Transport Corridors VII and X through Serbia, Intermodal transport

Andrija Ristović

Leading organizer for intermodal transport

Freight service Department, JSC “Serbian Railways”

1st South East Environment Workshop

THE CORRIDOR VII

Corridor VII – Danube river

• The total length: 2.850 km• The navigable length: 2.411 km• The navigable length through Serbia: 588 km

Corridor VII – Danube river

• The Corridor VII links 10 European countries which have exits to the navigable parts of the River Danube.

• As Corridor VII, the Danube is an important line of communication, especially after

the opening of the Rhine-Main-Danube canal (1992). The Danube links the Black Sea with the West European industrial centers and the Port of Rotterdam.

• The cargo transport is mostly to do with non-mineral and mineral raw materials, iron, copper, solid fuels and cereals, totaling altogether about 100 million tonnes a year. There are almost 100 commercial ports in the Danube Basin, of which 11 are in Serbia.

• Starting from the state border with Hungary and all the way to Belgrade, the Danube runs almost parallel with the route of the European highway and railroad, which makes this geographical area extremely valuable and important from the economic and every other point of view. This is further corroborated by the fact that over the period of 2001-2009 foreign investors invested approximately two thirds of the total foreign investments in Serbia in the area along the Danube and in its bordering parts.

Corridor VII and Corridor X

Basic infrastructure of the internal water traffic

WaterwayThe total navigable

length (km)

The length (km) of navigable waterways for ships of carrying capacity

≤ 150 t ≤ 400 t ≤ 650 t ≤ 1500 t > 1500 t

Danube 588 588 588 588 588 588

Sava 207 207 207 207 207  

Tisa 164 164 164 164 164  

HS DTD 600 342 321 321 - -

• Basic infrastructure of the internal water traffic is made up of the Danube, Sava, Tisa and the Danube-Tisa-Danube canal, eight international ports on the Danube, as well as several ports on the Sava River and one port on the Tisa River.

• The entire length of the inland waterways (IWW) in the territory of the Republic of Serbia at middle water levels amounts to approximately 1,680 km. Navigation conditions on rivers vary, depending on the size of the vessel.

Goods traffic at major ports in 2009 (in tonnes)

