Dear Customers,
We supply you with updates on the situation at services in the northern part of the METRANS network.
For ports in northern Germany, import connections are mostly full booked weeks in advance, and the volume of imports accumulated in ports is enormous.
Hamburg: Snow and ice are complicating operations at the port. Due to yesterday’s weather conditions, we had to cancel any trains from the port. All terminals are now operational, but most are experiencing delays. The HPA is inactive controlling entrance. We presently have 8 export trains from all services stopped en route. This regulation will again origin a general shortage of trains for imports.
- PL: Due to bad weather in DE and PL, freight trains on the way are stopped in both directions. We are forced to cancel any connections.
- DE: Trains are delayed by up to 30 hours due to delays at port and inland terminals. We are forced to cancel any connections.
Bremerhaven: Weather-related restrictions on port access have been lifted. There are delays in both directions due to crucial irregularities in train circulation.
Wilhelmshaven: Train dispatchers are on strike present from 12:01 a.m. to midnight. There will be crucial delays in imports.
Gdańsk: From present until 07/02/2026, very unfavourable weather conditions are forecast, threatening to restrict operations at BalticHub. So far, the situation remains unchanged – trains are moving without delays, but the capacity of planned slots at the BalticHub terminal has been reduced by 30% for this week. Imports are full booked until 21/02/2026. We have not yet received approval for an extra train for next week.
Our client Service will answer your questions about circumstantial shipments.
METRANS Team
