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In Puttgarten the port and the tunnel entrance will be adjacent
TENTacle analyzes traffic flows
The European Interreg Baltic Sea Project TENTacle is analyzing how the market could prepare for the fixed Fehmarn Belt crossing. Those responsible are reaching the conclusion that traffic flows will grow mainly along the Hamburg-Copenhagen axis.
Enterprises in other regions will have to change the business models. All companies that will be affected should react accordingly. Detailed findings can be found in the Internet – see QR Code:
The graph shows exactly where the increases and decreases in traffic will be.
themselves and with the world of business will be- come easier. More well qualified professionals will be attracted to North Germany, giving a real boost to in- novative capacity. His bottom line: The fixed crossing may be a complete success, bringing sustainable growth not only to the Fehmarn Belt region.
“Some 95 percent of our trucks use the Putt- garden-Rødbyhavn ‘As the crow flies’ ferry,” states Charles Prussky, the Germany boss for PostNord Logistics in Travemünde. Even though Scandlines reli- ably ferries the daily 60 to 80 crossings for the postal service provider on the short-sea crossing with its en- vironment-friendly hybrid ferries, again and again there are delays caused by waiting time, regular and necessary maintenance and repairs on the ships, or reduced capacity for dangerous goods shipments. “We want the same flexibility here that we enjoy with the Öresund bridge between Copenhagen and Malmö. We would be able to better plan our sched- uled liner shipments, generating considerable time and cost advantages,” stressed Prussky.
Bode Forwarding too, based in Reinfeld south of Lübeck, sees only positives coming from the fixed crossing. “Today, thousands of trucks drive along the Hamburg-Malmö/Helsingborg route that could be switched to rail,” said Stev Etzrodt, responsible at Bode for international shipments. “This would make rail not only more competitive on time, but also could help with the ‘lack of drivers’ issue that is causing so many problems for this industry.” ■ Nicole de Jong
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