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A HEAVY JOB:
Intermodal shifts
substantial loads in
combined transport
– not least via the
Cologne Eifeltor
transhipment station
(left).
30
countries in
44.000.000
transport network
2.800.000
kilometres per year
The future belongs to intermodal transport. Multimodal
transport chains form the basis for
ensuring that ever more complex goods flows
keep moving reliably, quickly and in an eco-friendly
manner. No other market segment in rail freight transport
has grown so consistently and strongly over the
years as the shipping of containers and other interchangeable
tanks. This is chiefly down to three factors:
firstly, transport distances are increasing, as a
result of which the rail network is gaining the competitive
edge over roads. Secondly, more and more cargo
is being containerised and can thus be easily transferred
in intermodal transport. And, last but not least,
3,0
unit loads per year
circumnavigations of the Earth per day
411
employees
A combined effort
In order to set intermodal transport in motion, many gears have to be
engaged. As the market leader, the Intermodal business unit of
DB Schenker Rail sends almost 10,000 unit loads by rail all over the continent
every day – and is consistently advancing innovations in the process.
the international division of labour and world trade
are continuing to grow.
The Intermodal business unit of DB Schenker Rail
provides operators, freight forwarders and shipping
companies with Europe’s biggest and most efficient
intermodal transport network by rail, which now covers
30 countries. Moreover, the company offers its
customers additional transhipment and terminal services,
moves empty containers, and organises the
pre- and post-carriage of intermodal rail transport
operations.
With Intermodal set to reach its pre-crisis level
again this year, DB is now investing in the expansion
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