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> RoLa (Rollende Landstraße) as we call this in Germany, or just transporting the flatbed carriages, requires a SHITLOAD of manual work, unlike containers where
by danmaz74 11y ago
> RoLa (Rollende Landstraße) as we call this in Germany, or just transporting the flatbed carriages, requires a SHITLOAD of manual work, unlike containers where you don't even need people on the locos in the yard anymore.
Isn't using containers much more efficient anyway, instead of moving the whole truck?
- mschuster91 11y ago> Isn't using containers much more efficient anyway, instead of moving the whole truck? The core problem is that freight companies in Europe standardized on the Euro Pool Palette (EPAL) but ISO containers worldwide use the non-metric US measurement system - thus leading to waste of space and potential safety issues (sliding palettes due to slack space on the floor). Trucks, however, are fitted to the metric system and can safely transport EPALs, so you've got next to no alternative.