Eurogate combines road, rail and ferry where appropriate into one managed movement: we book rail or ferry space, arrange road pre-carriage to the terminal, the main haul, and on-carriage to your door. The same team holds documents and status throughout, and sends transit updates and proof of delivery back to you. The legs have to join up cleanly, so our planning focuses on building the most efficient multimodal solution for each route.
Eurogate has experience supporting customers across a wide range of sectors, from food and packaging through to packed chemicals, construction equipment and specialist consignments outside standard pallet formats. The Group also has a strong track record supporting sectors such as oil and gas, engineering, steel fabrication and energy.
Eurogate’s services are delivered through experienced teams who manage lanes across their regions, coordinate between markets where required, and support customers from collection to delivery. That includes customs management, local market guidance, and direct communication throughout the movement.
We weigh rail, ferry and road on your corridor against transit and cost, then put together the combination that suits the shipment.
When driver shortages or peak weeks pull capacity off the road, a rail or ferry main-haul keeps the freight moving on schedule.
Terminal pickup, main haul on rail or ferry, then carriage to the consignee. We hold the slots and documents so the handovers run on time.
The office that books the movement coordinates each mode and picks up when you call, so the same people hold the booking from terminal to consignee.
The structure depends on the route, the consignment and the level of support required. Features may include the following.
FMCG and ambient consumer goods on UK rail-to-ferry and short-sea routes, with high-capacity pallet-wide containers where the lane and volumes suit them.
Speed matters in logistics. We’ve built our operation around getting your cargo where it needs to go without delay, backed by terminals positioned across eight nations and staffed by people who know the work.
We recommend the road, rail or ferry mix the corridor actually supports.
On longer hauls, a rail or ferry main-haul cuts the carbon of the move.
The documents and status checks that run our road desks carry straight across the rail and ferry legs.
Intermodal freight moves your cargo on more than one mode, typically a short road leg to a terminal, a longer rail or short-sea leg for the main haul, then a road leg to the consignee. Rail freight is the rail portion of that journey. The cargo stays in the same trailer or container throughout, so it is not handled or reloaded between modes.
We combine road, rail, and short-sea across Europe and beyond, including UK-originating freight that moves by rail to regular ferry services into the Continent, continental rail for long-haul flows, and short-sea container crossings. We plan each corridor on its merits and route it through the terminals and connections that suit the lane. Tell us the origin and destination and we will confirm whether an intermodal corridor fits.
On the right long-haul lanes, rail and short-sea cut CO2 against an all-road move and can hold their cost when driver shortages, permit cycles, or peak weeks tighten road capacity. The saving depends on the corridor, the distance, and the terminals available, so it is strongest on longer flows. We compare the modes on your lane and recommend the combination that genuinely serves the shipment.
It can be, because the cargo moves through terminals and runs to fixed rail or ferry schedules rather than driving straight through. On longer corridors that difference narrows, and the trade-off often makes sense for capacity or emissions reasons. Where the transit time or cost does not work for a lane, we will say so and keep the freight on the road.
Automotive components, FMCG and consumer goods, industrial machinery, and building materials all move well on combined road-rail and short-sea, particularly on longer corridors and for freight where lower emissions are a priority. Full trailers and containers are both suitable, including 40ft pallet-wide super cubes that carry more pallets per trip than a standard trailer. Time-critical or very short-haul freight is usually better kept on the road.
Yes. A typical job runs as pre-carriage by road to the terminal, the main haul on rail or short-sea, then on-carriage by road to the consignee, booked as one door-to-door move. One Eurogate operator runs the schedule check, the trailer, the document pack, the terminal slot, and every leg, so you have one point of contact rather than one per mode.
Talk to our team about your shipping needs and get a quote today. Operations in eight countries with connections to move goods anywhere in Europe.
Talk to our team about your shipping needs and get a quote today.
Operations in eight countries with connections to move goods anywhere in Europe.
