CargoBeamer
{{Short description|Intermodal transport system}}
{{Infobox company
| name = CargoBeamer AG
| logo = Logo CargoBeamer.png
| type = Privately held company
| industry = Logistics, Intermodal Transportation
| hq_location = Leipzig, Germany
| key_people = * Nicolas Albrecht (Chairman of the Board of Management)
- Markus E. Fischer
- Hans-Jürgen Weidemann
- Boris Timm
| homepage = https://www.cargobeamer.com/
}}
File:CargoBeamer Zug Gotthard 2015.jpg, April 2015, pulled by BLS Cargo]]
Cargobeamer is an intermodal transport system. It involves specially designed pallets which can be carried on a road trailer; the pallets are fitted on top of flatcars but can slide sideways to allow trucks to drive on and off smoothly at intermodal terminals.{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,716654,00.html
|accessdate=2010-09-29
|title=Rail Freight Revolution: A Possible Solution to Europe's Clogged Roadways - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
|work=Der Spiegel
|date=6 September 2010
|last1=Wüst
|first1=Christian
|url=http://www.worldcargonews.com/htm/nf20041128.712922.htm
|accessdate=2010-09-29
|title=Can CargoBeamer open new horizons?
|date=2010-09-28
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913055838/http://www.worldcargonews.com/htm/nf20041128.712922.htm
|archive-date=2010-09-13
|url-status=dead
}} A first testing terminal was opened in Leipzig in Germany; trial runs between Leipzig and Lithuania were planned in November 2010.{{cite web
|url=http://www.x-rail.org/render.asp?o=7661#4
|accessdate=2011-07-06
|title=www.X-Rail.net
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322052110/http://www.x-rail.org/render.asp?o=7661
|archivedate=2012-03-22
}} Since July 2021, the first full CargoBeamer terminal is available to the public transport market in Calais, France.{{Cite web |last=Papatolios |first=Nikos |date=2021-07-23 |title=Official opening of Calais-Perpignan route by CargoBeamer |url=https://www.railfreight.com/intermodal/2021/07/23/official-opening-of-calais-perpignan-route-by-cargobeamer/ |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=Railfreight.com}}
CargoBeamer Routes
The company advertises several routes:{{cite web |title=Routes & Terminals - CargoBeamer® |url=https://www.cargobeamer.com/what-we-do/routes-terminals.html |website=www.cargobeamer.com |access-date=28 August 2021}}
- Kaldenkirchen – Domodossola ({{cvt|825|km|disp=sqbr}}, 17 hours)
- Calais – Perpignan ({{cvt|1100|km|disp=sqbr}}, 24 hours)
- Calais – Domodossola ({{cvt|950|km|disp=sqbr}}, 19 hours)
- Kaldenkirchen – Perpignan ({{cvt|1200|km|disp=sqbr}}, 30 hours)
CargoBeamer Terminals
= Calais (France) =
File:CargoBeamer Terminal Calais.jpg in operation. One can see the horizontal movement of the semi-trailers, which were loaded onto the special CargoBeamer pallets.]]
The first full CargoBeamer terminal was opened in Calais in July 2021 with a first connection to Perpignan in Southern France. Later that year, a second lane to Domodossola in Italy was added.{{Cite web |last=Papatolios |first=Nikos |date=2021-08-25 |title=Calais-Domodossola line becomes part of CargoBeamer's network |url=https://www.railfreight.com/intermodal/2021/08/25/calais-domodossola-line-becomes-part-of-cargobeamers-network/ |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=RailFreight.com}}
= Domodossola (Italy) =
In March 2021, CargoBeamer announced the purchase of a railyard in Domodossola, Italy. The site was chosen to serve as the second terminal location entirely equipped with the CargoBeamer handling technology.{{Cite web |last=Papatolios |first=Nikos |date=2021-03-30 |title=CargoBeamer enhances Italian presence with new terminal |url=https://www.railfreight.com/railfreight/2021/03/30/cargobeamer-enhances-italian-presence-with-new-terminal/ |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=RailFreight.com}}
Competing systems
Competing systems{{cite web|url=http://www.privatbahn-magazin.eu/index.php?cat=Magazine&page=Comparison
|title=System comparison: Concepts for combined cargo
|date=June 2011
}} are offered by Modalohr{{cite news|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/modalohr-piggyback-wagons-approved-for-channel-tunnel.html|accessdate=2011-11-23|title=Railway Gazette: Modalohr piggyback wagons approved for Channel Tunnel|date=2011-11-23|work=Railway Gazette International}} and Cargospeed.{{cite web
|url=http://ec.europa.eu/research/transport/news/article_10089_en.html
|accessdate=2011-07-06
|title=Weighing up the results of EU-funded rail research
|date=2011-04-20
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206010223/http://ec.europa.eu/research/transport/news/article_10089_en.html
|archivedate=2010-12-06
}}[http://www.cargospeed.ro/contact-en.php Cargospeed]
File:CargoBeamer Umschlag Waggonaufsätze Terminal Leipzig-Engelsdorf 2020.jpg, Germany]]
See also
- Loading gauge
- Rolling highway
- Sidelifter
- Swap body
- Tank chassisFile:Vollautomatisches Verladen eines LKW-Aufliegers im CargoBeamer Test-Terminal Leipzig-Engelsdorf.jpg, Germany]]File:Waggonaufsatz Ent- und Beladung mit Reach Stacker CargoBeamer.jpg onto a CargoBeamer rail wagon by reach stacker]]File:Zug CargoBeamer Litauen 2020.jpg and Germany, May 2020]]
References
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External links
- [http://www.cargobeamer.eu/ Website of CargoBeamer]