Dear Customers,
We are inactive dealing with the consequences of January’s adverse weather conditions and respective subsequent episodes in various parts of the northern region of our network. The German railway infrastructure is congested, and the Berlin–Hamburg closure on the main corridor is inactive in place. In addition to this, there are also ongoing restrictions; any may not be straight on our routes, but they negatively affect our operations due to the fact that they reduce the already insufficient available capacity. Port terminals are besides congested, any are experiencing delays, and any are working with strictly fixed numbers of slot manipulations and are not allocating any extra ones. We gotta cancel any trains. For northern German ports in general, import connections are booked out weeks in advance, and the volume of imports accumulated at ports is enormous.
Hamburg: HPA inactive controls entry. respective trains from all services regularly wait to enter the port, which is why we are facing a shortage of wagons and locomotive drivers for imports.
- DE: Train delays of up to 10 hours due to port terminal delays and deficiency of resources.
- PL: Train delays of up to 24 hours due to port terminal delays and train turnaround.
Bremerhaven: Here, too, the infrastructure manager controls the entry by permit. There are delays in both directions due to crucial irregularities in the circulation of trains. We do not receive peculiar routes for previously loaded imports.
Wilhelmshaven: Significant train delays in both directions due to yesterday’s all-day strike at the port.
Gdańsk: The port area is experiencing dense snowfall, resulting in a simplification in slots for trucks, which may origin restrictions on container transport between Gdynia and Gdańsk, and may besides slow down train transshipments. Connections in both directions are presently delayed by about 4 hours. The capacity of planned slots at the BalticHub terminal has been reduced by 10% for this week. Imports are full booked until 5 March 2026. It is not yet possible to request a peculiar train.
Our client Service will answer your questions about circumstantial shipments.
METRANS Team
