New concept in practical and flexible wagons with the aim to improve competitiveness and reduce operating costs in freight rail transport.
Hermes project, that has the purpose to improve rail transport for granular goods, promotes a new wagon concept that offers higher capacity than current ones and optimize loading and unloading processes in order to improve logistic operations and lower transport costs thanks to the greater operational flexibility involved.
Led by Iberpotash-ICL Iberia, this project will last for 36 months with nine participating members from four European countries (France, Denmark, Sweden, and Spain). Hermes complies with the objectives of the European Shift2Rail programme focused on promoting rail transport in Europe.
General details
Project
HERMES
Programme
H2020