The Italian FS Logistix, through its German company TX Logistik, is the Dutch specialist in exceptional van transport der Vlist have started a new railway solution for the transport of oversized loads on intermodal trains. The first expedition involved the transport of two aerial platforms, from the Quadrante Europa terminal in Verona to Rostock. With the new Solution: Non-standard loads can travel on trains intermodal systems already planned, without having to resort to convoys dedicated or extraordinary planning.

For loading out-of-gauge units, it is used the new bolster system by Van der Vlist, recently patented. It is a special railway platform on which Large machinery - such as excavators, aerial platforms or agricultural vehicles that cannot be loaded into containers - are secured and secured for carriage transport railway.

The service is possible thanks to the authorization to operate with the "Large Intermodal Profile", which allows the transport of oversized loads up to 2,990 millimetres width on regular intermodal trains, within the P400 load. Unlike special trains, this solution ensures greater reliability, as the trains can be easily diverted in the event of interruptions or work on the network, without the need for new authorizations.

TX Logistik currently operates the Rostock-Verona route with 16 trains per week, eight in one direction and as many in the other, offering fast rail connections between Italy and Germany, with possibility of continuing towards Scandinavia. In the first expedition, the two aerial platforms were intended for a Van der Vlist's customer in central Sweden. After arriving at Rostock, the units continued by ferry to Trelleborg and then by road to the destination final.

The next phase of the project involves the extension of the service with domestic rail transport in Sweden, using trains operated by TX Logistik AB, one of the leading operators of intermodal rail transport in the Swedish market. In addition to the Sweden, TX Logistik and Van der Vlist are planning further joint connections to extend this rail solution to other European corridors.