The Piacenza Intermodal Terminal, located 50 kilometres south of Milan and managed by Hupac, will almost triple the number of containers handled by train by 2025. The facility is currently undergoing a major refurbishment to...Read more
Multiple challenges, some continuing from previous years and some appearing out of the blue, created a not-so-business-friendly environment for intermodal operator Hupac in 2023. The company saw its traffic and volumes declining across its whole...Read more
The Italian national railway holding Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) and logistics hegemon MSC agreed on forming a NewCo to boost sea-rail intermodality by building more terminals. FS will own 51 per cent of the...Read more
The rolling highway (RoLa) between Novara and Freiburg has experienced a 12 per cent increase in trucks transported via rail during the first nine months of 2023 compared to the same period last year. According...Read more
The Duisburg Gateway Terminal (DGT), which will be the largest inland terminal in Europe, is gradually taking shape. The crane system is currently being implemented, with the first girder already moving on the terminal’s six...Read more
The rail infrastructure in Lombardy, in northern Italy, is getting ready to accommodate 750-metre freight trains. Two tracks were adapted to handle longer trains at the Gallarate stations, near the Hupac’s terminal in Busto Arsizio,...Read more
The Swiss Gateway Basel Nord trimodal terminal in Basel-Kleinhüningen has received planning approval from the Swiss Federal Office of Transport (BAV) and can proceed with construction. The new terminal will be completed in two construction...Read more
The east tunnel of the Gotthard Base Tunnel has been reopened for freight traffic after a massive train derailment two weeks ago. Akos Ersek, Chief Policy Advisor at UIRR told RailFreight.com that this is now...Read more
terminal thursdaySingaporean logistics giant PSA International is on course to acquire a 22 per cent minority share in the Duisburg Gateway Terminal (DGT), which is currently under construction. PSA’s initiative will lead the company to somehow...Read more
The La Llagosta terminal in Barcelona, currently under tender by Adif, has attracted big names. Companies like Hupac, Renfe, Duisport, Kombiverkehr, and VIIA have all expressed interest in managing the terminal. However, Hupac seems to...Read more
Hupac is extending the suspension of its rail freight services between Pordenone, in northeastern Italy, with Duisburg, in Germany. The service was initially suspended mid-April because, as the Deputy Managing Director of Hupac Alessandro Valenti...Read more
The grand 50-hour-long strike organised by the rail association EVG did not take place in the end, at least not in the magnitude it was supposed to. Nevertheless, several operators braced for its impact, and...Read more
Swiss intermodal operator Hupac is calling on the Swiss government to temporarily suspend the annual reduction of subsidies for combined transport until the economic crisis is over. In the first quarter of 2023 the operator...Read more
In less than two weeks Hupac will be operating its first direct service between Warsaw and Rotterdam. The shuttle train will make the first journey on 2 May with a frequency of two roundtrips per...Read more
Pledges to find alternative rail freight routes along the left bank of the Rhine river have been discussed for a few months now due to rising capacity bottlenecks along the main line. Now the ball...Read more
At the end of 2022, Hupac temporarily interrupted its rail freight services between the Rail Service Centre (RSC) in Rotterdam and the Contargo terminal in Mannheim. However, in a little over a month, the service...Read more
Hupac will increase the frequency of their shuttle service between Cologne, in Germany, and Malmo, in Sweden, from three to four weekly roundtrips. From Cologne, Hupac has further connections to Switzerland and Italy.Read more
From 1 January 2023, the terminal Cologne North (TKN), currently managed by HGK Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln, will be operated by Hupac Group. The Swiss company won a tender for the operation of the German...Read more
Hupac and the Italian state-owned railway company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) are collaborating on three terminals in northern Italy. The terminals of Milano Smistamento (Milan rail yard staging area) and the Hupac terminal in Piacenza...Read more
Hupac will launch a new rail connection between the Antwerp Combinant terminal and two terminals in Duisburg. The new service will be inaugurated on Monday 12 December. The two German terminals are the Duisburg Kombitermininal...Read more
Hupac will increase the frequency of its service connecting Pordenone, in northeastern Italy, with Rotterdam from three to five weekly roundtrips. The increase in rotations will start in the third week of January 2023.Read more