  BeogradNoviSad

Kovin Pančevo Prahovo SremskaMitrovica

Smederevo Other ports

National traffic 579.865 5.717 346.435 38.185 5.028 286.723 105.658 923.679

Loading 52.400 - 328.258 37.330 37.330 5.028 94.110 542.073

Unloading 527.465 5.717 18.177 855 - 200.277 11.548 381.606

International traffic 329.285 785.306   814.237 229.575 8.828 1.850.529 655.504

Imports 273.631 153.920   230.239 229.575 8.828 1.670.367 230.897

Exports 55.654 631.386 30.482 583.998 - - 180.162 424.607

Total 909.150 791.023 379.232 852.422 234.603 295.551 1.956.187 1.579.183

from port  

Total

Important ports on Danube

OtherDanube

ports

Otherdomestic

ports

  to port

Pančevo Smederevo Beograd Novi Sad PrahovoForeign Danube ports

Galac 8.168 - 8.168 - - - - -

Ismail 4.544 - - - - - 4.544 -

Reni 18.541 18.541 - - - - - -

Černa voda 139.272 36.467 2.996 - 60.144 - 39.665 -

Đurđu 19.230 - 5.275 1.826 2.537 - 9.592 -

Ruse 88.348 4.733 20.258 3.271 36.504 - 23.582 -

Turn Severin 17.414 - - - - - 15.694 1.720

Bratislava 2.243 - 2.081 - 162 - - -

Beč 16.551 - 15.502 - - - 1.049 -

Degensdorf 1.803 849 954 - - - - -

Regensburg 88.747 1.505 73.762 143 4.922 - 8.415 -

Konstanca 859.960 149.331 4.022 44.047 383.974 - 278.586 -

Other ports 641.468 266.357 43.418 1.628 136.963 - 191.849 1.253

Total 1.906.289 477.783 176.436 50.915 625.206 - 572.976 2.973

Exports of goods in tons through important ports in 2009. year

Import of goods in tons through important ports in 2009. year

from port  

Total

Important ports on Danube

OtherDanube

ports

OtherDomestic

ports

  to port

Pančevo Smederevo Beograd Novi Sad PrahovoForeign Danube ports

Galac 115.231 - - 2.066 - 112.153 1.012 -

Ismail 9.139 - - - - 8.102 1.037 -

Reni 114.782 9.481 24.063 396 29.424 - 51.418 -

Černa voda 19.235 - 16.348 2.887 - - - -

Ruse 130.188 52.242 1.681 3.726 8.416 1.267 33.721 29.135

Turn Severin 50.598 6.140 3.947 1.002 10.634 - - 28.875

Budimpešta 15.230 - 14.306 - - - - 924

Bratislava 15.162 - 11.876 1.037 - - 2.249 -

Komarno 66.842 - 34.043 - - 32.799 - -

Beč 576 - 140 436 - - - -

Linc 26.065 2.049 24.016 - - - - -

Regensburg 8.505 - - 1.000 4.230 - 3.275 -

Konstanca 228.608 2.577 129.145 17.110 30.260 16.053 30.513 2.950

Other ports 1.995.040 101.229 1.410.802 146.055 65.946 54.594 162.432 53.982

Total 2.795.201 173.718 1.670.367 175.715 148.910224.968

285.657 115.866

Port information- Total area: 30,000 m² - Length of quay: 340 m (total), 240 m (vertical) and 100 m (sloped)- Number of berths: 3 - Rail connection- Rail tariff point | Shunting modes: external- Road connection, distance to next highway: 1.00 km - Number of parking places for trucks: 40

Handling facilities and devices- Luffing-slewing cranes: 1(Lifting capacity max: 6.00t)- Fork lifters (<3t): 1 - Conveyor belt: 1 - Pneumatic equipment: 1

Storage facilities (for entire port)- Open storage: 25,000m²

APATIN

Port information- Total area: 30.000 m² - Length of quay: 400 m (total), 400 m (sloped)- Number of berths: 5 - Rail connection , length of rail siding: 860 m- Rail tariff point | Shunting modes: external - Road connection, distance to next highway: 29 km - Number of parking places for trucks: 20

Handling facilities and devices- Luffing-slewing cranes: 1 (Lifting capacity max: 6 t)- Fork lifters (<3 t): 2 -Pneumatic equipment: 2

Storage facilities (for entire port)- Covered storage: 3.960 m²- Open storage: 13.120 m² - Customs storage / bonded warehouse: 360 m² - Free port zone: 2.880 m²

SOMBOR

Port information- Total area: 150,000 m²- Length of quay: 150 m (total), 150 m (vertical)- Number of berths: 2 - Rail connection, length of rail siding: 300 m - Shunting modes: external - Road connection, distance to next highway: 1 km- Number of parking places for trucks: 30

Handling facilities and devices- Luffing-slewing cranes: 1(Lifting capacity max: 30 t) - Conveyor belt: 1- Pneumatic equipment: 1

Storage facilities (for entire port)- Capacity of silos: 30.000m³ (grain)

BOGOJEVO

Port information- Total area: 640.000 m²- Number of basins: 1- Length of quay: 342 m (total), 70 m (vertical) and 272 m (sloped)- Number of berths: 1 - Road connection, distance to next highway: 30 km- Number of parking places for trucks: 50

Handling facilities and devices- Mobile cranes: 1 (Lifting capacity max: 9 t)- Floating cranes: 1 (Lifting capacity max: 6 t)- Luffing-slewing cranes: 1 (Lifting capacity max: 12 t)- Fork lifters (<3t): 2 - Conveyor belt: 2

Storage facilities (for entire port)- Covered storage: 1.000 m² - Open storage: 12.000 m²

BAČKA PALANKA

Port informationTotal area: 350,000 m²Length of quay: 800 m (total), 126 m (vertical) and 674 m (sloped)Number of berths: 4 Winter harbour Rail connection | Shunting modes: externalRoad connection, distance to next highway: 2.00 km Number of parking places for trucks: 40

Handling facilities and devicesLuffing-slewing cranes: 3, Lifting capacity max: 27.00t Fork lifters (3-5t): 6, Fork lifters (>5t): 2 Pneumatic equipment: 1

Storage facilities (for entire port)Covered storage: 40,000m² Open storage: 45,000m²Customs storage / bonded warehouse: 4,800m²

