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An exciting project for climate-friendly rail freight transport is currently being planned in Hamm (Westphalia). What was once Germany’s largest marshalling yard will in future become a multimodal rail logistics hub with innovative loading technology linking rail, road and waterways. On a 60-hectare site, DB Cargo is working with the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the city of Hamm, the railway and transport union (EVG) Hamm-Bielefeld and Kombiverkehr to develop a multi-hub for sustainable freight transport. If that’s not a milestone for the city on its way to becoming a supraregional and trimodal logistics hub! Showcase project for climate-friendly rail freight transport in Europe In the future, 170,000 truck trips can be transferred to climate-friendly rail via the new “MULTI HUB Westfalen” in order to transport goods to their destination with the smallest possible CO2 footprint. And, of course, to advance the transport turnaround in the freight sector and achieve climate…

Temperature regulation will also protect the climate. Kombiverkehr has been involved in its development from the start. Standards create quality and efficiency because everyone works with them and the interfaces function correctly. One of the most important standards in the Combined Transport sector has gone by the name of T3000 since 2006: THE double pocket wagon for all standard semitrailer sizes, including megatrailers with an interior height of 3 metres. At the time, the T3000 was based on the findings of the EU-funded SAIL (Semitrailers in Advanced Intermodal Logistics) research project. Kombiverkehr played a significant part in its design. “We recognised early on the direction of travel in CT,” says Kombiverkehr managing director Armin Riedl, “as the percentage of semitrailers moved by CT was rising significantly faster than that of transported containers. The arrival of the megatrailer made it clear to us that the previous T2000 model needed more development.”…