CargoBeamer

CargoBeamer AG
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryLogistics, Intermodal Transportation
HeadquartersLeipzig, Germany
Key people
  • Nicolas Albrecht (Chairman of the Board of Management)
  • Markus E. Fischer
  • Hans-Jürgen Weidemann
  • Boris Timm
Websitehttps://www.cargobeamer.com/
First CargoBeamer train on the Gotthard railway line, 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.[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]

  1. ^ "Rail Freight Revolution: A Possible Solution to Europe's Clogged Roadways - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International". Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  2. ^ "Can CargoBeamer open new horizons?". 2010-09-28. Archived from the original on 2010-09-13. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  3. ^ "www.X-Rail.net". Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
  4. ^ Papatolios, Nikos (2021-07-23). "Official opening of Calais-Perpignan route by CargoBeamer". Railfreight.com. Retrieved 2022-06-07.