EXCITING NEW RAIL - ROAD LOAD TRANSFER PRODUCTS FROM INTERMODAL LOGISTICS LTD.

Intermodal Logistics Ltd. is pleased to announce the extension of its product range with two innovative intermodal systems. These are an ACTS (Advanced Container Transfer System) version of the 75 mph Megafret low platform height rail wagon, and the "NETHS" horizontal load transfer system for the "Do it Yourself" Container Terminal.

The ACTS Megafret is designed to carry 4 x 7.42 m. long ACTS containers on a Megafret pair fitted with 4 turntables. Each turntable can carry a net product payload of up to 18 tonnes within an ACTS container volume of 34 cu. metres at the base W6A Railtrack loading gauge limit. This offers an increase in product volume of 45 % per ACTS container and 14% on the present standard 5.95 m length container. The combined benefits of an increased payload and faster rail running speeds should prove very attractive to rail freight operators, logistics service providers and particularly for customers without their own rail siding. Any design of road vehicle body can be built as an ACTS container, whilst road - rail load transfers are effected by the road vehicle driver using a chain or hook attachment. No other equipment is required.

The "NETHS" - Neuweiler Tuchschmid Constructa AG Horizontal System - is an innovative new product from Switzerland capable of transferring ISO containers and swap bodies from road to rail in under 5 minutes! It is designed for use at small terminals or rail sidings where space is at a premium and throughput volumes are about 30 containers / swap bodies per day. A high degree of automation has been achieved bringing the operation to a "Do it Yourself" level enabling the truck driver to operate the "NETHS" terminal himself. (For terminals handling in excess of this daily volume of containers, our "COMPACTTERMINAL" is more appropriate). "NETHS" is already operating successfully in Switzerland.

Derrick Stormink, Technical Director of Intermodal Logistics Ltd. commented:

"These new products will further reduce the cost of intermodal load transfers and enhance the cost effectiveness of rail freight transport within UK supply chains. The ACTS Megafret should be of particular interest to freight operators seeking to move average density palletised product by rail and for other applications especially in the timber, recycling and waste industries."

Intermodal Logistics is jointly owned by Tuchschmid Constructa AG AG and Directors of Compass Logistics, the UK Transport and Supply Chain Consultancy. The joint venture combines excellence in intermodal design and manufacture with practical operational and project management experience in supply chains.

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