NOVI SAD

Port informationTotal area: 1,000,000 m²Number of basins: 1Length of quay: 950 m (total), 612 m (vertical) and 338 m (sloped) Number of berths: 8 Winter harbourRail connection , length of rail siding: 12,507 m Rail tariff point | Shunting modes: ownRoad connection, distance to next highway: 5.00 kmNumber of parking places for trucks: 80

Handling facilities and devicesGantry cranes: 2, Lifting capacity max: 50.00t Mobile cranes: 4, Lifting capacity max: 40.00t Luffing-slewing cranes: 10, Lifting capacity max: 6.00tFork lifters (<3t): 41 Fork lifters (>5t): 16 Reach stackers number: 1Covered water transhipment Craft assistance Conveyor belt: 1

Storage facilities (for entire port)Covered storage: 300,000m² Racks: 4,000m² Open storage: 650,000m² Storage for dangerous goods: 900m² Customs storage / bonded warehouse: 5,000m² Free port zone: 5,000m²

BEOGRAD

Port informationTotal area: 2,400,000 m²Number of basins: 1 Length of quay: 760 m (total)Number of berths: 9Winter harbourRail connection , length of rail siding: 6,100 m Rail tariff point | Shunting modes: own Road connection, distance to next highway: 20.00 kmNumber of parking places for trucks: 200

Handling facilities and devicesFloating cranes: 1, Lifting capacity max: 5.00tLuffing-slewing cranes: 3, Lifting capacity max: 27.50tFork lifters (<3t): 7 , Fork lifters (3-5t): 5 , Fork lifters (>5t): 7 Craft assistanceConveyor belt: 1 Pneumatic equipment: 1 Wheel loader: 3 Vehicle mounted crane: 4

Storage facilities (for entire port)Covered storage: 40,000m² Racks: 5,400m² Open storage: 200,000m²Customs storage / bonded warehouse: 107,000m²Capacity of silos: 55,000m³ (grain)

PANČEVO

Port informationTotal area: 35,000 m²Length of quay: 500 m (total), 500 m (vertical)Number of berths: 4 Road connection, distance to next highway: 15.00 kmNumber of parking places for trucks: 100

Handling facilities and devicesMobile cranes: 6, Lifting capacity max: 130.00tLuffing-slewing cranes: 1, Lifting capacity max: 10.00tFork lifters (3-5t): 2, Fork lifters (>5t): 4 Craft assistanceConveyor belt: 1

Storage facilities (for entire port)Covered storage: 1,200m²Open storage: 1,500m²Customs storage / bonded warehouse: 1,000m²

SMEDEREVO

Port informationTotal area: 500,000 m²Length of quay: 200 m (vertical), 300 m (sloped) Water depth: 3.00 m Number of berths: 2 Winter harbour Rail connection, length of rail siding: 1,000 mRail tariff point | Shunting modes: external Road connection, distance to next highway: 10.00 km Number of parking places for trucks: 70

Handling facilities and devicesGantry cranes: 1, Lifting capacity max: 30.00t Mobile cranes: 3, Lifting capacity max: 130.00t Fork lifters (<3t): 3, Fork lifters (3-5t): 2

SMEDEREVO FERANEX AG

Port informationTotal area: 70,473 m² Number of basins: 1 Length of quay: 560 m (total), 320 m (vertical) and 240 m (sloped) Number of berths: 7 Winter harbour Rail connectionRail tariff point | Shunting modes: own Road connection, distance to next highway: 160 km Number of parking places for trucks: 30

Handling facilities and devicesGantry cranes: 3, Lifting capacity max: 40.00t Luffing-slewing cranes: 3, Lifting capacity max: 10.00t Fork lifters (<3t): 1Covered water transshipmentCraft assistance Conveyor belt: 1

Storage facilities (for entire port)Covered storage: 2,000m² Open storage: 2,000m² Customs storage / bonded warehouse: 800m²

PRAHOVO

Port informationTotal area: 500,000 m² Number of basins: 1Length of quay: 100 m (total) Number of berths: 1 Rail connection , length of rail siding: 3,100 m Rail tariff point | Shunting modes: externalRoad connection, distance to next highway: 1 kmNumber of parking places for trucks: 80

