Verdi, ZDS reach agreement after five rounds of negotiations
NewsThe German union Verdi and ZDS reached a new labour agreement for 11,500 North Sea port workers, pending a member vote.
JadeWeserPort confident of a 2010 start
Lacking inland waterway possibilities, Wilhelmshaven’s rail connections will be vital for JadeWeser-Port (JWP) to penetrate its hinterland. Western Europe’s next deep water container terminal will commission 4.4 kms of new rail track to hook up with the main network. This stretch included, 23 of the total 50 kms up to the town of Oldenburg will be single-track. In Oldenburg, Germany’s main double-track grid is accessed.
“The initial 11 kms of rail from the terminal will get one bypass to overtake another train or to let one pass and there are some bypasses on the final 39-kms track to Oldenburg as well,” said Helmut Werner, director of JadeWeserPort Realisierungs Gesellschaft. “No planning permission is required for these track adjustments, as the line was double- tracked until 1945.
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