{"id":13331,"date":"2022-04-25T07:54:06","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T05:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trans-o-flex.com\/?post_type=presse&#038;p=13331"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:16:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T10:16:53","slug":"relief-of-traffic-congestion-trans-o-flex-trials-delivery-by-cargo-bike-in-bremen-city-centre","status":"publish","type":"presse","link":"https:\/\/www.trans-o-flex.com\/en\/press\/relief-of-traffic-congestion-trans-o-flex-trials-delivery-by-cargo-bike-in-bremen-city-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Relief of traffic congestion: trans-o-flex trials delivery by cargo bike in Bremen city centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Short distances: delivery from a mini-hub<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fast reloading thanks to the box system: delivery staff can take over a fully loaded box and drive off \u2013 to reload, they simply exchange an empty container for a full one.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Temperature-controlled delivery as a possible expansion stage <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Weinheim, 23 May 2022.<\/strong> After a year of preparation, the express service trans-o-flex started a trial in Bremen&#8217;s city centre this month, lasting several months, in which two cargo bikes replace the previous delivery with classic vans in a defined postcode area. &#8220;It is clear that delivery by cargo bike is quieter and cleaner than the conventional use of vans and can contribute to urgently needed congestion relief, especially in the city centre,&#8221; says Wolfgang P. Albeck, CEO of trans-o-flex. &#8220;But for them to be truly sustainable and thus economically efficient, cargo bikes need a completely new delivery system, where delivery can be made from a mini-hub, preferably in the delivery area. Otherwise, the routes for the cargo bikes become too long, and the cyclists can only deliver a disproportionately small number of items per day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That is why trans-o-flex chose a system bicycle from the Bremen-based company RYTLE for its test, which can accommodate a box with around 1.4 cubic metres of loading space and a payload of 180 kilos. Nine of these boxes in Euro pallet format fit into a swap body in 10-foot format, which serves as a mini-hub. It has a fixed parking space in the Jakobikirchhof in Bremen. The system allows a truck to pick up either the entire hydraulically self-sufficient swap body or individual boxes to transport them back and forth between the parking space in the city centre and trans-o-flex&#8217;s logistics centre. This means that even pre-commissioned boxes can be delivered and the delivery cyclists then only have to push the box between the two rear wheels of the three-wheeled cargo bike, secure the box, and can immediately start on the delivery tour. In the test, the delivery drivers first use the mini-hub as a transshipment point where they load the delivered parcels into the box themselves and then deliver them. Once a driver has delivered all the items, he returns to the mini-hub and can either exchange the empty box for a full one in less than five minutes or load it manually again and then start again. &#8220;It is also possible for drivers to pick up consignments on the way,&#8221; explains Albeck. &#8220;The driver then brings them to the mini-hub.&#8221; In the evening, the parcels are taken to the nearest trans-o-flex logistics centre. From there, the collected consignments go on their journey to the recipient the same day. The next morning, the mini-hub is again supplied with new shipments from the logistics centre.<\/p>\n<p>The cargo bikes used have two electric motors. They are built into the rear wheels and support the riders up to a speed of 25 km\/h. &#8220;Since the distances covered by the cargo bikes are very short, they will probably cover less than 20 kilometres per day in Bremen.&#8221; Thanks to exchangeable batteries, however, the drivers have enough energy for much longer delivery tours without having to recharge during the day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional requirement: active temperature control<br \/>\n<\/strong>The system that trans-o-flex is trialling is not yet designed for the delivery of actively temperature-controlled consignments. &#8220;However, one of the reasons we chose Rytle as a partner was because the company is working on concepts for how its system can also be used to deliver temperature-sensitive items,&#8221; says Albeck. &#8220;If the current trial proves successful, a possible expansion stage may therefore be the delivery of consignments in a specific temperature range.&#8221; As a logistics partner to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, with their numerous temperature-sensitive consignments, trans-o-flex offers nationwide actively temperature-controlled transport at 2 to 8 degrees and 15 to 25 degrees Celsius within 24 hours. &#8220;Reliable compliance with the respective temperature range, including the associated documentation via a complete temperature history, is an indispensable part of our service. Delivery by cargo bike must also be able to do this over time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is especially true against the background of the ever-increasing requirements for actively temperature-controlled deliveries of pharmaceutical consignments, especially in the private customer sector. trans-o-flex is continuing to expand this segment and has developed its new B2C-Pharma service for this purpose, in which private consignees receive their medicines as consignments with active temperature control.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Short distances: delivery from a mini-hub Fast reloading thanks to the box system: delivery staff can take over a fully loaded box and drive off \u2013 to reload, they simply exchange an empty container for a full one. Temperature-controlled delivery as a possible expansion stage Weinheim, 23 May 2022. 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