Handling facilities and devicesLuffing-slewing cranes: 1, Lifting capacity max: 5.00t Fork lifters (<3t): 6 , Fork lifters (3-5t): 1, Fork lifters (>5t): 1 Reachstackers: 2Craft assistanceConveyor belt: 1 Pneumatic equipment: 1

Storage facilities (for entire port)Covered storage: 18,000m²Open storage: 20,000m² Customs storage / bonded warehouse: 8,000m²

SREMSKA MITROVICA

Port informationTotal area: 5,600 m²Length of quay: 125 m (total), 125 m (vertical) Number of berths: 1 Rail connection , length of rail siding: 17,500 mRail tariff point | Shunting modes: own Road connection, distance to next highway: 34.00 km Number of parking places for trucks: 10

Handling facilities and devicesMobile cranes: 1, Lifting capacity max: 12.00t Luffing-slewing cranes: 2, Lifting capacity max: 5.00t

Storage facilities (for entire port)Covered storage: 12,000m²Open storage: 1,000m²

ŠABAC

Port informationTotal area: 451,400 m²Number of basins: 1 Rail connection Rail tariff point | Shunting modes: external Road connection, distance to next highway: 34.00 km Number of parking places for trucks: 100

Handling facilities and devicesFork lifters (<3t): 2 , Fork lifters (3-5t): 6, Fork lifters (>5t): 1 Vehicle mounted crane 20 tons: 1

Storage facilities (for entire port)Covered storage: 22,000m²Open storage: 10,000m² Special storage: 3,000m² Customs storage / bonded warehouse: 10,000m² Free port zone: 7,000m²

ŠABAC – INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC PORT

Port informationTotal area: 17,400 m² Length of quay: 130 m (total), 65 m (vertical) and 65 m (sloped)Number of berths: 2 Rail connection , length of rail siding: 2,000 m Rail tariff point | Shunting modes: external Road connection, distance to next highway: 1.00 km Number of parking places for trucks: 35

Handling facilities and devicesLuffing-slewing cranes: 2, Lifting capacity max: 2.00t Conveyor belt: 1Pneumatic equipment: 1

Storage facilities (for entire port)Covered storage: 7,435m² Open storage: 6,942m²Customs storage / bonded warehouse: 1,100m² Free port zone: 690m²Capacity of tanks: 250,000m³ (oil products)

SENTA

THE CORRIDOR X

The Corridor X

The corridor X through Serbia

Electrified (25 kV / 50 Hz) on all routes except relation Niš – Dimitrovgrad. Electrification of this section is planned.

Possible axle loads on Serbian rail network

national transport26%

export18%

import25%

transit31%

Freight transport on Serbian rail network

Domestic transport 2.667.572

Export 1.868.749

Import 2.611.761

Transit 3.260.637

International transport 7.741.147

Total transport 10.408.719

Import on Serbian Railways

  Country tons Type of goods

1 Hungary 490.583 fertilizer oil products and gasvarious industrial and manufactured

products

2 Croatia 343.396 oil products and gas containers oil seeds and fruit

3 BIH 299.785 coal and coke metallurgy products oore and iron concentrates

4 Bulgaria 226.277 coal and cokeores and concentrates of

nonferrous metalsoil products and gas

5 Slovakia 209.532 metallurgy products coal and coke oil products and gas

6 Romania 199.327 oil products and gas non-metallic minerals chemical substances

7 Austria 66.955various industrial and manufactured

productsNon-metal mineral products building materials

Export on Serbian Railways

  Country tons Type of goods

1 Montenegro 326.554 metallurgy products metal products Ore and iron concentrates

2 Macedonia 308.913 metallurgy products Ore and iron concentrates oil products and gas

3 Italia 110.067non-food products of plant and

animal originmetallurgy products Ore and iron concentrates

4 Croatia 95.217 metallurgy products cerealsnon-food products of plant and

animal origin

5 Albania 87.283 Ore and iron concentrates cerealsfood products, beverages and

tobacco

6 Bulgaria 85.382 non-metallic minerals Ore and iron concentrates metallurgy products

7 Romania 68.701 oil products and gasfood products, beverages and

tobaccometallurgy products

Transit on Serbian Railways

• The largest quantity of goods in transit is transported with trains from Hungary (27%) and Austria (10%)

