The port of Bodø KF and the major carriers like PostNord are prepared for Bodø to be a short-term hub of history as a hub of freight trains on Nordlandsbanen.
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"We are aware that CargoNet will make its decision in the first quarter of next year," said port manager Kjersti Stormo, about what they expect.
Merethe Nydal, Regional Director of PostNord, confirms that carriers are familiar with Bodø and can be completely isolated by CargoNet in the new year.
This means that the freight trains in the case are completely away from Bodø.
Merethe Nydal, Regional Director of PostNord,
Photo: Per Torbjørn Jystad
Has been warned several times
This morning, Nydal and the Bodø Port Authority met with KF, chaired by Finance Committee member Henrik Asheim (H), and Parliament Representative and Finance Committee member Åsunn Lyngdal (Ap).
By March already, Cargonet had assumed that they had been forced to cut up to 25% of their freight trains in Norway. In October, the message was also highlighted when Cargonet's CEO, Erik Røhne, went to Norway's biggest transport show.
"It was very clear and straightforward, but it was probably overshadowed in northern Norway, which reflects Stormo when asked what the consequences would be here.
Cargonet is the largest Norwegian freight transport operator by rail and the only one in the Nordlandsbanen.
Fauske or Bodø
There are three areas in Bodø, in expectation of changes.
"The Cargonet must choose between Bodø and Fauske, where the final action at Bodø can be completely interrupted and moved to Fauske, sketching Stormo as the most dramatic center for Bodø.
In addition, there is a capacity change that Cargonet will deliver on Nordlandsbanen, as well as price changes.
Three points that affect all goods on the right track.
All about a car
In PostNord, it has already been found that such a change would result in the transport by car of all goods already en route from Oslo / Trondheim to Fauske and Bodø. Calculations can not stop Fauske, as is the case today.
"If the price is too high, we will deliver the goods by semi-trailer with two drivers from Oslo to Bodø," she said.
Such transport by car can last 14 hours. Today, it is still nine hours faster than the train. In 2013, train driving time was reduced by 18.5 hours. Today, it is four hours faster.
Would like to use trains
The paradox according to Nydal is that they would like to transport more goods on the Nordlandsbanen, but today the capacity of freight trains is so limited that they have a hard time gaining space.
"Tomorrow, we send a trailer from Trondheim to Harstad, taking the example that the road takes more and more goods.
PostNord has Bodø as the focal point, but notes that the other two main Bring players are in Fauske and Schenker has his own train to Narvik.
As a result, Cargonet puts an end to the action in Bodø, which has a major impact on them.
NTP is important
Members of the Finance Committee, Asheim and Lyngdal, stress that they do not have direct influence in such a case, but that they both express their understanding of the situation and that they It is useful to raise this issue politically.
Head of the Finance Committee Henrik Asheim (H) and parliamentary representative and member of the Finance Committee Åsunn Lyngdal (Ap). Development and Communications Erlend Willumsen at Bodø Harbor KF and Port Manager Kjersti Stormo
Photo: Per Torbjørn Jystad
Asheim also made it clear that it was important to follow up on decisions, particularly in the National Transport Plan (NTP), so that the measures would be fully funded.
This morning's meeting also focused on the need to significantly improve the Nordlands Railway. In addition, incentives to strengthen the transport of environmentally friendly goods and services are the subject of constant discussion.
The boat is gone
In Bodø, the development of the handling of goods was demanding after Tollpost (now Post Nord) laid the container ship corresponding to Nordlandsbanen and three days a week Harstad and Tromsø supplied goods with goods.
The closure and problems of opening a new line in northern Norway were ongoing with politicians.
Asheim summarized that we are obviously faced with a very complex problem. Nordlandsbanen needs to be modernized, while the Cargonet has to renew its equipment and the boat route is profitable – but it has not been possible to relaunch it.
– What's wrong here?
"There is no new boat either, the train is taking longer because the boat is no longer there." What's wrong, Asheim thought there was a lot to take into account.
"After the disappearance of the boat, the priorities may be different," said Erlend Willumsen, Head of Development and Communications, about Bane North's response to why freight trainers are now spending four hours more than five years ago.
Willumsen says that Bodø Havn KF is currently conducting surveys that show that there are enough goods in the area to maintain the structure of the day on the railroad, as well as to organize a boat trip. But all attempts have so far been unsuccessful.
