Port of Kiel: intermodal transport and rail below expectations in 2022
Image: Mikko Juelich, Dirk Claus, and Dirk Hundertmark. Port of Kiel
Intermodal transport at the port of Kiel, in northern Germany, did not meet the expectations set by Seehafen Kiel, the company operating the port. The total loading units handled in 2022 was 28,900, 5,6 per cent less than the previous year. Many trains were canceled or delayed due to network problems, the port explains as one of the reasons.
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Weak Link of inter modal chains now decisively has to be attended!
As short of resiliency (robustness) and already, now, short of capacity… regrettably, railways has turned the low quality device.
At track infrastructure, now resiliency has to be provided for
and at el supply redundancy!
(All other modes, those robust (resilient and redundant) handsomely are rewarded, by clients that have shifted strategy to “On Demand” and “JIT”!)
Quality pays and at transports now more than ever!