The Baltic Rail Gate intermodal terminal at the Skandinavienkai in Lübeck-Travemünde celebrated several milestones on October 29, 2025. The event marked the terminal's 25th anniversary, the official commissioning of a new portal crane, the extension of the track facilities to 740 meters, and a change in management. According to the company, the long-serving managing director Antje Falk retired, and her successor Dietmar Lonke took over the terminal's management.
Representatives from business and politics were in attendance
Around 100 guests attended the celebration
on the transshipment area, including representatives from business, politics and port logistics. Speakers included Susanne Henckel, State Secretary in the Ministry of Economy, Transport, Labor, Technology and Tourism of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck's Mayor Jan Lindenau, Prof. Dr. Sebastian Jürgens, Managing Director of the Lübeck Port Company, as well as Armin Riedl, Managing Director of Kombiverkehr KG.
Technical modernization for longer trains
With the extension of the tracks to 740 meters and the inauguration of the new portal crane, the terminal
has been technically modernized. According to the operator, the measure creates the prerequisites for handling longer and more efficient freight trains. Baltic Rail Gate is thus, according to its own statements, prepared for the increasing demands of rail freight traffic.
Significance for intermodal transport
Baltic Rail Gate has been regarded since its founding 25 years ago as a central hub of intermodal transport between Germany and the Baltic Sea coastal states. The investments are intended to strengthen the competitiveness of the Lübeck
site and to promote the shift of transports to rail.
Total investment of 18 million euros
The total investment of around 18 million euros is seen by the two shareholders, Lübeck Port Company and Kombiverkehr KG, as an important contribution to further shifting transports to the rail and as a commitment to the Lübeck logistics location. According to the company, the measure helps to increase efficiency in intermodal rail freight transport and to secure the logistical infrastructure at Skandinavienkai in the long
