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{{short description|German railway and canal port operating company}}
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| name             = Wanne-Herner Eisenbahn und Hafen GmbH
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| type             = Port and railway operator
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| foundation       = 1913<ref>[http://www.scm-capital.com/dokumente/Paribus%20Rail%20Report_0109_RZs.pdf PARIBUS Rail report January 2009] ''scm-capital.com''</ref>
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| location_city    = [[Herne, Germany|Herne]]
| location_country = [[Germany]]
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| key_people       = Managing director:Dipl.–Volkswirt Karl–Heinz Adams <br>Chairman of the supervisory board: Oberbürgermeister Horst Schiereck
| industry         = Logistics (container and bulk products), railways
| products         = Transportation, coal handling, storage
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| num_employees    = <!--116 (2004)<ref name="s20045">{{cite web |url= http://www.log-it-club.de/fileadmin/upload/Kompetenzatlas_Logistik_August_2005.pdf |title= ''Kompetenzatlas Logistik : Logistik im Ruhrgebiet – Struktur und Entwicklungsperspektiven''|pages= page 16|language=German |quote= Logistics overview of the Ruhr area|accessdate=2009-03-02|publisher=log-it-club.de|date= }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>  DEAD LINK - ADDED REPLACEMENT - ODDLY FIGURE IS DIFFERENT ?-->187 (~2004)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.logit-club.de/fileadmin/upload/Kompetenzatlas_9_9.pdf|title=Kompetenzatlas Logistik|publisher=LogNet Ruhr|work=www.logit-club.de|language=German|trans-title=Logistics companies - guide|page=15}}</ref><!-- FIGURE IS PROBABLY 2004 , OR A YEAR EITHER WAY -->
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| subsid           = BAV Aufbereitung Herne GmbH<br>CTH Container Terminal Herne GmbH
| homepage         = http://www.whe.de/
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The '''Wanne-Herner Eisenbahn und Hafen GmbH''' (''literal:'' "Wanne and Herne railway and port company Ltd."<ref>The city of [[Herne, Germany|Herne]] and the [[Wanne (Ruhr)|Wanne]] a tributary of the Ruhr</ref>) (abbr. '''WHE''') is a railway and canal port operating company based around the [[Rhine-Herne Canal]] in the [[Ruhr]] area of [[Germany]]
==History and background==
The port's history begins in the first decade of the 20th century with the building of the [[Rhine-Herne Canal]]. On 14 July 1905 the company ''Kanalhafen Wanne-Gelsenkirchen-Land'' is born, with the aim of making a coal port for the surrounding mines on the canal. In 1913 the nearby town of [[Herne, Germany|Herne]] also participates in the project and the companies name is changed to ''Hafenbetriebsgesellschaft Herne-Wanne mbH''<ref name="hist">[http://www.route-industriekultur.de/themenrouten/tr14/hafen-wanne-west.html Hafen Wanne-West] Wanne west harbour ''route-industrielkultur.de''</ref>
The west harbour opened in 1914 and, a year later a narrow gauge railway ''Wanne-Gelsenkirchen-Land'' connected it to the mine Shamrock 3/4 nearby. Not long after other rail connections were made to the mines ''Carolinenglück'' in [[Bochum]] und ''Teutoburgia'' in [[Herne, Germany|Herne]]. Rapid growth of freight transport ensued with the million ton mark reached in 1916. The ''Bochumer Krupp-Zechen'' and ''Hibernia AG'' mines were connected by the port railway in the 1920s.<ref name="hist"/>
Originally there was a basin on the western side as part of the port, for boat manoeuvering, but this was filled in around the 1990s and now is the site of a logistics centre.
==Operations==
[[File:RHK Wanne Westhafen.jpg|thumb|Wanne westhafen port.<br>The Blue anchor logo on the yellow silos are the company logo (and colours) of the '''WHE''']]
In the 2000s the companies primary business is still the transportation and handling of coal, along with [[ISO container]]s and other bulk products.
