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Ther
ailway transport of goods was in past the most used type of transport.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the performance of
this mode
of transport was
reduced. At present, international trade is expanding in the direction of Asia
–
Europe. For
economic
and, above all, ecological reasons, it is appropriate to move
the
transport
operations back to rail transport. The article focuses on progressive systems of railway
transport of freight in the East
–
West direction, namely the use of the CargoBeamer
system.
CargoBeamer system (hereinafter referred to as CB) is an innovative technology for the
transport of road semi
-
trailers and containers CBoXX specially designed for the CB
system. The main advantage of this system is to support
the
transport standard road
semi
-
trailers, which will be implemented in 70% of shipments in road transport in the EU. The
CB system is largely automated, especially for horizontal loading and unloading or when
changing
the
gauge.
The CB system allows to lower the shipment time signif
icantly
,
thanks to
automatisation of loading and unloading processes and gauge change. The benefits of the
CB system
are presented
by an example of the necessary manipulation operations by a
China
–
Russia
–
Europe goods shipment. The possibilities of the Slovak Republic
participation on the planned railway Silk road project from Ch
ina to Europe is also
discussed
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