Dietmar Lonke has taken over the management of the Baltic Rail Gate (BRG) intermodal terminal in Lübeck.
He succeeds Antje Falk, who has shaped the company since 2000 and is retiring in the summer.
Under her leadership, the company developed into a high-performance hub for combined transport and contributed to the successful connection of the region to the European rail network, according to a BRG press release. Falk most recently oversaw the expansion of the terminal to six tracks, each 740 m long. A third crane, which can be operated by remote control, will also go into operation in the fall.
Her successor, Lonke, has extensive experience in intermodal transport and the logistics sector. He has worked for Rhenus, Lehnkering and VTG Rail Logistics, among others, and spent several years in a managerial role at the Italian transport company Ambrogio. As sole Managing Director, he developed the German company strategically, for example by establishing a train connection from Neuss to Verona. During this time, he also influenced the intermodal company Trimodal Neuss as a shareholder representative. Most recently, he developed intermodal solutions at the Brake-based forwarding company L.I.T.
Lonke shares the management of Baltic Rail Gate, a subsidiary of LHG and Frankfurt-based Kombiverkehr KG (50% each), with Kristian Kölsche, who has been appointed Managing Director from Frankfurt and has been jointly responsible for the Lübeck terminal since 2009.
“Kombiverkehr and Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft would like to thank Antje Falk for her many years of commitment and the outstanding work she has done at Baltic Rail Gate,” says LHG Managing Director Sebastian Jürgens. “She has managed and successfully developed the company since it was founded. With Dietmar Lonke, we are gaining an accomplished logistics expert who will further advance Baltic Rail Gate with his experience and innovative strength.”
Every week, 55 direct trains run via the intermodal terminal at Lübeck’s Skandinavienkai to various destinations in Europe, transporting semi-trailers, containers and swap bodies. In 2024, Baltic Rail Gate handled around 124,000 units.
