References



Logistics Facilities

Year Project Title / Cooperating Partner Client
2017 to 2023 Reactivation of the railway siding in the Horb am Neckar industrial area for the construction of an intermodal terminal Plathe Grundbesitz GmbH & Co. KG, Neubulach
 

Scope of services:

  • Coordination with DB Netz and the city administration regarding reactivation of the connecting railway
  • Development of the location concept
  • Preparation of the service and operator concept
  • Market analyses and profitability calculation
  • Preparation of the funding application in accordance with the federal CT funding guidelines
  • Coordination with the State Ministry of Transport and DB Netz regarding the financing of accompanying measures in control and safety technology
  • Coordination with specialist planners
  • Client representation and project coordination
  • Coordination with the city administration regarding the lease agreement and approval process (incl. public dialogue)
  • Support during commissioning

2018 to 2022 Bimodal Agroterminal Drentwede (Lower Saxony) HaBeMa Futtermittel GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg
 

Scope of services:

  • Client representation and project coordination
  • Coordination with DB Netz regarding reactivation and conversion of the railway siding
  • Preparation of the operating concept
  • Coordination of specialised planning (track construction, control and safety technology, drainage, etc.)
  • Preparation of the funding application in accordance with the railway siding funding guidelines and submission to the Federal Railway Authority
  • Coordination of the application for planning approval
  • Coordination with the state railway supervisory authority
  • Support during commissioning

2023 Expansion of a railway transhipment facility at the Leuna site with a grant from the state of Saxony-Anhalt Vantage Leuna GmbH
 

Scope of services:

  • Consultancy support for the realisation of the project
  • Preparation of a funding application for the construction of a railway transhipment facility at the Leuna site in accordance with the guidelines for the promotion of investments to strengthen regional rail freight transport in Saxony-Anhalt (EIRili)

 


2021 to 2023 Construction of an unloading facility for grain hopper wagons
Rothkötter MFW GmbH  & Co. KG
 

Scope of services:

  • Consultancy support in the realisation of the project, assistance with the approval process
  • Preparation of a funding application in accordance with the railway siding funding guidelines
  • Participation in the preparation of the proof of utilisation for the federal funding

2022 to 2023 Reactivation and expansion of a railway transhipment facility at the Siegen site EMW Stahl Service GmbH
 

Scope of services:

  • Consultancy support with the realisation of the project
  • Preparation of a funding application in accordance with the federal railway siding funding guidelines
  • Consultancy support for the procurement of a shunting vehicle
  • Consultancy support for the procurement of crane systems

2022 to 2023 New construction of a railway siding at the Altenau gravel works Berger Rohstoffe GmbH
 

Scope of services:

  • Consultancy support with the realisation of the project
  • Preparation of a funding application in accordance with federal railway siding funding guidelines
  • Consultancy support with the awarding of construction and delivery services

2023 Reactivation of the railway siding and construction of a rail loading facility at a plastic recycling plant
Vogt-Plastic GmbH, Rheinfelden
 

Scope of services:

  • Conceptual advice on reactivating the existing railway siding, taking into account the infrastructural conditions of the Premnitz industrial railway
  • Development of a reactivation concept incl. profitability calculation for coordination with the Federal Railway Authority
  • Preparation of a funding application in accordance with the federal railway siding funding guidelines
  • Consutancy support in the awarding of construction and delivery services in accordance with the federal railway siding funding guidelines
  • Consultancy support in the bundling and conversion of road transport to rail transport

2019 to 2020 European Freight Village Ranking 2020 Deutsche GVZ-Gesellschaft mbH
 

Scope of services:

 

Together with the freight villages in Berlin South and Nuremberg, the GVZ Bremen has been one of the top national and international GVZ locations in Europe for many years. At the same time, all GVZ locations are increasingly subject to the diverse effects of logistics trends, which currently include topics such as "digitalisation", "shortage of skilled workers" and "urban logistics". The aim was to generate new impetus from the performance comparison of the locations for the further development of freight village centres in Germany. To this end, performance and evaluation criteria (key performance indicators) were developed and empirically collected in a Europe-wide survey of over 100 freight villages.


