Maritime Logistics

Customer driven rail solutions

ERS Railways is the Hupac Group branch for maritime inland transportation based in Germany. Founded in 1994, ERS has 30 years of expertise in intermodal services for maritime containers.

 

Intermodal network

Our high-performance network for maritime container transport connects the seaports of Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Rotterdam with the most important economic centres in Germany. We move your containers – from the seaport by rail and onwards by road to the final destination. Fast, efficiently and eco-friendly.

 

With 30 years of experience in the field of intermodal services, we serve the terminals in Nuremberg, Munich, Augsburg, Regensburg, Ulm, Kornwestheim, Frankfurt and Mannheim as well as the border areas to the Czech Republic, Austria, France and Switzerland via combined transport.

 

Continental network of Hupac

In addition, ERS Railways offers the possibility of using the continental network of Hupac Intermodal for maritime volumes, allowing our customers to benefit from our full-service container handling on these routes as well. Furthermore, Hupac provides a pan-European network of container terminals that we can use.

 

Full-service container transport

Our Customer Service teams look after the entire range of container transport services. We take care of it – reliably and flexibly.

  • Container delivery: organisation of pre-carriage and on-carriage by truck
  • SOLAS services
  • Preparation of customs documents
  • Empty container positioning
  • Transport of dangerous goods by rail and road
  • Customised special services

 

An exclusive access to rail resources

Our strategic alignment with boxXpress as a private rail company and a jointly operated train network expands the spectrum for intermodal seaport-hinterland transport. As a shareholder of boxXpress, we get the best out of the market – and make optimal use of the available resources.

  • 37 Vectron locomotives for high sustainability value
  • 1000 container wagons Sggns(s) 80' with ideal loading weight
  • Professional train running control
  • Active CO2e management by ERS Railways

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Hupac takes over operations of Terminal Novara CIM

The objective: further development of intermodality in Italy

Combiconnect is the name of the Hupac Group company that will manage the operation of the Novara CIM terminal from 18.10.2021. The agreement, signed on 15 September 2021 between Combiconnect and Eurogateway, provides for the transfer of the company branch relating to the Novara CIM West terminal, while at the same time Combiconnect has been assigned the terminal management by CIM SpA.

 

"Our aim is to further develop this strategic terminal for modal shift of transalpine traffic. Today Novara CIM handles over 60 train pairs a week, mostly from the operator Hupac Intermodal, on a 150,000 square metre facility equipped with 7 loading and unloading tracks", explains Piero Solcà, director Terminal Infrastructures of the Hupac Group. "The investment plans are already in the drawer and include the lengthening of the tracks from the current 600 metres to the European standard of 740 metres, new entry/exit tracks, gantry cranes and a sophisticated OCR system for the automatic reading of train and loading unit data".

 

The 37 employees currently working at Terminal Novara CIM are guaranteed continuity of employment by transferring their work relationship to Combiconnect, in full compliance with the applicable collective labour agreement and current regulations. Combiconnect has already ordered two new cranes and three tractors, which will be available and operational from 18 October.

 

Eurogateway, which operates the Novara Boschetto terminal, will continue to be a strategic partner for the Hupac Group. Combiconnect Srl, established at the beginning of 2021, is 80% owned by Hupac Ltd, Chiasso, and 20% by Centro Interportuale Merci SpA, Novara.

Hupac takes over operations of Terminal Novara CIM

The objective: further development of intermodality in Italy

Combiconnect is the name of the Hupac Group company that will manage the operation of the Novara CIM terminal from 18.10.2021. The agreement, signed on 15 September 2021 between Combiconnect and Eurogateway, provides for the transfer of the company branch relating to the Novara CIM West terminal, while at the same time Combiconnect has been assigned the terminal management by CIM SpA.

 

"Our aim is to further develop this strategic terminal for modal shift of transalpine traffic. Today Novara CIM handles over 60 train pairs a week, mostly from the operator Hupac Intermodal, on a 150,000 square metre facility equipped with 7 loading and unloading tracks", explains Piero Solcà, director Terminal Infrastructures of the Hupac Group. "The investment plans are already in the drawer and include the lengthening of the tracks from the current 600 metres to the European standard of 740 metres, new entry/exit tracks, gantry cranes and a sophisticated OCR system for the automatic reading of train and loading unit data".

 

The 37 employees currently working at Terminal Novara CIM are guaranteed continuity of employment by transferring their work relationship to Combiconnect, in full compliance with the applicable collective labour agreement and current regulations. Combiconnect has already ordered two new cranes and three tractors, which will be available and operational from 18 October.

 

Eurogateway, which operates the Novara Boschetto terminal, will continue to be a strategic partner for the Hupac Group. Combiconnect Srl, established at the beginning of 2021, is 80% owned by Hupac Ltd, Chiasso, and 20% by Centro Interportuale Merci SpA, Novara.

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