Intermodal Transport
Italy ⇄ Germany

Between Italy and Northern Germany, rail carries the long main leg while trucks handle only the first and last mile. EFFIMODAL collects your loaded trailer by road, moves it by rail and delivers it by road at the other end — with one contact, one contract and one invoice for the whole chain.

How It Works

1. Road collection. A truck picks up the loaded trailer at your site and takes it to the intermodal terminal.
2. Intermodal main leg by rail. The trailer is lifted by crane onto the train for the long-distance leg. The cargo itself is never touched or re-secured.
3. Road delivery. At the destination terminal a truck collects the trailer and delivers it to the consignee.

Transit time and schedule depend on the lane — your exact collection and delivery points. Ask for your schedule and we will plan the chain for your shipment.

Why Intermodal on This Lane

• No weekend driving bans on the main leg. The long-distance leg runs by rail, so it is not affected by weekend, night or holiday driving bans, by congestion on major corridors or by driver availability and rest time rules.
• Road only where it is needed. Drivers are needed only for the short road legs at origin and destination — fewer tolls and less fuel than an all-road trip.
• Predictable planning. Fixed rail timetables make the main leg predictable, and our planners coordinate collection, terminal, departure and delivery.
• Less handling, less risk. The cargo stays in the same trailer for the whole trip — no transhipment between modes, less road exposure.
• Documented CO₂. A calculated CO₂ estimate for your lane gives you a documented basis for your Scope 3 reporting.

Regions and Cities We Serve

• Italy: Verona and Segrate (Milan area), with collection and delivery by road in the surrounding regions.
• Germany: Lübeck — our intermodal hub — as well as Rostock and Duisburg.

From Lübeck the network continues to the Baltic States and Scandinavia. All locations and the regional contacts are on our network map.

Typical Cargo on This Lane

Heavy, dense goods benefit most from the extra payload per trailer:

• Metals — steel coils, profiles, tubes
• Timber and wood-based panels
• Paper rolls and packaging materials
• Cement and construction materials
• Machinery and industrial equipment
• Beverages and bottled goods

Equipment

We run our own cranable curtain-sided trailers: 13.6 m long, up to 28 t payload, with 2.65 m side access for forklift loading from both sides. Cargo securing is included — straps, edge protectors, anti-slip mats, distancing boards and pillows. In combined transport the gross weight can be 44 t instead of 40 t by road.

CO₂ on This Lane

Per tonne of cargo, well-to-wheel, intermodal against the same shipment by road. Both scenarios are full loads, and the intermodal figure includes 150 km first and last mile by truck:

This is a lane estimate, calculated with EcoTransIT World (ISO 14083 / GLEC methodology), not a shipment-specific report. Assumptions and sources: methodology. With every quote we add a CO₂ estimate for your lane.

Your Contacts for This Lane

• Sales — Germany: Dmytro Grybkov — dmytro.grybkov[at]effimodal.com · +49 1775 122796
• Operations — N. Germany: Ronalds Stupeņš — ronalds.stupens[at]effimodal.com · +371 256 00895
• Booking control (Lübeck hub): oper[at]effimodal.com
• Sales — Italy: Gian Paolo Dieci — gian-paolo.dieci[at]effimodal.com · +39 345 036 6230
• Operations — Italy: Kirills Matushins — kirills.matushins[at]effimodal.com · +371 292 03721

FAQ: Italy ⇄ Germany

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