Snow and ice – gritting salt

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BY Tatjana Sickl.

communicator,

ÖBB Rail Cargo

Rail Cargo Group (RCG) uses innovative MOBILER logistics to transport AG to the Port of Vienna.

A HUGE amount of salt is needed in winter to keep Vienna’s roads and pavements ice-free all the time, including in snowstorms and sub-zero temperatures. But where does it come from and how does it get to the big cities? The short answer: on our MOBILER containers. The salt starts its journey in Austria’s Salzkammergut, 255 kilometres away. Here, the salt is extracted and processed by Salinen Austria AG at its Altaussee, Hallstatt and Bad Ischl sites. Every year, four million cubic metres of brine are used to produce 1.2 million tonnes of salt.

Safe and speedy

Once the salt has been processed, it is time for RCG to take over. That’s because it’s up to us to transport the salt from Ebensee in Upper Austria to Freudenau, part of the Port of