Hupac: strong growth generated by transalpine transports via Austria
Hupac urges quick measures to improve the situation of unaccompanied combined transport via Gotthard-route
Intermodal shift of goods flows from road to rail requires efficient infrastructures. According to this motto Hupac’s managing director Bernhard Kunz urges for a quick construction of a corridor that makes the transport of semi-trailers with a corner height of 4 meters possible on the freight traffic route Bellinzona-Luino-Novara, when he announced the 2011 transport figures. The Luino-traffic route accommodates about 80 per cent of unaccompanied combined transports via Gotthard.
“Urgently required improvements allowing significant advancements in productivity with a minimum of resources, such as the extension of passing rails, are being shelved“, the Hupac Manager says alarmingly.
In the past year, the Swiss combined transport operator Hupac moved a total of 723,894 road shipments by rail (a 6.6% increase compared to 2010). While two-digit growth rates were achieved in the first semester, business declined sharply in autumn as a result of another economic downturn. The strongest growth was generated by transalpine transports via Austria. Transport volume in this segment rose 24 per cent to 53,053 road shipments. A factor contributing substantially to the success of this was the clearance gauge on the Brenner axis, which makes the transport of modern, high-volume semi-trailers with a corner height of 4 meters possible.
Also non-transalpine transports comprising the Benelux-Austria/Hungary/Romania, Benelux-Poland/Russia and Belgium-France/Spain routes added to the positive result with an increase of 12.6 per cent to 238,918 road shipments. Hupac’s core business, transalpine transports through Switzerland, was up 1.8 per cent to 431,923 units.
Hupac based in Chiasso is the leading combined transport operator through Switzerland. The company employs 400 persons and operates a network of more than 110 trains each day between Europe’s main economic areas, as well as ports and the hinterland. The Hupac Group has ten companies based in Switzerland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Poland. The share capital amounts to CHF 20 million; 72 per cent of this belongs to logistics and transport companies, while 28 per cent is held by rail companies.
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