Leveraging the potential of rail and inland waterway

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1 2017 financial year: 9.1 million tonnes of goods moved by inland waterway and rail; investment of around 30 million initiated; container handling at stable level Leveraging the potential of rail and inland waterway Regensburg, 5 March 2018 In 2017, bayernhafen Gruppe continued to pursue its strategy of creating the best possible conditions for the transport of freight by inland waterway and rail at its corporate locations in Aschaffenburg, Bamberg, Nuremberg, Roth, Regensburg and Passau. In the past financial year, the corporate group initiated investments of approximately 30 million. A total of 9.1 million tonnes of freight were moved via the environmentally friendly transport modes of inland waterway and rail in 2017, up 0.7% on the previous year. In January, parts of southern Germany saw the coldest temperatures in over 30 years. The build-up of ice brought shipping on the Main-Danube canal and the Bavarian Danube to a standstill for three and a half weeks until the middle of February. As a result, the volume of goods transported by inland waterway in the first quarter of 2017 was down by around a third compared with the same period in However, this shortfall was more than compensated for over the course of 2017, with the volume of goods transported by inland waterway across the entire corporate group reaching million tonnes, up 5.9% on Key to this was the development at bayernhafen Regensburg, the largest port in Bavaria in terms of goods transported by inland waterway. The lion s share of the shipping tonnage was comprised of agricultural products along with human food and animal feed. Additionally, high-value heavy-lift goods, such as transformers or plant machinery manufactured in Bavaria, were also loaded onto barge, taking the pressure off the road networks. Rail freight handling fell 1.9% on the previous year to million tonnes. One of the reasons for this was the decision of the Italian state railway to suspend the Rolling Road (RoLa) between bayernhafen Regensburg and Trento from 30 June 2016 onwards. The Brenner route is currently the subject of intensive discussions, in particular in light of the severe traffic congestion affecting the motorways on the German side caused by the block clearance of heavy goods vehicles in Tyrol. At the international Brenner Summit in early February 2018, the representatives from the world of politics agreed to develop a set of proposals by May on how the Rolling Road over the Brenner can be utilised to shift more freight from road to rail. bayernhafen Gruppe will play an active role here. We welcome the subsidies proposed by the Minister of Transport, Christian Schmidt, at the Brenner Summit as an essential measure for making cross-border rolling roads attractive to the market again, says Joachim Zimmermann, Chief Executive Officer of bayernhafen Gruppe. We are ready to restart the Rolling Road. Container handling at the bayernhafen locations in Aschaffenburg, Bamberg, Nuremberg and Regensburg remained stable, with the 450,944 TEU achieved in the 2017 financial year almost matching the 459,794 TEU of the previous year.

2 Land recycling instead of land consumption At its six locations, bayernhafen Gruppe offers its customers temporary land ownership through leasehold and rental agreements. This ensures that land is used sustainably, reduces vacancy rates and enables a change in usage of one and the same site that is, site recycling instead of greenfield site construction. An example of this is a conversion project in bayernhafen Aschaffenburg: A factory that produces concrete rail-track sleepers is currently being built on the site of a former transformer substation, with the opening date scheduled for April The port is the ideal link between the three transport modes of rail, inland waterway and road. Maintaining and developing infrastructure is a never-ending task, says Joachim Zimmermann. Infrastructure is the backbone of our industry it must be continually kept up to date. In our capacity as owner-developers, we carry out this work ourselves. Improving the basis for transporting goods by inland waterway and rail requires persistence and perseverance. That s why we invest continually in rail and water infrastructure and in the services we deliver at our locations. For 2018, bayernhafen Gruppe is planning to invest around 32 million in all of its locations on top of the 30 million investment it instigated in This includes re-developing sites for commercial use and carrying out optimisation work lasting several years on the rail and inland waterway infrastructure. For example, in 2017, work began on converting a sloped bank into a vertical bank. This measure will optimise the loading and unloading of cargo from and to barge. The plans for 2018 also include modernisation of bayernhafen Gruppe s fleet of cranes. Joachim Zimmermann: The world of politics has the essential task of taking a holistic view of all modes of transport and strengthening multimodal infrastructure. The new federal government has the opportunity to add inland waterway transport to its rail freight master plan. We need an integrated concept that will boost Germany s position as a business location over the long term and that will enable us to leverage the potential offered by rail and inland waterway.

