DHL develops transport solution for auto industry
DHL Global Forwarding has developed two new transport solutions for the automotive industry: the collapsible C3SB transport box and the double car rack. Both systems facilitate the loading of vehicles and increase efficiency in using transport capacity. In addition, both systems offer protection against damage due to external factors during transport by air, sea and road, such as turbulence, heavy seas or poor roads. Both transport solutions have now been patented by the German Patent Office. DHL automotive experts based the C3SB box on the principle of the collapsible boxes used in many households. Their sides fold inward to rest on the bottom of the box. This improves efficiency compared to the previous C2SB model. The movable walls and the cover of the box already provided sufficient space and the required flexibility when loading vehicles and making them safe for transport. The C3SB version with its collapsible walls now enables several empty boxes to be piled on top of each other, therefore occupying only one space during transport. The new car rack offers similar advantages to the C3SB box. A movable intermediate level enables the car rack to be used to store two sedan-sized vehicles on top of each other in a container. As a result, two cars need only one space in the main cargo hold of a Boeing 747, for instance. The advantages of these systems become particularly evident in multimodal transport. Cars no longer need to be unloaded and reloaded during combined road, sea and land transport, since the C3SB box and the car rack are equally suitable for all modes of transport. Quelle: eyefortransport Portal: www.logistik-express.com |
