INTERMODAL TRANSSHIPMENT TECHNOLOGIES – AN OVERVIEW JOHAN WOXENIUS DETACHED APPENDIX TO THE DISSERTATION: DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL-SCALE INTERMODAL FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION IN A SYSTEMS CONTEXT i PREFACE This detached appendix to my dissertation Development of small-scale intermodal freight transporta- tion in a systems context is mainly a worked up extract from an inventory study commissioned by the International Road Transport Union (IRU) and published in 1998. The inventory was basically in- tended to survey and describe small-scale intermodal transfer technologies relevant to the future Euro- pean intermodal transport system. The appendix can be read independently, but for a proper under- standing of the environment of the different technologies, it ought to be read together with the disser- tation. The appendix is a rather straightforward description of a large number of past and present develop- ment efforts in the field of intermodal transport. Technologies for road-rail transshipment are priori- tised, but also some technologies for the combinations road-sea and road-air are described, however only briefly. The scope of this appendix is slightly wider than that of the IRU inventory that focused strictly on the small-scale systems. For instance, bimodal systems, RoRo-loading techniques and bulk container systems are described more in detail here. Finally, some minor updates distinguish this ap- pendix from the IRU-report. Geographically, Europe is covered in most detail but examples from Aus- tralia, New Zealand, Japan, South Africa and the USA are included in the survey. I would like to express my deepest thanks to the IRU – especially to Mr. Pieter G. Wildschut – and the company representatives contributing valuable information as well as their time to the study. My grati- tude also extends to Per Olof Arnäs for scanning and editing the numerous pictures as well as for gen- eral editing. Finally, I want to thank Darren Yates who has corrected the text for linguistic errors. Those errors remaining are caused by late changes from my keyboard. Göteborg March 1998 Johan Woxenius ii iii CONTENTS PREFACE ............................................................................................................................................ II CONTENTS......................................................................................................................................... III TABLE OF FIGURES.........................................................................................................................VII TABLE OF TABLES ...........................................................................................................................XI LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ..............................................................................................................XIII 1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 METHODOLOGY........................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 TERMINOLOGY ............................................................................................................................ 2 1.3 COSTS, CURRENCIES AND DIMENSIONS......................................................................................... 3 1.4 PRINCIPLES OF CLASSIFICATION AND EVALUATION .......................................................................... 3 2 SMALL-SCALE ROAD-RAIL TECHNOLOGIES.......................................................................... 6 2.1 VERTICAL TRANSSHIPMENT .......................................................................................................... 6 2.1.1 JR Freight: Multi-functional freight track system................................................................ 6 2.1.2 NS Cargo: Rail Distributie Nederland ................................................................................ 8 2.1.3 SJ: Light-combi ............................................................................................................... 10 2.2 HORIZONTAL TRANSSHIPMENT.................................................................................................... 14 2.2.1 Proveho: CarConTrain .................................................................................................... 15 2.2.2 Steadman Industries: Railtainer/Steadman System ........................................................ 18 2.2.3 Southern Car & Manufacturing Company: Railiner.......................................................... 19 2.2.4 BR Research: Self-Loading Vehicle ................................................................................ 21 2.2.5 BR Research: Rail wagon with elevating twistlocks and lorry with a roller trolley ........... 22 2.2.6 The Ringer System.......................................................................................................... 23 2.2.7 LogMan: Container FTS .................................................................................................. 24 2.2.8 The Hochstein System .................................................................................................... 26 2.2.9 Blatchford: Stag............................................................................................................... 27 2.2.10 Stenhagen: Stenhagen System................................................................................... 28 2.2.11 Albatec: Kombiflex.......................................................................................................31 2.2.12 N.C.H. Hydraulic Systems: Mondiso Rail Terminal...................................................... 32 2.3 LORRY-TO-GROUND AND TURNTABLE SYSTEMS............................................................................ 34 2.3.1 Chain-lifts: ISO 2000/4000; Translift and Trailer Mounted Roll-Off Hoist........................ 35 2.3.2 Hook-lifts: Ampliroll, Multilift Hooklift; HIAB Hooklift and LIVAB Load Exchanger........... 39 2.3.3 Translift: Abroll Container Transport System (ACTS) ...................................................... 41 2.3.4 Roland Tankbau: Roland-System Schiene-Strasse (RSS).............................................. 45 2.3.5 SNCF Fret: Multi-berces.................................................................................................. 46 2.3.6 Partek Multilift Factory: TTT-System ............................................................................... 47 iii 2.4 SELF-LOADING TRAILERS AND RAIL WAGONS ................................................................................ 49 2.4.1 Steel Bros.: Sidelifter....................................................................................................... 51 2.4.2 Hammar Maskin: Hammarlift........................................................................................... 53 2.4.3 Arbau-Klaus Transportsysteme Vertriebs: Kranmobil...................................................... 54 2.4.4 Steelmec: SIMAN-lift ....................................................................................................... 55 2.4.5 Blatchford Transport Equipment: Blatchford-SIMAN sideloader system.......................... 55 2.4.6 Mitra: Mitralift and the Rural Road-Rail Container Handling and Transport System ........ 56 2.4.7 Biglo Oy: Biglo Bigloader.................................................................................................57 2.4.8 Voest-Alpine MCE: S4036............................................................................................... 57 2.4.9 Karl Maier: Container Loading and Transport System..................................................... 57 2.4.10 CHR. Olsson: Triolift....................................................................................................58 2.4.11 KMA System: Sideloader............................................................................................. 58 2.4.12 Umschlagfahrzeug Lässig Schwanhäusser – ULS ...................................................... 58 2.4.13 The Blatchford T-lift system......................................................................................... 60 2.5 RAIL WAGONS FOR LIFTING SWAP BODIES OR CASSETTES ............................................................. 62 2.5.1 Mercedes-Benz and Lohr Industries: Kombi-Lifter........................................................... 65 2.5.2 ABB Henschel: WAS Wagon........................................................................................... 69 2.5.3 ABB AGEVE: Supertrans ................................................................................................ 70 2.5.4 The Wieskötter System ................................................................................................... 72 2.5.5 The Wheelless System.................................................................................................... 73 2.5.6 Chalmers University of Technology: Titan Cassettes ...................................................... 74 2.6 SMALL AND SPECIAL CONTAINER SYSTEMS................................................................................... 76 2.6.1 DB: Logistikbox ............................................................................................................... 77 2.6.2 Flexbox ........................................................................................................................... 79 2.6.3 TCS: Trilok .....................................................................................................................