Four. At 6:05 p.m., the mini-excavators are loaded into the swap body. The distribution of the transport containers to the individual ramps is also precisely planned. Waldemar drives one of the four shunting trucks that are used to move the swap bodies to the proper ramps: reverse, lift, move over, set down. Waldemar used to be a bus driver, now the 59-year-old steers his “weasel” with breathtaking precision over the huge logistics area. He covers about 80 kilometers a day, he says. Waldemar receives the order from the dispatcher on the tablet PC attached to the armature. “Digital yard management” is another important advance. “When information was still transmitted by radio, there was a risk that the driver would misunderstand the number of a ramp”, says Vollmer. In Nuremberg, staff have been working with the system since 2019, and soon it will be used nationwide. The Right-of-way for white More than 300 swap bodies and 30 trailers are in use for DB Schenker Nuremberg. Nimble as a weasel 65 ground conveyance vehicles make sure that operations in the terminal run smoothly. 26 27 Nuremberg site is known for its innovative spirit. Autonomous driving with a “weasel” was tested here three years ago. In 2021, an airplane pilot steered a shunting truck by remote control, moving it from the office building all the way across the site. In addition, two zero-emission trucks have been in use for The size of 1.5 football fields The four interconnected transshipment halls at the Nuremberg hub location have a total area of more than 10,000 square meters and feature 139 ramps. 24 Cyrille Bonjean EVP, Head of Land Transport at DB Schenker in Europe “ We bring digital experts and industry experts together daily. 25 8 9
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