TRUCTRIC
TRUCTRIC is developing a lower-cost, faster transshipment system for combined road-rail transport that works with any standard trailer, eliminating the need for reinforced trailers and heavy lifting equipment. The company's approach targets the roughly one-third share of intermodal costs tied to terminal handling and cuts full-train loading times from three to four hours to a fraction of that period, making fossil-free long-distance transport competitive for more shippers.
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- Mobility & Transportation
- Clean Technology
- Hardware
Funding
Founders
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Product
Problem
Combined transport between road and rail remains inaccessible to most shippers because transshipment terminals require heavy capital investments, making them few and far between. Fewer than one-third of EU trailers have the reinforcements needed for dominant lifting technologies, and transshipment costs account for nearly one-third of typical intermodal transport costs. Loading or off-loading a full train can take three to four hours, meaning trailers often spend as much time at terminals as they do traveling by rail.
Solution
TRUCTRIC aims to make efficient combined transport available to all trailers by improving the transshipment process between road and rail. The company focuses on reducing capital investments and operating costs for transshipment terminals and railway wagons, enabling more terminals to be economically viable and closer to transport origins and destinations. Its approach supports fast, individual loading and off-loading of trailers as well as rapid loading and off-loading of full trains, reducing terminal dwell time and improving capital efficiency across the transport value chain. By removing the need for trailer reinforcements and heavy lifting equipment, the company seeks to make fossil-free combined transport a competitive option for long-distance road transport.
Target Audience
Primary customers are shippers, freight forwarders, and logistics providers seeking competitive fossil-free long-distance transport options, as well as rail operators and terminal owners looking to reduce transshipment costs and expand service coverage.
Features
- Terminal and wagon designs that eliminate the need for trailer reinforcements, expanding the addressable trailer fleet from less than one-third of EU trailers to the full population
- Fast individual trailer loading and off-loading that reduces per-unit handling time versus crane- or reach-stacker-based transshipment
- Rapid full-train loading and off-loading capability to cut terminal dwell time from three to four hours to a fraction of that period
- Lower capital investment requirements for terminals, enabling deployment at more locations and reducing the distance between terminals and shipment origins or destinations
- Reduced operational costs for transshipment, targeting the one-third share of intermodal costs attributable to terminal handling