2019 Feasibility study "Intermodal transhipment terminal for combined freight transport (CT) in the Schwarze Pumpe industrial park" Zweckverband Industriepark Schwarze Pumpe
 

Scope of services:

  • Analysis of the current situation, market and potential
  • Derivation of the quantity structure and operating programme for the intermodal terminal
  • Dimensioning and creation of a functional layout
  • Determination of investment and operating costs
  • Profitability analysis
  • Financing concept and operator model

2016 to 2020 Application for funding in accordance with the Combined Transport funding guideline "Construction of Kodersdorf CT terminal" LION Spezialtransport GmbH
 

Scope of services:

  • Development of the functional layout and the operational concept
  • Preparation of the documents for the funding application
  • Preparation of a market study for potential goods flows and the resulting quantity structure
  • Approximate cost estimate for construction costs and operating costs
  • Profitability analysis in accordance with the requirements of the approval authority
  • Consultancy for the approval procedure
  • Tender for the operational management of the CT terminal

2016 to 2020 Funding application in accordance with the railway siding funding guideline and expert support (project management, client representation) for the construction of a new railway siding with a wagon unloading station for animal feed ATR Futtermittel GmbH & Co. KG in Ratzeburg
 

Scope of services:

 

The subject of the contract was the application for funding for the construction of a new railway siding with a wagon unloading station. Since then, LUB Consulting GmbH has been supporting the construction project from a technical perspective (project management, client representation) and is responsible for providing evidence in the coming years.


2016 Concept planning Cai Mep Ha Logistics Park, Tan Thanh District, Vietnam Cambridge Systematics, Inc. Cambridge/USA
 

Scope of services:

 

Development of a concept plan for a multi-modal freight village with integrated seaport and barge container terminal in the Ho Chi Minh City region


2014 to 2015 EFRE – expansion stage of intermodal Terminal Glauchau: supplement of the intermodal terminal with a gantry crane and additional terminal infrastructure GVZ Entwicklungsgesellschaft Südwestsachsen mbH
 

Scope of services: 

 

The LUB Consulting GmbH took over the commercial project management for the supplement of the intermodal terminal with a gantry crane and additional infrastructure.


2012 to 2014 Grant application for private railway sidings and project management to reactivate the railway siding at the HaGe-location in Neubrandenburg Hauptgenossenschaft Nord AG
 

Scope of services: 

 

The object of the order was to apply for funding for reactivation and extension of the existing railway tracks. LUB Consulting GmbH supported the construction project from a technical perspective (project management, builder representation) and was responsible for the verification in the coming years.


2009 to 2014 Project management for the construction of a transfer point rail-road for grain and animal feed
HaBeMa Futtermittel GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg
 

Scope of services: 

  • Locational analysis / comparison of alternatives
  • Detailed land availability assessment of the location
  • Analysis of road and rail accessibility as well as development of media technology (Masterplan)
  • Coordination of the infrastructure connection agreement with DB Netz
  • Coordination of the plot purchase contracts
  • Coordination with licensing authorities etc.

Logistics Concepts

Year Project Titel / Cooperating Partner Client
2021 Study "Logistics in the innovation region - an analysis of needs and potential"
In collaboration with: LNC LogisticNetwork Consultants GmbH and to-be-now-logistics-research-gmbh

Metropolregion Mitteldeutschland/

Burgenlandkreis, Naumburg/Saale

 

Scope of services:

  • Updating the results of the study on the Saxony logistics market
  • Expansion of the geographical area of investigation to include the innovation region of Central Germany (Central German lignite mining area), 3 federal states
  • Consideration of the aspects of structural change

2021 VerMoL-PoSt - potential and location analysis
In collaboration with: KombiConsult GmbH
LISt Gesellschaft für Verkehrswesen und ingenieurtechnische Dienstleistungen mbH
 

Scope of services:

  • Based on the results of the "Rail Bridge Poland - Saxony" feasibility study (investigation into the feasibility of shifting transport from road to rail under current market and infrastructure conditions in freight transport between Poland and Saxony with the aim of short to medium-term implementation), an update was carried out in which the effects of long-term changes in the framework conditions as a result of structural change in the Saxon coal regions on the modal shift concepts were analysed.
  • Planned infrastructure projects in the Lusatian and Central German coalfields were included.
  • Scenarios were developed that depict a projection of future market conditions.
  • Value creation potential through the expansion of existing or establishment of additional transport mode interfaces with integrated logistics facilities (e.g. intermodal terminals, railports, freight villages) was identified and it was investigated whether there is a need to expand the Saxon terminal locations.

