Rail Cars
Though not an obvious means of transport, a large number of railcars are transported each
year by sea. Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics is one of the industry's leading railcar carriers.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has developed a number of unique concepts for handling railcars, both for fully
assembled railcars with bogies or for railcar shells without bogies.
Rubber Tyre Bogies
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics carries railcar shells without bogies on board our RoRo vessels using Rubber Tyre
Bogies. These are customised to fit the specific railcar model to be transported.
Rubber Tyre Bogies are equipped with air brakes for road use. If road permits have been granted in the exporting
country and in the country of destination, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics can offer door-to-door delivery of railcars.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics Rubber Tyre Bogies have been granted road permits for use in the United States.
Air Shuttle
The Air Shuttle trailer is specially designed by Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics for loading and discharging fully
assembled railcars with rail bogies attached. Fitted with rails on top and a pneumatic system, the Air Shuttle can
raise and lower the trailer bed to ground level, eliminating the need to lift the cargo. Instead, railcars weighing up
to 47.5 tons can be towed from rail tracks directly on to the Air Shuttle. Once the railcars are wheeled onto the
vessel, the shuttle is removed and deployed elsewhere, saving time, cutting costs and improving the overall quality of
service.
Greenhofer
Greenhofer is the Air Shuttle's "little brother" and functions very much in the same way. However, the Greenhofer can only transport a maximum weight of up to 15 tons, which makes it ideal for the transport of railcar shells and light railcars with exposed rail bogies or with rail bogies in crates.
Roll trailers
Roll trailers fitted with rails provides a cost effective transport mode for especially heavier rail cars equipped with bogies. This concept also lends itself to easy transfer from/to land transport modes.