Focus areas

Group objectives

  • Market-leading positions on specific major European transport corridors
  • Resilient, competitive and predictable intermodal offerings to a growing customer base
  • Ensuring efficient and competitive rail traction capacity with a balanced portfolio of strategic partners
  • Digital transformation and automation in planning and operations along the intermodal chain, including customers, railway undertakings and third party terminals
  • R&D: continuous development of innovations in wagon technology and terminals
  • Increasing the productivity of intermodal and terminal operations

Market development

  • Focus on the intermodal transport segments of transalpine, long haul (over 600 km in Europe) and maritime transport
  • 30-50% market share on the corridors served
  • Focus on pipeline development with 5-10 and more roundtrips per week
  • Capacity utilisation of trains above 80%
  • Priority on the use of own terminals
  • Strengthening the main transport corridors by investing in terminals

Customers

  • Quality, reliability, stability, cost leadership and competitiveness are the key drivers
  • Automate the contract-to-cash process
  • Standardise digital services and set up a self-service platform for customers
  • ‘Estimated pick-up time’ information for 100% of shipments, with 95% reliability
  • Expand customer base; service for major customers
 

Partners

  • Integrate the planning cycle with strategic partners

  • Establish strong partnerships with multiple rail operators
  • Standardise and automate the purchase-to-payment process with partners
  • Strengthen the digitalisation of operational processes (timetables, disruptions, pick-up times, etc.)
 

Employees

  • Develop young talents into leadership positions
  • Increase the diversity of the workforce, particularly in leadership and management positions
  • Reduce staff turnover in the Group
  • HR leadership development program for 2nd/3rd level managers

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Autumn 2018: Hupac expands its intermodal network

Hupac starts the autumn 2018 with numerous new connections and service improvements. High frequency of departures, additional destinations and efficient terminal locations are the main drivers of the network development.

Here is an overview of the main news from September 2018.

From 2 October, departures will increase in the core business of intermodal transport via the Alps, and offer new capacity to the growing market demand.

  • Zeebrugge <=> Novara: from 6 to 8 roundtrips per week, P400 semitrailers allowed
  • Köln Nord <=> Busto Arsizio: from 8 to 9 roundtrips per week
  • Basel Weil <=> Busto Arsizio: from 5 to 6 roundtrips per week.

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From 7 October, the Rotterdam <=> Kornwestheim shuttle will be shifted on Maasvlakte and offer a direct connection between the Port of Rotterdam and the industrial area of Stuttgart and Baden-Württemberg.


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The network between Singen and Italy has been improved by concentrating the departures
on the lines Singen <=> Busto Arsizio and Singen <=> Brescia. The offer now comprises
25 roundtrips per week.

  • Singen <=> Busto Arsizio with 14 roundtrips per week
  • Singen <=> Brescia with 11 roundtrips per week.

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Important news can also be seen on the east-west axis. Starting from 11 September, Antwerp has been connected to Vienna, Budapest, Romania and Istanbul based on fixed schedules.

  • Antwerp <=> Vienna/Budapest: 2 roundtrips per week
  • Antwerp <=> Curtici-Ploiesti: 1 roundtrip per week
  • Antwerp <=> Halkali/Istanbul: 1 roundtrip per week.

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Finally, Hupac strengthens its intermodal service between Antwerp and eastern Germany. As of 3 September, a new regular service connects Schkopau, and the frequency is increased on the route to Schwarzheide.

  • Antwerp <=> Schkopau: 3 roundtrips per week
  • Antwerp <=> Schwarzheide: 3 roundtrips per week.

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Progress has also been made in the area of processes and digitalisation. Two rail portals with OCR technology have been installed in the Terminal Busto Arsizio for automated visual train inspection, identification and inventory - an important tool for handling the growing traffic volume efficiently. Other terminals will follow, according to the Hupac digitalisation strategy.


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