Hupac closed 2025 with a positive result despite infrastructure disruptions, while strengthening transalpine traffic and investing in higher-frequency intermodal services.
CargoBeamer has taken over operations at the Kaldenkirchen terminal, where it is expanding capacity and preparing Germany’s first site with its automated handling technology.
Laude Smart Intermodal is expanding rail-based logistics from Lithuania in cooperation with LTG Cargo, using Šeštokai as a key transshipment point.
The new freight link connects central Poland with the Netherlands and supports the transport of P400 semi-trailers and containers.
The intermodal service operates three weekly round trips with P400 profile capacity and a gross train weight of 1,700 tonnes.
The wagons were purchased by its subsidiary LTG Cargo Polska and will operate on the 1,435 mm European-gauge corridor via Łódź.
CargoBeamer has extended its Liège intermodal service to Parma, strengthening rail freight links between Belgium and northern Italy.
The sector recorded its highest historical market presence despite a general decline in national freight volumes below 220 million tons.
The terminal covers 152,500 m² within the Puerta Centro – Ciudad del Transporte logistics area in the Henares Corridor.
The total investment value is estimated at more than PLN 369m (around EUR 86m).
The connection provides a scheduled alternative to road freight on the Balkan corridor.
The project, valued at EUR 33.5m (PLN 145m), is scheduled for completion in mid-2026 and is located on the former KWK Makoszowy and JSW Koks industrial site.
He will join Heiko Krebs in the company’s dual leadership structure, succeeding Armin Riedl.
The integrated schedule utilizes the Lyon PEH hub to link Mediterranean ports with the North Sea-Baltic corridor via 18 weekly round trips.
Formerly known as the Blue Ridge Connector, the $134 million facility provides a direct rail link to the Port of Savannah, targeting a regional market of more than 330 manufacturers across the poultry, heavy equipment, and forest products sectors.
The 213 km rail link connects the Campinas industrial hub to Brazil’s primary maritime gateway via a consolidation terminal in Paulínia.
The partnership focuses on rehabilitating trade volumes along the Budapest–Belgrade–Skopje axis, with a target to exceed throughput levels recorded in the early 2000s.
The service, operated by Dania Connect, runs with a transit time of approximately five hours and currently offers one departure per week, with plans to increase to three weekly departures.
Laude Smart Intermodal is expanding rail connections from Duisburg into Central Europe, with further extensions planned towards Italy, Ukraine and Turkey.
He succeeds Frank Werner, who will remain with the company as Head of Logistics Concepts until the end of July before retiring.