Vertical loading most competitive for non-cranable trailers by rail

For the transhipment of non-cranable trailers to rail, a range of techniques are competing in terms of efficiency and cost, but new research by the EU has now provided valuable comparison of practises. Standard vertical transhipment technologies (gantry crane/reach stacker) remain the cheapest technology, and in combination with containers become competitive with road-only transport at distances of around 1000 kilometres, it concludes.