The key to success of the product lies in the efficient linkage of transport modes, which ultimately contributes towards serving the customer. DB Schenker affords the consignor all the benefits and advantages arising from the efficient interplay between road and rail transportation.

Priorities can be set to suit your needs best because the independent rail system across Europe ensures flexible customer-oriented planning and execution. Centrally controlled within the own rail network including self-operated combi terminals, this guarantees high quality and reliability for the customers. Furthermore, more than 3,000 own loading units dedicated to this product enable efficient routing of shipments and bring empty mileage to a minimum.  

Combined transportation: The best of both worlds!

DB SCHENKERhangartner Process Flow Enlarge image: DB SCHENKERhangartner Process Flow

Your benefits at a glance:

• Capacity: Usually, a gross vehicle weight of 44 tonnes is applicable for trucks in continental Europe using combined transportation, four more tons than by pure road transportation. Swap bodies used in combined transportation are up to 7.34 metres long.
• Cost benefits: Higher volumes and more weight per loading unit mean lower transport costs for the customers. Further cost savings made by no toll-fees for the purely rail based main-haul are to your advantage.
• Punctuality: No delays due of main-hauls conducted on the road (congested motorways) and no time wasted at borders. Fewer Sunday, public holiday, and night-related limitations as rail transportation is generally not subject to such restrictions.
• Flexibility: Customer-oriented transportation planning and prioritisation made possible through the centrally operated independent rail system. More than 3,000 own loading units are flexibly operated throughout Europe.
• Dangerous goods: Combined transportation simplifies the transportation of dangerous goods on an individual basis, which results in cost and time savings, particularly on the journey across the Alps.
• Ecological factors: Environmental relief through reduced fuel consumption. Rail-based main-haul transportation has a positive effect on the CO2-balance of the goods carried.

The product DB SCHENKERhangartner has emerged from the combination of expertise and know-how from two already successful logistics providers: The well-known Hangartner group, leading player in the pan-European intermodal forwarding business, and DB Schenker Logistics, overall market leader in European land transport.