Pro-Tech: Backhauls for Autoracks Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief
Pro-Tech Group, LLC has demonstrated what it’s describing as “an industry-first mobile container system that utilizes empty autoracks.”
The proprietary system, Pro-Tech says, utilizes deadheading autoracks in backhaul service “to carry freight in a cost-saving and more sustainable manner than other modes of transportation in supply chain management.” It recently completed pilot test runs transporting pallets of new wheel rims from California to an automobile assembly plant in Michigan. The company’s logistics system “is designed around efficiently loading Pro-Tech containers into empty deadheading autoracks for delivery to key hubs across the country. Normally,[an automobile parts supplier] would rely on trucks to ship parts, a method that can consume up to four times as much fuel when compared to rail transportation. Current estimate