Intermodal goods transportation is gaining increasing popularity; goods, in fact, are transported through different countries along roads, railways and waterways. Globalisation has also allowed relations with the Orient to intensify, and CLS provides its services as a reliable partner in intermodal logistics and inland port material handling equipment.

Considering the volume of goods that pass through ports and inland port to enter Italy and proceed towards the large terminals in Northern Europe, CLS aims to provide top-level support to intralogistic processes within high-density terminals with advanced port cargo handling equipment.

As for ports, the main focus is ship-to-shore, a category including all the operations that take place along the dockside. These are performed using cranes, which are usually mounted on rails, and tractors for RoRo applications that load and unload containers from ships. Loading units can be embarked and disembarked from ferries using Mafi Tractors and port container handling equipment without the need to use cranes.

In the majority of cases, in order to allow goods to reach their correct destination, transport by ship is combined with another method of transport.

Loading units can proceed via the road system or be transferred onto railway wagons. CLS vehicles can work in both fields with their innovative solutions that provide maximum efficiency and total safety.

When the loads to be handled are not just containers, CLS can offer port material handling equipment for heavy industry, by providing large, heavy-duty trucks which are equipped with the right attachments and can work in steel factories and in other challenging applications.