Duisburg · logport I (Rheinhausen)

A ship in port (riding along, key F)

1. 01

   waiting at anchor

2. 02

   coming in

3. 03

   at the quay: being unloaded and loaded

4. 04

   leaving

What is shown – why – for whom

Facilities and areas in the model

• Gantries at the harbour basin

  Rhine barges (large motor cargo vessel, 110 m, about 200 TEU) are unloaded and loaded. logport I: two container terminals, trimodal ship, rail, truck.

• Container yard

  Fill level = stock of the Duisburg hub in the model (same figure as on the map).

• Train tracks

  Container trains towards the south (Rhine-Alpine corridor), Eastern Europe and Asia.

• Truck gate

  Trucks collect containers for the region; when it gets busy they queue at the gate.

Processes in the model

How an inland port can use the model

• Operations and planning

  What happens when the Rhine falls? In low water, ships sail half loaded, more trips are needed and freight moves to rail. The model shows how yard, tracks and gate fill up as it happens.

  For whomPort and terminal operations, planning

• Onboarding and training

  Ride along with key F: a Rhine barge from waiting to the quay, a container train being loaded, a truck from the gate to the loading point. One line says what is happening.

  For whomNew staff, port and logistics trainees

• Local authorities and economic development

  The supply chain ‘Containers Rotterdam → Dortmund’ runs about 200 km up the Rhine to Duisburg and on via the canals. It shows how the Ruhr depends on the seaport.

  For whomLocal authorities, economic development, chambers

• Schools, universities, museums

  What does trimodal mean? Ship, rail and truck meet at the same basin, and a container changes mode in plain view – also in the demo without anyone at the controls.

  For whomSchools, universities, museums and exhibitions

• Public communication

  The ‘Dry summer’ scenario brings low water on the Rhine: ships sail half loaded and freight moves to rail. Four times the speed shows how it develops, and one tap brings back today.

  For whomPublic relations, associations, inland shipping

What you can change

What the model gives an inland port

• 01

  Three modes at one basin

  Ship, rail and truck run at the same time. You see how a sea container from Rotterdam finds its way into the hinterland.

• 02

  The water level as a lever

  Trigger flood, low water or a Rhine closure. Rail and trucks take over what they can, and the model shows where that ends.

• 03

  Site and map in one model

  The yard’s fill level is the Duisburg node’s figure on the Germany map, shown with live values in the site profile.

• 04

  Connected to the Ruhr

  The supply chain to Dortmund shows the transfer from Rhine barge to canal barge, rail and truck.

• 05

  For visits and big screens

  Runs in the browser and on large projections, with a demo that starts without anyone at the controls.

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  Dortmund · canal port and Westfalenhütte

  The canal port at the end of the Dortmund-Ems Canal as a walkable model: canal barges with two tiers of containers, three container gantries, four tracks and the route to the Westfalenhütte plant.

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  Duisburg-Schwelgern · works harbour and blast furnaces

  A raw-material chain as a walkable model: push convoys with ore and coal from Rotterdam, grab unloaders, ore and coal stockyards, conveyor belts and the Schwelgern 1 and 2 blast furnaces.

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  Ludwigshafen · chemicals on the Rhine

  A large chemical site on the Upper Rhine as a walkable model: tankers at loading arms, tank wagons on the works railway, pipe bridges, the Friesenheimer Insel tank farm and the container quay.

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  Germany · freight flows and nodes

  All of Germany as a map of blocks: 27 nodes, 55 freight flows as bands of light, eleven bottlenecks with traffic lights. Controls, seasons, disruptions and ten scenarios change every flow at once, compared with today.

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  Hamburg · Container Terminal Altenwerder

  An automated container terminal as a walkable model: up to 14 container gantries, driverless transport vehicles, the block yard, a rail station for trains up to 740 m and the truck gate.

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  Bremerhaven · car terminal and river quay

  Bremerhaven as a walkable model: almost five kilometres of river quay for the largest container ships, straddle carriers, car trains and parking for about 95,000 vehicles at the mouth of the Weser.

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  Wilhelmshaven · JadeWeserPort and LNG terminal

  Germany’s only deep-water port as a walkable model: the container quay on the Jade with straddle carriers and rail, plus the floating LNG terminal, a tank farm and the crude-oil pipeline to the refineries.

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  Frankfurt interchange (A3/A5)

  One of Europe’s busiest motorway interchanges as a walkable model: the A3 and A5 cross, the weaving section becomes the bottleneck, and the tailback grows with freight, holidays or snow.