Safety - our number one priority

Safety is one of Hupac’s major priorities. The company aims at carrying out a safe and reliable transportation system, ensuring maximum safety in all its fields of activity.

 

Safety objectives

Our main safety objectives relate to the prevention of accidents in terminals and on the railway lines, the integrity of load units and smooth operation of the wagon fleet.

 

Compliance with legislation

Hupac conforms to the statutory safety provisions; if necessary, the company voluntarily implements additional measures.

 

Active management

Hupac makes available the instruments, resources and processes needed to guarantee an adequate system for safety management.

 

Focus on prevention

Hupac supports every initiative aimed at preventing safety-relevant disruptions or accidents.

 

Adequate training

Hupac's employees are adequately trained allowing them to perform their functions conscientiously and responsibly.

 

Dangerous goods

Hupac has put in place a centralised service specifically dedicated to this kind of transport, headed by a Dangerous Goods compliance advisor, appointed and trained according to the provisions of Directive 96/35/CE. 

 

Monitoring and improvement

Hupac regularly verifies the safety level in the company to identify any shortcomings and intervening in critical situations. Monitoring and controlling provide the basis for the continuous improvement process.

 

Teamwork

Safety is the result of teamwork involving collaborators, partners, customers and supervisory authorities. Hupac promotes an open, constructive dialog and supports awareness and motivation of all individuals, with the objective of creating an effective safety culture.

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Hupac upgrades its production team

Chiasso headquarters: dedicated teams for traffic management around the clock as of 1 December 2020

Running a network with more than 100 trains per day is our work-life challenge. Our productional backbone is the management of complexity – and new challenges are ahead: 

  • The new P400 network via Gotthard will boost traffic volume.
  • The large number of construction works on the rail lines are day-to-day disturbers.
  • Traffic flows have to run in the most efficient way in order to compensate for decreasing subsidies on Swiss transit routes and to satisfy customer expectations.

 

All this needs to be integrated into our value chain: railways organizing reserves, infrastructure managers who find re-routings, terminals that reorganize slots in case of delays. In the middle of everything: our production teams.

 

As of 1 December, Hupac Intermodal upgrades its Production & Dispatching department based in Chiasso. Operations will be managed by four teams composed of three collaborators each. They operate in regular shifts around the clock, 7 days per week, 12 months per year, with the task of coordinating train movements with our rail partners as well as with the terminals.

 

The new set-up will increase responsiveness and proactivity of our traffic management. “All teams are composed of two collaborators and a team leader”, says Silvio Ferrari, director Production & Dispatching of Hupac Intermodal. “Whenever an irregularity happens on our network – and be it in the middle of the night of a bank holiday – we are prepared to act, to decide and to coordinate with all stakeholders.”

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