Ship to Train - Infos need!

[SONIC883_de]

Hello,

 

I am looking for some prototyp picures how containers come from a containership to train in japan.

 

I know that the ships will be cleared by Kalmar cranes, but than?

 

Someone knows a Google Map coordinate or so?

 

 

 

regards

Kai

[bikkuri bahn]

I'm not particularly knowledgeable about JR Freight's container operations, but I think little, if any, ship hauled container traffic ever reaches the rails.  It just does not make economic sense in a long, narrow country such as Japan, which has many ports handling container traffic up and down the archipelago. Ship haulage is much cheaper than land haulage.  A container ship will simply call at a port nearest to the consignee(s), and have a flatbed trailer truck deliver the container to its final destination.  If there is any movement ship to train, it will make it to the railhead by flatbed trailer.

[SONIC883_de]

Sure, but where comes the euro containers (like K-Line ones) on the rails. Are that only some?

[bikkuri bahn]

By K line I suppose you mean the Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha containers.  I would think they use the ship-truck-train flow I mentioned above.  Here is a diagram from the JR Freight website that describes the flow of containers from the port of Tokyo to a factory in Tochigi.

 

http://www.jrfreight.co.jp/transport/container/international/hitachi.html

 

Here is another diagram from the JR Freight West division website, container movement without break bulk is shown in example 2.  Note usage of trucks.

 

http://www.jrfkansai.com/htdocs/merit/kokusai/index.htm

 

Pictures of Sendai Port freight station, including facility layout and loading equipment:

 

http://www.jrkanto.com/station/sendai.htm

 

Here is a picture of Honmoku freight station in Yokohama:

 

source: wikipedia

 

Honmoku Futo, nearer the ships:

 

source: wikipedia

[bikkuri bahn]

Wikimapia view of Honmoku Frt. Station:

 

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=35.4233205&lon=139.6715069&z=17&l=7&m=b

 

Of Honmoku Futo (immediately above the freight station):

 

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=35.4323163&lon=139.6740443&z=18&l=7&m=b

[SONIC883_de]

*Umpf*

 

I know the photos and diagrams, but I cant read the diagrams.

So I was at good hope that at some ports containers go direct to train.

 

Thank you for your help