a smooth operation

Traffic, routing and tracing systems andInternational track

Availability systems

Specific ICT systemsThat are involved

when handling cargo

R4C,CER, LTE

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when handling cargo

R4C,CER, LTE


WP 1 Progress of interviewsNetherlands:(1) Vopak (2) DHL Global Forwarding(3) Seacon Logistics(4) Shell Oil(5) IKEA

Belgium:

Germany:(1) Thyssen Steel(2) Audi(3) Keiper Recaro(4) Wincanton Intermodal

Slovakia:(1) Slovnaft(2) Volkswagen(3) GEFCO(4) SpedTrans Levice(5) Budamar(6) US Steel


(1) Exxon Mobile

Austria:(1) Lear Corpotation(2) Reinsch (3) Streir(4) Dachser

Hungary:None yet

Romania:None yet

Turkey:None yet

Switzerland:(1) Bertschi

WP 1 Progress of interviews

Rotterdam:(1) dry/liquid bulk(2) Maritime containers

Duisburg:All cargo

Bratislava/Kosice:(1) Steel/automotive

Constantza and Budapest or Oradea:

Ludwigshafen:(1) dry/liquid bulk


Wels or Vienna:All cargo

Budapest:All cargoFeeder point for Slovakia

or Oradea:All cargo

Turkey (and other Black Feeders destinations):(1) Dry/liquid bulk(2) Swap bodies

WP 1 open issues

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WP1: Supply chain requirements

• RETRACK rail freight shuttle service should answer customer demands

Results questionnaire

customer demands


• Rail freight service should be reliable (no delays!), cost effective (cheapdoor-to-door service), have enough capacity on the train and give real time information on rail transport status to the customers

Market volume: RETRACK corridor

800 km

400 km

400 km

300 km

Street_05 Tonnen

O/D NL Ruhr Bayern HU RO SKNL 9.937.683 3.789.454 388.216 98.833 213.325 Ruhr 11.923.605 6.598.585 288.817 73.066 117.075

Train_05 Tonnen

O/D NL Ruhr Bayern HU RO SKNL 3.584.652 754.409 107.492 6.399 166.245 Ruhr 1.029.465 1.682.384 105.226 9.625 16.871 Bayern 143.548 1.149.193 401.586 5.790 37.350 HU 18.236 85.961 428.390 1.701.000 411.000 RO 835 1.035.000 35.000 SK 5.246 55.101 139.627 1.039.000 418.000

Rail 2005 (t)

Road 2005 (t)


Ruhr 11.923.605 6.598.585 288.817 73.066 117.075 Bayern 3.166.552 5.141.790 342.567 95.842 179.459 HU 382.841 166.621 330.565 405.000 261.000 RO 190.428 92.047 88.757 k.a k.aSK 160.662 192.565 903.790 1.759.000 83.000

Street+Rail 2005 Tons

O/D NL Ruhr Bayern HU RO SKNL - 13.522.335 4.543.863 495.708 105.232 379.570 Ruhr 12.953.070 - 8.280.969 394.043 82.691 133.946 Bayern 3.310.100 6.290.983 - 744.153 101.632 216.809 HU 401.077 252.582 758.955 - 2.106.000 672.000 RO 190.428 92.047 89.592 1.035.000 - 35.000 SK 165.908 247.666 1.043.417 2.798.000 501.000 -

Road+Rail 2005 (t)

WP 1 Interview Progress

Company Location Volume Trade PossibilityVOPAK Rotterdam, NL 4 Block trains/week (20 wagons) with ethanol/methanol NL-Ger, extension to Eastern EU 0, should be separate block trainsDHL GF Ridderkerk, NL 1000 TEU consumer goods/months to eastern EU NL-Eastern EU +, but flows can shift due to taxSeacon Logistics Venlo, NL 500 Loads annually to Ro, 45 Ft containers, consumer goods NL-Ro, also Hu ++, is positive about rail transportStreit Germany 2 swapbodies/week Ro - Ger on ICF Pitesti-Germany Ro-Ger, trade has slowed down +, small flowsReinsch Austria 32 swapbodies/week, Ro-Austria Ro-Austria, cargo from NL/BE/GE ++, experience with ICT shuttleWincanton Intermodal Germany 80 TEU/week between NL-Germany, no info on eastern EU NL-Germany 0, depending on future flowsDachser Linz Austria 60 TEU/month NL - Austria NL-Austria +, positive about railUS Steel Slovakia Several block train/week to different destinations Slovakia - all over EU 0, not known yetBudamar Slovakia About 500.000 tons bulk/month to CIS/EU countries Slovakia - all over EU and CIS +, but most probably block trainsLokorail Slovakia About 40.000 tons/months in bulk/tanks Slovakia - all over EU +, but most probably block trainsSpedTrans Slovakia About 100.000 tons/month, mostly bulk Slovakia - all over EU and CIS +, but most probably block trainsShell Oil Rotterdam, NL TBAIKEA Haarlem, NL TBASabic Geleen, NL TBASamskip Rotterdam, NL TBACorus UK UK TBA