3 bayernhafen Gruppe in the 2017 financial year Key figures, data and facts at a glance Locations: Aschaffenburg, Bamberg, Nuremberg, Roth, Regensburg, Passau: six locations on the Rhein-Main-Danube axis connected to international rail and road networks Port facilities: Total port area: approximately 800 ha; of which approximately 560 ha commercial units Quayside facilities: approximately 20 km Rail facilities: rail track of approximately 120 km in length Handling facilities: crane equipment, CT terminals for various container types and unit loads, roll-on/roll-off loading facilities, rolling road (RoLa) terminal, heavy-lift transfer sites Cargo handling 2017 (% in comparison with 2016) million tonnes total (+3.2%); of which million tonnes by inland waterway (+5.9%), million tonnes by rail (-1.9%), million tonnes by road (+4.2%) Inland waterway cargo handling by freight class 2017: 447,849 t Agricultural and forestry products (freight class 0) (-12.2%) 459,956 t Other human food and animal feed (class 1) (-2.2%) 222,010 t Solid mineral fuels (class 2) (+88.6%) 243,793 t Petroleum, mineral oil products, gases (class 3) (+2.3%) 267,498 t Ores and scrap metal (class 4) (+28.9%) 352,012 t Iron, steel, non-ferrous metals (class 5) (+33.4%) 697,103 t Quarry and mining products (class 6) (+9.36%) 311,407 t Fertilisers (class 7) (-14.5%) 107,231 t Chemical products (class 8) (-6.4%) 85,990 t Vehicles, intermediate and final goods (class 9) (-7.6%) Transport performance of inland shipping 2017: 2.17 billion tkm For freight transport, the transport performance of a transport mode is calculated in tonne kilometres (tkm), where the load transported (t) is multiplied by the distance travelled (km). Transport distance inland waterway 2017: Average transport distance by inland waterway at the bayernhafen locations: 694 km. Data provided by the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) showed that, in 2015, freight was transported in Germany an average of 250 kilometres by barge and 318 kilometres by rail. Road transport, which in particular handles the first and last mile legs, only transported freight an average of 96 kilometres. Intermodal transport 2017 Unaccompanied combined transport (containers, semi-trailers and swap bodies): 450,944 TEU (-1.92%), thereof 442,757 TEU by rail and 8,187 TEU by inland waterway (TEU = twenty-foot equivalent unit) River cruise sector 2017: 2,176 cruise ships bayernhafen locations Bamberg, Roth, Passau, Regensburg*, not including docking at the municipal piers in Roth and Passau. (* in cooperation with the city)

4 Economic strength: More than 400 companies based at the port sites delivering over 13,000 jobs. Employees: 210 Revenue 2017: Approx. 44 million (forecast) Total assets 2017: Around 198 million (forecast) Chief Executive Officer: Joachim Zimmermann The corporate structure of bayernhafen Gruppe bayernhafen Gruppe comprises six locations: Aschaffenburg, Bamberg, Nuremberg, Roth, Regensburg and Passau. The operator of the locations is Bayernhafen GmbH & Co. KG The locations of Nuremberg and Roth are operated by Hafen Nürnberg-Roth GmbH, with an 80% share held by Bayernhafen GmbH & Co. KG, a 19% stake held by the City of Nuremberg and a 1% stake held by the City of Roth. The Free State of Bavaria is the sole shareholder of Bayernhafen GmbH & Co. KG. Bayernhafen GmbH & Co. KG holds participating interests in the operating companies of the intermodal transport terminals, with a 74.9% stake in baymodal Bamberg GmbH in Bamberg and a 49% stake in TCA Trimodales Containerterminal Aschaffenburg GmbH in Aschaffenburg. Additionally, bayernhafen Gruppe holds a 50% stake in KT-Infrastrukturgesellschaft GmbH & Co. KG, which is implementing the development of the CT terminal in bayernhafen Regensburg. Through Hafen Nürnberg-Roth GmbH, the corporate group also holds a 25% stake in the company operating the combined transport (CT) terminal in Nuremberg, TriCon Container-Terminal Nürnberg GmbH. Site architect bayernhafen An architect plans buildings, bayernhafen Gruppe plans commercial sites with everything that this involves: land, planning permission, users and synergy between the users. bayernhafen sees its role as a site architect, as an active facilitator in the development of logistics solutions and networks across companies and locations. bayernhafen invests in high-performance infrastructure such as quayside facilities and railway networks, cranes, CT terminals and roll-on/roll-off facilities. And it cooperates closely with the companies settled in the ports to tap new potential for value creation. In this way, bayernhafen strengthens the position of the ports as logistics hubs and as major platforms for the global exchange of goods. Strategic land management ensures a mix of industries from the transport, warehousing, logistics, service provision and production sectors. The bayernhafen Gruppe locations rank among the major drivers of the Bavarian economy. Press contacts: Karin Moro Andreas J. Schneider Corporate Communications Corporate Communications & PR bayernhafen Gruppe Preßburger Straße 85 Linzer Straße Munich Regensburg Tel.: +49 (0) Tel.: +49 (0) Mob.: +49 (0) Mob.: +49 (0) Fax: +49 (0) Fax: +49 (0) k.moro@bayernhafen.de andreasj.schneider@wordinx.de

5 Images: We would be more than happy to provide you with the following photos as JPG files. When using the images, please ensure that the sources are attributed correctly. Fig. 1 In 2017, the cumulative freight transferred by rail and inland waterway of bayernhafen Gruppe was 9.1 million tonnes (pictured: bayernhafen Regensburg). Image source: bayernhafen Gruppe Fig. 2 Container handling at the bayernhafen locations in Aschaffenburg, Bamberg, Nuremberg and Regensburg reached 450,944 TEU in the 2017 financial year (pictured: bayernhafen Nürnberg). Image source: bayernhafen Gruppe David Ebener

6 Fig. 3 Transporting heavy-lift goods by inland waterway takes pressure off the road network. For example, at the start of 2018, two heat exchangers manufactured by Linde Engineering for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant were loaded onto a barge in bayernhafen Passau. Image source: bayernhafen Gruppe Fig. 4 Joachim Zimmermann, Chief Executive Officer of Bayernhafen GmbH & Co. KG Image source: bayernhafen Gruppe / Patrick Reinig Photography