Global Patent Index - EP 3010657 B1

EP 3010657 B1 20230802 - DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING PARCELS OR PIECE GOODS

Title (en)

DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING PARCELS OR PIECE GOODS

Title (de)

LOGISTIKSYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUM TRANSPORTIEREN VON PAKETEN ODER STÜCKGÜTERN

Title (fr)

SYSTÈME DE LOGISTIQUE ET PROCÉDÉ DE TRANSPORT DES COLIS OU PIÈCES INDIVIDUELLES

Publication

EP 3010657 B1 20230802 (EN)

Application

EP 13750738 A 20130617

Priority

IB 2013054949 W 20130617

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2014203025A1] The invention pertains to distribution system for transporting parcels or piece goods, the system comprising: a hub, a plurality of nodes logistically connected to the hub via at least one standard railway route, a plurality of railway freight cars for transporting the parcels or piece goods in standard shipping containers from the hub to at least some of the nodes along said at least one standard railway route, and a plurality of trucks, each picking up a container at a specific node and delivering the parcels or piece goods to recipients along a logistically optimized route within an pre-defined area associated with the specific node, wherein each of said trucks comprises first transfer means for transferring a standard shipping container between a freight car and the truck itself. The invention also pertains to a method of distributing parcels or piece goods.

IPC 8 full level

B07C 3/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B07C 3/00 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2014203025 A1 20141224; EP 3010657 A1 20160427; EP 3010657 B1 20230802; EP 3010657 C0 20230802

DOCDB simple family (application)

IB 2013054949 W 20130617; EP 13750738 A 20130617