Link to the study "VerMoL-PoSt"


2019 to 2021 City logistics concept Dresden Municipality of Dresden
 

Scope of services:

  • Determination of parcel volumes in the entire city area
  • Focus study in the Striesen and Neustadt districts
  • Locations for loading zones
  • Locations for provider-neutral parcel stations
  • Concept for micro depots in combination with cargo bikes
  • Preparation of the funding application for the first micro depot in Dresden-Neustadt

2021 Central Europe project CORCAP: Feasibility studies for additional rail freight transport services on the routes Port of Rostock - Hungary and Scandinavia - Romania  via the Port of Rostock
In collaboration with: TX Logistik AG
ROSTOCK PORT GmbH
 

Scope of services:

  • Analysing the flow of goods
  • Company interviews
  • Operational concept and profitability assessment for new rail freight transport services
  • Implementation concept (roadmap)

2020 Central Europe project CORCAP: Feasibility study for additional rail freight transport services on the route Rostock port - Hungary
In collaboration with: EX ANTE Ltd, Budapest
ROSTOCK PORT GmbH
 

Scope of services:

  • Analysing the flow of goods
  • Company interviews
  • Operational concept and profitability assessment for new rail freight transport services
  • Implementation concept (roadmap)

 


2020 Concept study "Railway access for Schwedt harbour"
In collaboration with: IPROconsult GmbH, Dresden
City of Schwedt/Oder, Economic Development Department
 

Scope of services:

  • Evaluation of the economic viability of an alternative connection to the port of Schwedt and the paper mill as part of the construction measures for the DB expansion line Angermünde-Stettin
  • Determination of existing freight volumes and potential (data collection and evaluation)
  • Business and operator model, funding opportunities
  • Profitability analysis (cost/revenue calculation)
  • Development of an implementation concept (roadmap)

2019 to 2020 Feasibility study Rail Bridge Poland - Saxony
In collaboration with: KombiConsult GmbH, Frankfurt am Main
LISt Gesellschaft für Verkehrswesen und ingenieurtechnische Dienstleistungen mbH
 

Scope of services:

 

Investigation of the technical and economic feasibility of a new transport offer in combined transport (CT) rail - road, which aims to shift road freight transport between Poland and Saxony as well as other routes to rail.

Transhipment terminals located further west were also included (extended modal shift effect). The variants analysed accordingly were underpinned with specific technical and economic parameters, which were transferred into feasible operating concepts for the new transport route. In addition to ISO containers, swap bodies and cranable trailers, solutions for non-cranable trailers were also considered and solutions for accompanied CT (rolling motorway) were included.

 

Link to the feasibility study "Rail Bridge Polen - Sachsen"


2018 to 2019 Study "Logistics Industry in the Free State of Saxony - Analyses - Challenges - Potentials"
In collaboration with: LNC LogisticNetwork Consultants GmbH and to-be-now-logistics-research GmbH
Saxon State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport
 

Scope of services:

  • Comprehensive analysis of the current situation including company survey and stakeholder interviews
  • Identification of potential in the areas of internationalisation, investment, innovation, digitalisation and growth
  • Labour and skilled labour situation
  • Education, research and transfer
  • Saxony as a logistics location (infrastructure, space, accessibility, modal split)
  • Analysis of multimodal access points (public loading points)
  • Project management of the joint project

Link to the study


2018 to 2019 Double-track expansion and electrification of the Plauen-Bad Brambach-Cheb line and its connection to national and international long-distance routes
In collaboration with: Dornier Consulting GmbH
LISt Gesellschaft für Verkehrswesen und ingenieurtechnische Dienstleistungen mbH
 

Scope of services:

 

Economic feasibility study: Development of project preparation concepts, coordinated between the regions, as a basis for a qualified task as planning preparation

  • Technical preparation and implementation of consultations with the regions, DB Netz AG at regional level, as well as with the responsible bodies of Czech Railways;
  • Preparation of documents for the fastest possible inclusion of the project in federal funding by the technical levels;
  • Technical coordination with the committees of DB AG with the aim of creating the conditions for financing and realisation;
  • Securing project financing;
  • Investigation of various financing sources/options;
  • Safeguarding regional interests in the financing agreement between the federal government, the Free State of Saxony and the railway as part of the project financing;
  • Investigations into the inclusion of the project in the federal financing programme for diversion routes ("Electric freight railway" programme);
  • Preparation and drafting of a joint project application as an international project for co-financing by the EU;
  • Ensuring the earliest possible start of planning/completion date.

