Port of Hamburg stops receiving export trains ‘until further notice’

Containers at Hamburg port. Source: Port of Hamburg

The port of Hamburg experiences disruptions with its rail freight services. The German port cannot receive any more export trains for the time being due to a combination of factors that include limited track capacity, already delayed services, and reconstruction works. “Per the current status, all weekend export trains are on hold near Hamburg, and we cannot dispatch any other export trains”, informed METRANS.

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Author: Nikos Papatolios

Nikos Papatolios is editor of RailFreight.com, the online magazine for rail freight professionals.

1 comment op “Port of Hamburg stops receiving export trains ‘until further notice’”

bönström bönström|24.05.22|19:55

“A perfect storm” has hit global supply chains.
Contemporarily, the large scale, on shore feeding device, since long, has been due for a substantial upgrading – in fact higher, than of shore already executed and further ongoing.
(Allowed 22,5 ton axial load is exceeding capacity of “state of the art” track construction…) A timely 32,5 ton capacity, will add capacity and will reduce frequency of maintenance (repairing…) of a railway, not safely calculable, nor designed for current traffic.

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Port of Hamburg stops receiving export trains ‘until further notice’

Containers at Hamburg port. Source: Port of Hamburg

The port of Hamburg experiences disruptions with its rail freight services. The German port cannot receive any more export trains for the time being due to a combination of factors that include limited track capacity, already delayed services, and reconstruction works. “Per the current status, all weekend export trains are on hold near Hamburg, and we cannot dispatch any other export trains”, informed METRANS.

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Author: Nikos Papatolios

Nikos Papatolios is editor of RailFreight.com, the online magazine for rail freight professionals.

1 comment op “Port of Hamburg stops receiving export trains ‘until further notice’”

bönström bönström|24.05.22|19:55

“A perfect storm” has hit global supply chains.
Contemporarily, the large scale, on shore feeding device, since long, has been due for a substantial upgrading – in fact higher, than of shore already executed and further ongoing.
(Allowed 22,5 ton axial load is exceeding capacity of “state of the art” track construction…) A timely 32,5 ton capacity, will add capacity and will reduce frequency of maintenance (repairing…) of a railway, not safely calculable, nor designed for current traffic.

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