Dear Customers,
After the weekend, we bring you news about the current situation in the northern part of the METRANS network.
Bremerhaven: dense snowfall occurred in this area over the weekend. Trains are presently not departing from the port. The safety systems installed at crossings between Bremen and Hamburg are not functioning due to frost and snow, and temporary traffic control is necessary.
Hamburg: HPA is inactive controlling entry. DB InfaGO is besides regulating export connections to the port. Currently, 19 trains have not arrived in Hamburg, both due to the above-mentioned weather and due to infrastructure restrictions. As a result, there is simply a crucial shortage of train sets for imports, any trains are being cancelled, and delays persist. For Hamburg in particular, the volume of import shipments importantly exceeds the capacity that we can presently dispatch.
Gdańsk: Despite the cancellation of weekend slots, BalticHub is not operating entirely according to plan and the handling of agreed trains is delayed. As we have already pointed out, the surplus of import shipments has increased and connections are full booked until 12 February 2026. We will request extra trains as shortly as possible.
Rotterdam / Duisburg: Services are moving without any major problems.
We hope that the forecasts of bad weather will not be fulfilled and the situation will let us to bring more affirmative information.
Please contact our client service with questions about your circumstantial shipments.
METRANS Team
