Page 15 - Port Of Hamburg Magazine 04.2019
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If sufficient attention is to be paid in future to the significance of the industrial zone, and the region’s potential enhanced, investments are needed right now in infrastructure and in viable port-hinterland connections. Enterprises in ChemCoast Park Brunsbüttel are currently investing a high triple-dig- it million sum in their plants. Freight volume will rise and sustainability targets will gain in impor- tance.
MORE FREIGHT BY RAIL
Industrial companies and ports in ChemCoast Park Brunsbüttel aim jointly to shift more freight by rail as an environment-friendly mode of transport to re- lieve roads and the environment. This makes in- vestments in rail infrastructure essential. The rail link between Brunsbüttel and Wilster/Itzehoe is currently single-track and not electrified. Frank Schnabel explains: “Electrification was included under ‘priority needs’ in the German Federal Trans- port Infrastructure Plan. That was an important
milestone for Brunsbüttel as a port and industrial centre. Now implementation of this measure needs a push. Against the backdrop of the positive trend in investment by industrial companies and Brunsbüt- tel’s dynamic progress as a port, twin-track expan- sion is essential. Timely investment is required be- fore capacity hits the buffers.” Brunsbüttel Ports joined forces with Port of Hamburg Marketing, plac- ing this among infrastructural demands at their joint Port Evening.
Positive political signals last year were the start and implementation of other vital infrastructure projects: Three-lane expansion of federal highway B5 has commenced. The two important feeder/access roads, L138 between Brunsbüttel and Eddelak and K75 ‘Fährstrasse’ were upgraded. Fairway adjust- ment on the Elbe and upgrading of the Kiel Canal are also making progress. Both are measures of top im- portance for supplies to local firms and waste re- moval. ■
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