• 25% of the total transit is realized with trains to Greece and 18% with trains to Turkey

• The largest transit flows are on the routes: Hungary - Greece, Hungary - Turkey, Turkey - Hungary, Greece - Hungary, Austria - Greece, Bulgaria - Macedonia and Poland - Romania

INTERMODAL TRANSPORT

1. Current flows in intermodal transport on Serbian Railways

Type of loading units 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Containers 911.006 1.341.906 1.626.025 1.375.262 1.133.058  

Swapbodies 0 2.953 12.908 4.580 10.887  

Other intermodal units 0 162 82 709 92  

∑ 911.006 1.345.021 1.639.015 1.380.551 1.144.037 1.463.139

Total volume of transport flows in intermodal transport on Serbian Railways

911.006

1.345.021

1.639.015

1.380.551

1.144.037

1.463.139

0

200.000

400.000

600.000

800.000

1.000.000

1.200.000

1.400.000

1.600.000

1.800.000

tons

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

years

11,62%

88,38%

Intermodal

Conventional

The share of intermodal transport in total transport volume on Serbian Railways is almost without changes in last few years.

The share of intermodal transport in total transport volume on Serbian Railways (year: 2010)

Transport volumes in national and international intermodal transport

533.235377.771

1.049.969

295.052

1.196.612

442.403

1.200.074

180.777

863.527

280.510

1.030.342

432.797

0

200.000

400.000

600.000

800.000

1.000.000

1.200.000

1.400.000

tons

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

years

International transportNational transport

National transport is almost exclusively related to transport in open-top containers for construction of roads.

Transport volumes in import, export and transit

0

200.000

400.000

600.000

800.000

1.000.000

1.200.000

tons

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

years

Import

Export

Transit

Type of transport

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Import 55.390 85.151 145.230 150.711 113.501 115.256

Export 12.964 19.370 27.256 28.246 19.104 17.958

Transit 464.881 945.448 1.024.126 1.021.117 730.922 897.128

∑ 533.235 1.049.969 1.196.612 1.200.074 863.527 1.032.352

2. The main relations of intermodal transport on Serbian

Railways

The main transport flows in intermodal transport on Serbian Railways

Inland transport (continental) – mostly in transit

Overseas transport – mostly in import and export

Intermodal transport in transit

Organization of transport: complete trains, shuttle trains

Type of loading units: containers, swapbodies, semitrailers

Main relations: Lambach – Sindos – Lambach Lambach – Halkali – Lambach Sopron – Thessaloniki – Shopron Sopron – Halkali – Sopron Ljubljana – Halkali – Ljubljana Piacenza – Berceni – Piacenza

Transport volume: more than 1200 trains in 2009 on the relation north-south and v.v. 85 trains in 2009 on the relation west-east and v.v.

only containers are transported

transport is realized in single wagons or group of wagons (that includes shunting process in shunting yards). There is no complete train.

very often there is no handling of containers in destination station (commodity is unloaded from container that remains on rail car)

Main rail linesContainer terminalDestination of containers

L E G E N D

Intermodal transport in import / export

3. Technical base for intermodal transport

Sgnss – wagons specialized for transport of containers and swapbodies (135 wagons in traffic on the day October 05, 2010.)Regs – four-axle flat wagons with sides and with built-in fittings for fastening of containers (309 wagons in traffic on the day October 05, 2010.)Rgs – four-axle flat wagons without sides and with built-in fittings for fastening of containers (4 wagons in traffic on the day October 05.2010.)Kgs – two-axle flat wagons with built-in fittings for fastening of containers (205 wagons in traffic on the day October 05, 2010.)

Kgs

Sgnss Regs

Wagons for intermodal transport

There is only one intermodal terminal in Serbia (ŽIT Beograd) There is possibillity for handling of 20ft, 40ft i 45 ft containers There is no possibillity for handling of containers with RID materials There is no possibility for entering of complete train to the terminal Terminal is located in the very city center

Intermodal terminals

4. Directions for future development

Directions for future development

Start of work of national intermodal operator “Srbijakombi”

Founding of Intermodal Development Center

Completion of railway sector restructuring in Serbia

Building of new terminal in Belgrade area

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !

email: kombi.roba@srbrail.rs