SCI Verkehr is a medium-sized, sustainability-oriented consultancy focussing on strategic issues in the international rail and logistics business. We support our business partners in optimising their processes and evaluating their assets. We help to analyse markets and develop sustainable and tailor-made strategies for the future. This includes, among other things: Accompanying M&A activities, realising climate targets, optimising the portfolio or existing processes, and opening up new markets and business areas.
Customer: Russian railway industry group
SCI Verkehr analysed the worldwide markets for wheelsets including in-depth information on selected countries. SCI Verkehr developed a forecast in the OEM and AS segments. The main focus of the survey was on wheelset production and maintenance technology.
Customer: German brewery group
A leading company in the beverage industry planned to shut down a filling plant in Germany. SCI Verkehr analysed the effects on the group’s logistics structure and accompanied negotiations regarding reconciliation of interests with the local works council.
Customer: Rail freight operator
On behalf of a new rail freight operator, SCI Verkehr analyses regional potentials in Eastern Germany. For this purpose, focus is especially put on analysing further transfer potentials from road to rail and identifying potential customers. Furthermore, SCI Verkehr evaluates the operator´s marketability in comparison to established companies.
Customer: Private sector
Analysis of the market for track construction in Scandinavia and Finland with an identification of the track construction companies active in this region. Presentation of the major infrastructure projects which appear suitable for the long-term use of hired diggers in the region.
Customer: European rolling stock manufacturer
On behalf of a rolling stock manufacturer, SCI Verkehr created country profiles regarding demand for locomotives. Technical details such as power system, number of axles, loading gauge, and country packages of locomotive types in current and future demand, are compiled in particular.
Customer: Global player in the logistics industry
On behalf of a global player of the logistics industry, SCI Verkehr evaluated the SCI/Logistikbarometer specifically with regard to the current transport market. The results were presented at two client-internal conferences with the aim to familiarize the participants with the mechanisms and the current situation of the German transport market.
Customer: Locomotive owner
In the context of a sale-and-lease-back-transaction, SCI Verkehr supports a locomotive owner in determining the current market value of a portfolio and talks with possible investors.
Customer: International banking institute
For an international banking institute, SCI Verkehr analysed the development of new prices and the leasing and rental rates for locomotives and multiple units over a period of ten years. The information was required within the scope of an internal rating tool. For the analysis, SCI Verkehr uses the SCI railway technology database with more than 20,000 rolling stock datasets. As the market for rolling stock leasing is only in the early stages and data is not always available, SCI Verkehr supplemented the figures with qualitative estimates.
Customer: German Federal Ministry
Together with two partners, SCI evaluated the funding guidelines of a German federal ministry. The impact of the funding was assessed using statistical and qualitative evaluation criteria, and examples of adjustments for the future were developed.
Customer: European Commission - Transport and Energy (DG TREN)
Based on the theoretical concept of the OSIRIS Project a couple of vital players have agreed to perform the follow up Project IRIS. IRIS composes of three demonstration Projects and an overall co-ordination. SCI Verkehr is Test Site Leader of the BeDeNl-Demonstration part and has taken over overall supervision role on the technical achievements of the two other demonstrators as well. The idea of the Demonstrators and in particular the BeDeNl demonstrator is to show the impact and potential of intermodal rail services on short and medium distances in the hinterland of the Port of Zeebrugge in relation to regions Aachen-Düren and Düsseldorf. For that reason a demonstration train has been operated exploiting the potential of regional railways
Customer: Congress Society
Acquisition and support of exhibitors during a congress in Spain. SCI Verkehr will gather current background information on the Spanish rail transport market and prepare an up-to-date, exclusive information file for participating companies.
Customer: Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport
In the Z-SGV project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Transport, WILSON LEARN, a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"machine learning\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" algorithm is to be optimised and tested that generates valid real-time proposals for efficient, operational staff scheduling in rail freight transport. SCI Verkehr is responsible for evaluating the cost-effectiveness and usability of the solution for rail freight transport in the project. Other project partners are Menlo79 GmbH, Havelländische Eisenbahn AG and Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin.
Customer: Transport authority
SCI Verkehr evaluated the economic feasibility of the selected bids for a transport authority in the context of a procurement of new light rail vehicles (LRV). To this end, SCI Verkehr evaluated the tender documents and carried out a price benchmark to determine market prices for LRV.
Customer: Railway undertaking
On behalf of a railway undertaking, SCI Verkehr is analysing the effects of the introduction of Digital Automatic Coupling (DAK) on the performance of rail freight transport. As part of a meta-study, SCI Verkehr summarises the results of various studies on the DAK and its effects in line and shunting operations and evaluates them with regard to an increase in capacity after the successful migration of the DAK after 2030.
Customer: Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr AöR (Transportation authority)
"Circle Line" is the first rail transport project in Germany to be realised primarily as a Public-Private Partnership (PPP). In a consortium comprising DEPFA BANK, the law firm Kapellmann und Partner and the engineering office Vössing GmbH, SCI Verkehr is subjecting the plans to a "PPP suitability test" and preparing the realisation of the first construction phase up to the tendering procedure. SCI Verkehr is carrying out the project management and market research as well as addressing potential interested parties.