Bremerhaven
EUROGATE Container Terminal
Bremerhaven, Germany / 02.2024 - 04.2025
A new rail transhipment facility comprising six tracks and four gantry cranes was constructed at the EUROGATE Container Terminal in Bremerhaven by 2025. The facility complements the existing infrastructure for combined transport on the terminal site. On behalf of EUROGATE KV-Anlage Bremerhaven GmbH, PORR transport route engineering, together with its team from Osnabrück, was responsible for constructing the areas to the right and left of the new track layout.
Facts & Figures
Company
PORR Verkehrswegebau GmbH
Type
Industrial construction, industrial area
Runtime
02.2024 - 04.2025
Expansion of the rail infrastructure at the container terminal
Dismantling and construction of new traffic surfaces
The works involved the dismantling of approximately 38,000 m² of asphalt surfaces, as well as the underlying base courses and drainage systems. In addition, new service pipes and slotted channels were installed over a length of approximately 780 m. This was followed by the laying of around 40,000 m² of road surface comprising asphalt and a gravel base course.
Low-temperature asphalt in use
Low-temperature asphalt was used to construct the asphalt surfaces. Viscosity-modified, polymer-modified bitumen was employed. Asphalt mixes with reduced laying temperatures were used.
The requirements for the road structure included, amongst other things, specifications regarding evenness, correct alignment to the profile and the properties of the construction materials. The PORR Central Laboratory in Münster oversaw the asphalt laying and supported the in-house monitoring of the earthworks as well as the crushed stone base course.
Construction site logistics on the terminal site
The construction site was located within a customs-free zone and was integrated into a large number of concurrent works. These included works relating to track construction, crane construction as well as other building projects on the terminal site.
The execution therefore required ongoing coordination of the various construction processes and interfaces. Where schedules overlapped, the works were coordinated between the teams involved.
Work in the vicinity of a new rail transhipment facility
With the completion of the construction project, the newly created areas are now available for the operation of the rail transhipment facility. The work took place in the vicinity of an operational port and logistics site and had to be co-ordinated with numerous other activities taking place simultaneously on the terminal site. The project thus combines traditional transport infrastructure construction with the specific requirements of port infrastructure for container handling.
