Cargobeamer is an intermodal transport system. It involves specially designed pallets which can be carried on a road trailer; the pallets are fitted on top of flatcars but can slide sideways to allow trucks to drive on & off smoothly at intermodal terminals. The first terminal was opened in Leipzig in Germany; trial runs between Leipzig and Lithuania are planned in November 2010. Competing systems are offered by Modalohr, ResoR@il (defunct? ), and Cargospeed )
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