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Quo Vadis, Intermodal Semi-Trailer Transportation?

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Semi-trailers stand out as the predominant loading unit in the European continental transportation segment. In Germany, for instance, 72% of road transport activity in 2022 was conducted by semitrailers. Approximately 95% of all semi-trailers are non-craneable, meaning they cannot be vertically shifted to rail without special equipment (e.g., NiKRASA, r2L). There are a number of technology providers in the market that facilitate access for non-craneable semi-trailers to intermodal transport through horizontal transhipment technologies. This paper aims to outline current developments and discuss possible future scenarios in intermodal semi-trailer transportation across Western European countries (Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Poland and the Netherlands), while considering both vertical and horizontal transhipment technologies.

Narr Francke Attempto Verlag GmbH + Co. KG

Eugene Truschkin Emin Huseynov Remmon Sarka

Internationales Verkehrswesen

Title: Quo Vadis, Intermodal Semi-Trailer Transportation?

Description:

Semi-trailers stand out as the predominant loading unit in the European continental transportation segment.

In Germany, for instance, 72% of road transport activity in 2022 was conducted by semitrailers.

Approximately 95% of all semi-trailers are non-craneable, meaning they cannot be vertically shifted to rail without special equipment (e.

g.

, NiKRASA, r2L).

There are a number of technology providers in the market that facilitate access for non-craneable semi-trailers to intermodal transport through horizontal transhipment technologies.

This paper aims to outline current developments and discuss possible future scenarios in intermodal semi-trailer transportation across Western European countries (Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Poland and the Netherlands), while considering both vertical and horizontal transhipment technologies.

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