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Since US based automotive logistics specialist CFR Rinkens - www.cfrrinkens.com - first switched from wooden racking to fully certified, steel engineered and sustainable R-Raks to move cars in containers, its business has effectively doubled and plans are underway to expand its export operations on the East Coast.

Trans-Rak’s R-Rak removable vehicle racking system has been put to the test and has come up trumps, strengthening the case for containerisation and clearly demonstrating that the steel R-Raks have substantially lower environmental impact compared to traditional wooden racking.

Trans-Rak International has issued a version of its 2 minute video about the R-Rak removable vehicle racking system so that it is accessible to its growing number of Chinese customers.

Chilean automotive logistics providers KLA have identified Trans-Rak’s versatile R-Raks vehicle racking system as the best way to ship more cars from more ports and cut freight costs at the same time.

The creative minds of the team at Loughborough University are progressing well with the task of applying their thinking to make Trans-Rak vehicle racking systems even better and so we decided to introduce them to you.

Shipping a container can be very expensive but the cost is mostly dictated by the container size, not by its weight and now Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) has come up with the formula to fit more cars into a container with Trans-Rak vehicle racking systems.

Racking, stacking, and packing different-sized vehicles into a shipping container can be a challenge but with a little lateral thinking and R-Raks from Trans-Rak, it’s a case of problem solved.

Trans-Rak's re-useable racking systems for transporting finished vehicles in containers, have attracted strong interest from visitors to a recent exhibition promoting the Chongqing Freight Container station, which will eventually become the largest in-land container station in the world.

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the launch of its racking systems this year, Trans-Rak has commissioned a major research project with Loughborough University, to prepare for the decades ahead.

Recent dramatic events in the shipping world have highlighted the vulnerability of cargo stored unsecured on-deck. While these incidents are thankfully rare, it does raise the issue of containerisation to protect valuable finished automotive units.