Company type | Public company |
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Industry | Logistics, Intermodal Transportation |
Founded | 2003 |
Headquarters | Leipzig, Germany |
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Website | https://www.cargobeamer.com/ |
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. [1] [2] A first testing terminal was opened in Leipzig in Germany; trial runs between Leipzig and Lithuania were planned in November 2010. [3] Since July 2021, the first full CargoBeamer terminal is available to the public transport market in Calais, France. [4]
The company advertises several routes: [5]
The first full CargoBeamer terminal was opened in Calais in July 2021 with a first connection to Perpignan in Southern France. [4] Later that year, a second lane to Domodossola in Italy was added. [6]
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. [7]
Competing systems [8] are offered by Modalohr [9] and Cargospeed. [10] [11]