Expert Consultancy

Year Project Title / Cooperating Partner Client
Since 2023 Initial consultation on the funding programmes for rail freight transport Nahverkehrsgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg mbH (NVBW)
 

Scope of services:

 

In the field of rail freight transport, there is a diverse funding landscape at federal and state level. However, the transparency of funding opportunities is not immediately apparent to most freight transport stakeholders.

In order to make it easier for interested companies or local authorities to access funding in specific cases and thus make the realisation of projects possible in the first place, the NVBW would like to offer these companies initial advice from a qualified consultancy firm. LUB Consulting GmbH was selected through a tendering process to carry out these initial consultations.


2021 to 2022 Elaboration of the LEADER development concept of the LEADER region Vogtland for the funding period 2023-2027 Musicon Valley e. V.
 

Scope of services:

 

Creation of the LEADER development concept for the Vogtland LEADER region for the 2023-2027 funding period


2021 REIF - Regional Infrastructure for railway freight transport - revitalised: Development of a roadmap for the revitalisation of disused lines for rail freight transport using the example of the Ohratalbahn between Gotha and Gräfenroda
In collaboration with: ISUP Dresden GmbH
Thuringian Ministry for Infrastructure and Agriculture
 

Scope of services:

 

As part of the EU Interreg project "REIF", a feasibility study was carried out with an action and implementation concept for the reactivation of freight and passenger transport on the Ohratal railway, including a cost estimate. The aim was to support the upgrading of existing railway infrastructure, some of which is no longer in operation, in order to improve the development and connection of the European freight transport corridors.

The roadmap developed for the Ohratalbahn pilot project is intended to provide a basis for action, on the basis of which the feasibility of revitalising disused railway lines for freight transport can be examined in a practical manner and corresponding instructions for action can be drawn up.


2019 to 2022 Central Europe project CORCAP: Market analysis and implementation concept (roadmap) for a corridor train concept in the TEN-T core network corridor Orient/Eastern Mediterranean

New Railway Line Dresden - Prague EGTC

Sächsische Binnenhäfen Oberelbe GmbH

 

Scope of services:

  • Establishment of a working group consisting of logistics hubs (ports, freight villages, etc.) and rail operators
  • Preparing the content and organising the working group meetings
  • Carrying out analyses in the catchment area of the OEM corridor with a geographical focus on the Rostock - Saxony - Ústí district section
  • Derivation of an operational concept
  • Preparation of the implementation concept (roadmap)

2019 to 2022 Technical and organisational support for the INTERREG project "Capitalising TEN-T corridors for regional development and logistics" (CORCAP)

New Railway Line Dresden - Prague EGTC

Sächsische Binnenhäfen Oberelbe GmbH

 

Scope of services:

  • Evaluation of studies on the TEN-T core network corridor Orient/Eastern Mediterranean
  • Carrying out regional analyses and potential studies along the corridor
  • Feasibility studies for new transport services in combined and wagonload transport by rail
  • Consultancy support for the implementation of new transport services
  • Project administration

Since 2017 Consulting services for the technical and organisational support of the Free State of Saxony in the field of Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T) Saxon State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport
 

Scope of services:

 

LUB Consulting GmbH supports the Saxon State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport in dealing with issues relating to the Trans-European Transport Network, the Orient/EastMed core network corridor and the planned new Dresden-Prague railway line (including analyses, specialist concepts, recommendations for action).


2017 to 2020 Technical and organisational support for the Central Europe project TRANS-BORDERS Saxon State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport
 

Scope of services:

 

LUB Consulting GmbH supported the Saxon State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport in its role as lead partner in the project. The project was supported by the Central Europe Programme of the European Union. Nine partners from five countries were working on solutions to improve cross-border connections in passenger transport. The focus was on two border regions: One is the border triangle consisting of Saxony, Lower Silesia in Poland and the Liberec region in the Czech Republic. The second research region is located on the border between Carinthia and Slovenia.


2017 to 2019 Cross-border cooperation for the development of rail transport between Saxony and the Czech Republic
In collaboration with: ISUP GmbH, Dresden
Saxon State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport
 

Scope of services:

 

As part of the Free State of Saxony - Czech Republic 2014-2020 cooperation programme, the transport and socio-economic effects of the planned new Dresden - Prague rail line on the immediate Czech-Saxon border region were examined.