===Ports===
Both ports have rail links as well as the equipment associated with bulk cargo handling.
*'''''Westhafen Wanne''''' (''literal'': "Wanner west port"<ref name="wan">''Westhafen Wanne'' is more clearly on the north bank of the canal, with ''Osthafen Wanne'' almost directly opposite on the south bank. Both are just east of the ''Schleuse Wanne-Eickel'' (Wanne-Eickel lock)</ref>): This area is now home to a logistics centre constructed in the 1990s known as the ''Güterverkehrszentrum Emscher''<ref>''Güterverkehrszentrum Emscher'' :(English) "Emscher Goods traffic centre" ([[Emscher]] is the name of a tributary of the Rhine)</ref> (or GVZ Emscher) with rail and road links as well as canal access, the '''WHE''' operates the rail links.<ref>[http://www.gvzemscher.de/ GVZ Emscher] ''gvzemscher.de''</ref> This port handles coal, and intermodal traffic.
*'''''Osthafen Wanne''''' (''literal'': "Wanner port east"): Here the main cargo is scrap metal.
===Railway===
[[File:RHK Wanne Osthafen.jpg|thumb|left|Scrap metal wagons at Wanne osthafen port]]
The railway has a few tens of kilometers of track, and connects to the companies own ports as well as the [[RAG Aktiengesellschaft|RAG]] and [[Deutsche Bahn AG|Deutsche Bahn]] rail networks. As of 2005 approximately ten locomotives are operated of the heavy shunter / freight type, with over 100 wagons, the companies workshops are located at ''Westhafen Wanne'', and perform maintenance and repairs. In 2005 locomotives were then of MaK 1200 series type<ref>The company has also operated [[MaK]] [[MaK G 1000 BB|G 1000 BB]], [[MaK G 1203 BB|G 1203 BB]] and older [[MaK G 1600 D|1600 D]] locomotives.</ref>(1 [[MaK G 1202 BB]], 2 [[MaK G 1204 BB]]), and three of the similarly specified [[MaK G 1600 BB]] (a variant of the [[DB Class V 90|DB V 90]] series), all of around 1000&nbsp;kW power, as well as some much less powerful specialised equipment (rail mobile light crane etc.)<ref>[http://www.privat-bahn.de/WHE.html Wanne-Herner Eisenbahn und Hafen GmbH (WHE)] Rolling stock list ''privat-bahn.de''</ref>
Much of the companies rolling stock carries an orange livery with blue horizontal stripe, coal wagons carry just the letters WHE.
===Subsidiaries===
*'''''BAV Aufbereitung Herne GmbH''''': Storage, transportation and mixing of coal blends.<ref>[http://www.whe.de/html/scripts/mischanlagen.html Mischanlagen] Mixing plant ''whe.de''</ref>
*'''''CTH Container Terminal Herne GmbH''''': Operates the '''WHE''''s own container terminal.<ref>[http://www.whe.de/html/scripts/terminal.html KV - Terminal] ''whe.de''</ref>
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==See also==
* [[List of German railway companies]]
==References and notes==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Wanne-Herner Eisenbahn und Hafen}}
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===Maps===
*[http://www.whe.de/cms_de/images/stories/lbww.pdf <!--http://www.whe.de/pdf/lbww.pdf--DEAD LINK--> map-plan of Westhafen port] ''whe.de''
===Images===
*[http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/de/private/freight/WHE/pix.html Photographs of the WHE] ''railfaneurope.net''
*[http://www.bahnbilder.de/name/galerie/kategorie/Deutschland~Unternehmen~WHE+Wanne-Herner+Eisenbahn.html WHE Wanne-Herner Eisenbahn Fotos] Photographs of WHE locomotives, rolling stock and infrastructure
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[[Category:Coal terminals]]
[[Category:Rail freight transport in Germany]]
[[Category:Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia]]
[[Category:Railway companies established in 1913]]
[[Category:Railway companies of Germany]]
[[Category:River ports of Germany]]
[[Category:1913 establishments in Germany]]