Technical support for vehicles

Coding

To access intermodal transport, vehicles must be certified for rail transport. On behalf of the customer, Hupac codifies  vehicles, ensuring compatibility between vehicles and wagons on the desired traffic route.

 

ILU-Code

Since 2011, a single identification system for intermodal loading units has been in place. Containers, swap bodies and semi-trailers must have an ILU or BIC code to be accepted in unaccompanied combined transport in Europe.

 

The European ILU code is defined in standard EN 13044. It is used to identify non-ILU containers, swap bodies and semi-trailers in combined transport in Europe. The BIC code is a similar identifier defined in ISO 6346, which is primarily intended to identify ISO containers.

 

The ILU code can be requested via www.ilu-code.eu. Our technical service is available for further clarification.

 

Investments in vehicles

If the customer plans to build specific vehicles for combined transport, our technical support service is available to provide technical advice and coordination with the manufacturer.

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Switzerland-Italy collaboration: after the Ceneri comes the Simplon

Hupac thanks its partners in Italy

After completion of the construction works on the Ceneri Base Tunnel, a new initiative is immediately launched to make the Rotterdam-Genoa freight corridor even more efficient.


In September 2020, an agreement was signed between Switzerland and Italy for a series of works on the Lötschberg-Simplon axis, in which Italy undertakes to carry out works on the line to allow, by 2028, the uninterrupted transit of 4-metre profile semitrailers to the large transhipment terminals in the north of the country.


Hupac thanks its Italian partners - in particular the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, RFI and the entire FS Group, as well as trade associations and railway companies - for their great commitment and valuable support in the timely implementation of the upgrading works along the Rotterdam-Genoa corridor.

Technical support service

codifica@hupac.com

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