salt comes by MOBILER

transport large quantities of salt produced by Salinen Austria Cargo Group

Vienna, where the salt goes into temporary storage. This is where the innovative MOBILER containers come into play. These combine the benefits of environmentally friendly rail transport with flexible road freight transport in a single system.

A hydraulic lifting mechanism on MOBILER vehicles enables quick and easy transshipment between truck and wagon – no crane or siding needed. This also means that the salt shipments do not require any staff for unloading at the port – the containers can be emptied directly into warehouses using MOBILER vehicles. Once it is no longer possible to unload directly into the depot, the salt is fed into boxes in the warehouse via a hopper and conveyor belt.

RCG transport gritting salt from Ebensee to Vienna every week. Our trains are 200 metres long, consist of groups of five wagons and weigh about 500 tonnes each. In January 2023 alone, 2000 tonnes of salt were delivered to the country’s capital. As well as the rail transport and the wagon and container positioning, RCG also organises unloading in the port area.

Long-time partners

With 550 employees, Salinen Austria AG is one of the leading salt manufacturers in Europe and has been a partner of RCG for many years. The gritting salt that we transport for Salinen Austria in an environmentally friendly way by rail comes to about 30,000 tonnes every year, depending on the weather and precipitation levels. This corresponds to an annual saving of about 1200 truck journeys.

CEO Peter Untersperger said: “The supply chain by train from Ebensee to Freudenau is the most sustainable and effective transport solution for Austria.”