Multimodal Rail Logistics

Logistics with Rail at its Heart

Rail logistics combines the advantages of different modes of transport, with a focus on environmentally friendly rail transport.

What is multimodal rail logistics?

Rail has numerous advantages - it is environmentally friendly, safe and particularly efficient over long distances. However, it reaches its limits in certain areas, for example in terms of flexibility in the local area or if the sender or recipient does not have their own railway siding. Multimodal rail logistics therefore combines rail, road or even ship transport modes and utilises their respective logistical advantages. On request, we offer all services from a single source - from pre- and onward carriage, through transshipment and rail transport, to intermediate storage with contract logistics services.

This is how we design rail logistics:

Integrated logistics solutions

As a specialist for rail logistics services, we develop customised concepts from a single source. The requirements of our customers form the basis for our integrated European rail logistics solutions. Our expertise is called upon here, both in terms of the equipment and in planning the transport routes with the associated modes of transport and the involvement of service providers.

A network for every need

The high quality and efficiency of our logistics concepts are the product of our years of experience in designing, simulating and managing processes. Our multimodal European rail logistic network and the know-how of our product managers enables us to supply your production sites reliably and to link them efficiently to your sales markets. With the help of our network solutions, we can also ensure just-in-sequence delivery and flexible waste disposal.

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More than just rail transport

We understand your market and your logistics processes. With our tailor-made customer solutions, we link different modes of transport to meet your individual needs and offer additional services such as first and last mile by road, transhipment, storage and sequencing. Our offers are complemented by corresponding digital solutions.

This is how we manage rail logistics:

Communication is everything

Our operations managers are in constant contact with their direct customers and partners – from the moment the order is placed until the goods arrive at their destination. If problems occur and the transports are not running properly, they quickly find solutions and alternatives. They draw upon their comprehensive understanding of their industries, customers and transport operations as well as extensive scheduling experience. To support them, our IT specialist are constantly enhancing our online tools.

Traditional rail freight services

For our traditional block trains and single wagonload services throughout Europe our operations managers get your empty wagons to the right place at the right time for reloading, and ensure your freight arrives punctually at its destination. The sophisticated single wagonload system involves transporting the individual wagons to a collection point, where they are combined into a freight train. This train takes the wagons to the destination, from where they are distributed to their recipients. Our goal is always to optimise processes.

Combined transport

In combined transport, we control and organise not only rail transport but also first and last mile services by road as well as direct trucks between different production sites - for customers without a railway siding. Our operations managers work closely with our subcontractors. They pick up the goods on time by truck and bring them to the railway for onward transport or pick them up at the train's arrival point and deliver them to the customer. We coordinate the entire transport from door to door, including warehousing and transhipment services.