Corus UK UK TBAIVECO, UK UK TBAThyssen Steel Germany TBAVW Slovakia Slovakia TBAGEFCO Slovakia TBASlovnaft Slovakia TBA

First conclusions

•Potential volume seems to be available

•Both bulk volume/block trains and TEU/shuttle cargo

•Already a number of competitive shuttles

•Efforts in organising interviews in some countries along corridor

WP 1 Possible shuttle time schedule

EmpfangVersand Abfahrt Budapest Bratislava Wien Enns Nuernberg Worms Neuss RotterdamConstanta Mo., 15:00 Mi., 09:00 Do., 08:00 Do., 01:00 Do., 12:00 Do., 22:00 Fr., 09:00 Fr., 17:00 Sa., 06:00Bukarest Di., 03:00 Mi., 09:00 Do., 08:00 Do., 01:00 Do., 12:00 Do., 22:00 Fr., 09:00 Fr., 17:00 Sa., 06:00Brasov ? Di., 11:00 Mi., 09:00 Do., 08:00 Do., 01:00 Do., 12:00 Do., 22:00 Fr., 09:00 Fr., 17:00 Sa., 06:00Budapest Mi., 15:00 Do., 22:00 Fr., 09:00 Fr., 17:00 Sa., 06:00Bratislava Mi., 23:00 Do., 22:00 Fr., 09:00 Fr., 17:00 Sa., 06:00Wien Do., 09:00 Do., 22:00 Fr., 09:00 Fr., 17:00 Sa., 06:00

Proposed by European Bulls


Wien Do., 09:00 Do., 22:00 Fr., 09:00 Fr., 17:00 Sa., 06:00Enns Do., 16:00 Do., 22:00 Fr., 09:00 Fr., 17:00 Sa., 06:00Nuernberg Fr., 03:00 Fr., 09:00 Fr., 17:00 Sa., 06:00Worms Fr., 12:00 Fr., 17:00 Sa., 06:00Neuss Fr., 23:00 Sa., 06:00

EmpfangVersand Abfahrt Budapest Bratislava Wien Enns Nuernberg Worms Neuss RotterdamConstanta Fr., 15:00 So., 09:00 Mo., 08:00 Mo., 01:00 Mo., 12:00 Mo., 22:00 Di., 09:00 Di., 17:00 Mi., 05:00Bukarest Sa., 03:00 So., 09:00 Mo., 08:00 Mo., 01:00 Mo., 12:00 Mo., 22:00 Di., 09:00 Di., 17:00 Mi., 05:00Brasov ? Sa., 11:00 So., 09:00 Mo., 08:00 Mo., 01:00 Mo., 12:00 Mo., 22:00 Di., 09:00 Di., 17:00 Mi., 05:00Budapest So., 17:00 Mo., 22:00 Di., 09:00 Di., 17:00 Mi., 05:00Bratislava So., 23:00 Mo., 22:00 Di., 09:00 Di., 17:00 Mi., 05:00Wien Mo., 09:00 Mo., 22:00 Di., 09:00 Di., 17:00 Mi., 05:00Enns Mo., 16:00 Mo., 22:00 Di., 09:00 Di., 17:00 Mi., 05:00Nuernberg Di., 03:00 Di., 09:00 Di., 17:00 Mi., 05:00Worms Di., 12:00 Di., 17:00 Mi., 05:00Neuss Di., 23:00 Mi., 05:00

Inland and port terminals are in the corridor;

Different types of cargo units in use: ISO, non-ISO, Swap bodies, and trailers;

Inland terminal handles both ISO and continental containers;

Port terminals are dominated by ISO containers;

So the terminals must be equipped with appropriate

WP2 Transhipment technique


transhipment technique

INHOTRA - Horizontal transhipment technique

Modalohr - Low floor articulated wagon

Commercial innovation, patented and used in route between France and Italy

Integration of technologies for European short intermodalcorridors (ITESIC) - Fill up information gap through IT andtransport telematics