2016 Truck guidance concept for the Dresden region Municipality of Dresden, Transport Development Planning Department
 

Scope of services:

 

Updating of the data from the thematic city map "Commercial Transport" and extension to the Dresden region and the cities of Radebeul and Coswig


2014 to 2015 Preparation of the LEADER development concept for the Vogtland LEADER region for the 2014-2020 funding period VogtLandZukunft e. V.
 

Scope of services:

 

Creation of the LEADER development concept for the Vogtland LEADER region for the 2014-2015 funding period


2014 to 2015 Coordination tasks as part of the EU study "Planning services for the new Dresden - Prague high-speed railway line" Saxon State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport
 

Scope of services:

 

The coordination tasks were advice and support in planning and implementation issues relating to the preliminary planning services for the cross-border section between Heidenau (DE) and Ustí n.L. (CZ). This included reporting to the EU, attending project meetings and maintaining the project website.

 

Research and Development

Year Project Title / Cooperating Partner Client
2021 to 2024 Smart learning in logistics (SMALO) Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research within the framework of the
competition INVITE
 

Scope of services:

 

Under the project acronym SMALO, a digital further training portal is being created to meet the existing and future further training needs of employees in logistics. SMALO supports both employees and companies in their search for suitable training programmes. Suitable training programmes are compiled into individual and flexible learning paths using AI-supported processes.


2017 to 2021 Digital learning in the digital port and in logistics transport centres Deutsche GVZ-Gesellschaft mbH
 

Scope of services:

  • Sub-project of the joint project "Maritime Regional Network for Integrative Digital Working and Learning" (MARIDAL) of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
  • Implementation of scenario analyses
  • Survey of companies
  • Identification of changes in the work process
  • Identification of new task content and skills profiles

2017 to 2019 "Investment-preparatory simulation of the use of electric commercial vehicles in combined transport" (SEEN-KV) Funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
 

Scope of services:

 

LUB Consulting GmbH was the coordinator of the joint research project. Together with the Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau and the practice partners Emons-Rail-Cargo GmbH and Sächsische Binnenhäfen Oberelbe GmbH, the project analysed the operating conditions of electric vehicles on the last mile of the intermodal transport chain in Saxon intermodal terminals. The aim of the project was the development and practical transfer of a decision support tool for the procurement and economic operation of trucks with electric drives. Associated partners were GVZ-Entwicklungsgesellschaft Dresden mbH and Deutsche GVZ-Gesellschaft mbH.


2016 to 2019 Scientific support in the joint project "AutoTruck - Fully automated distribution truck for automation zones" Emons Spedition GmbH, Köln
 

Scope of services:

 

The aim of the "AutoTruck" research project was to demonstrate the flexible, driverless operation of a distribution lorry (15-18 t) in defined complex automation zones with an urban character.

Following the development of the mission planning, the vehicle was demonstrated on the premises of Emons Spedition and the GVZ Dresden. Among other things, LUB supported Emons Spedition in

  • the definition of test scenarios,
  • the realisation of fully automated missions,
  • evaluating the demonstration and
  • deriving suggestions for expanding the approach.

2012 to 2014

Freight Village climate protection benchmarking by the example of selected Freight Villages in Germany

In cooperation with: ISL Bremen

Funded by the Federal Ministry for Environment, Conservation and Reactor Safety
 

Scope of services:

 

Objective of the project was to identify measures that contribute to the energy efficiency in German Freight Villages and to transfer this knowledge to other Freight Villages. A survey was held with the operators of and the companies within the Freight Villages. Roadshows were organized to establish the best solutions in as many German Freight Villages as possible.


2010 to  2013

Process-oriented model to support coordination in the case of incidents for participatory decisions in dynamic networks - PreparedNET

In cooperation with ISL Bremen and Emons Spediton

Federal Ministry for Education and Research
 

Scope of services:

 

Research, configuration and exemplary implementation of an emergency concept to maintain the transport flows after terroristic attacks or other disasters, using the example of the Freight Village Bremen in cooperation with the Freight Village Dresden.


2010 to

2012

Effects of the Freight Villages in Germany

In cooperation with: ISL Bremen

Federal Ministry for Transport, Building, and Urban Development
 

Scope of services:

 

The subject of the report was the traffic-wise, economic, and environmental effect, which are connected to the implementation of Freight Villages. The report should contribute to the implementation of the 4D initiative "initiative for logistics in urban areas" of the action plan 'freight transport and logistics'. Among other things the effects from Freight Villages as logistic interface for supply transports in urban areas was examined.