WP2 Transhipment technique related previous projects


transport telematics

Innovative rail intermodal services (IRIS)Three demonstrations for rail intermodal replacing road

Improvement of transfer facilities of the Port Bou terminal

Procured gantry cranes to improve capacity

Successful in removing barrier

b1

Slide 20

b1 I'll get back to you on Port Bou after speaking with Dewan. I think it was the impact of the improvement of the transfer technology that then made rail a more attractive transport option. The IRIS project contained 3 elements. First an Italian IT common user openplatform for information and data exchange at an inland terminal. A good example for future use in my view. The second part of the project was a new short haul German train service between Cologne and Zeebrugge. May not sound like a hi-tech option but this was before all the rail liberalization measures came into play so it was an uphill fight all the way. The actual demonstration went off ok as a one off. The issues of technical inspections and border formalities were raised as items causing delay. I think we should notethis for Retrack as some countries are still operating bi-lateral treaties on cross border formalities. The Final IRIS demonstration wasa short formation self propelled train concept for inter-modal freighht which we ran from Southampton to Birmingham & back and then to London & back. It showed what could be done and has provided the launch point for ongoing technical development of a refined vehicle concept.. bsa, 07/11/2007

WP2 IT Solutions

There are many Railway function specific IT solutions:Order Management and BillingPlanning and Scheduling(Disposal, Wagon Management, Railway Lines (Trace) Management, Personnel planning)Operating / Real Time Management(Mobile Data Acquisition, Exception Handling, Tracking & Tracing)


Examples- Ab Ovo RCS, RAIL4CHEM ZEP, Apprixon EchoIT related EC funded projects, mostly intermodal:

KAREN, D2D, MOSES, Freightwise, CESARThe problem is - existing no IT systems integrate all core processes The good news is- RAIL4CHEM has the most integrated software Infrastructure

WP2 Safety & Security

Transportation of dangerous goods - explosives, drugs, radioactive products, chemicals;Proportionality

How much of security is required? What levels of which dangerous substances (HCDG) we need to protect?

Reliability Are the detection solutions applicable and effective?


Are the detection solutions applicable and effective? What can the detection solutions achieve today?

Sustainability - Can the measures last and how long?Affordability - How much does it cost?Future possibilities

What can be done in the future?

WP2 Legislative framework

Nominal protection measures exist in Retrack corridor;Evolving positions in Hungary & Romania;NL & Germany have sophisticated arrangements; Austrian RailRegulator (RR) is less overt and uses a different approach which limits powers of intervention;High profile issues on rail service pricing in Austria and other overt measures to distort market despite the frameworks in placeG RR i t ti i i d i l i


German RR intervention on pricing and commercial issues may prove interesting.A mixed array of structures, mechanisms and effectiveness;

WP3 New rail freight service concept

Barriers to overcome; Path, HUBs, borders, schedule....


1. Several border-crossings - threats to punctuality and reliability2. Handling delays en route and standardisation of individual

operator’s quality management

Challenges for RETRACK Consortium’s Service Provision and Market Entrenchment

WP3 New rail freight service concept


operator’s quality management3. Financing of rolling stock, engines and personnel training4. Transport safety, liability for cargo damages5. Adoption of ICT technology and management techniques6. Efficient data exchange and commercial data security7. Integration of individual partner’s business processes8. Fulfilment of European legal and social requirements9. Withstanding financial risks and competition pressures

Business Model Definition:

Business model comprises a network of companies engaged in collective supply of freight from a given origin to international destination

WP3New rail freight service concept


destinationEvery company has a specific role within such networkNetwork companies operate at different functional layers:

First layer: A leader of the supply chain or a network integratorSecond layer: strategic partnersThird layer: operative partnersFourth layer: supporting partners

RETRACK: More information?

Website: www.retrack.eu

RETRACK project coordinator:


RETRACK project coordinator:TNO: Arnaud Burgess + 31 15 269 69 03 [email protected]

RETRACK Pilot leaderTRANSPETROL: Michael Roggenkamp +49 40 23 60 [email protected]

RETRACK deputy Project coordinatorKees Verweij + 31 15 269 68 76 [email protected]

RETRACK: More information?




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RETRACK: Setting up an innovative rail freight service between Constantza and Rotterdam · 2009-09-16 · Corridor Rotterdam - Constantza in KM 2643 Planned roundtrips per year (3