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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"SBB Cargo International" – opportunity for combined transport

A comment of Bernhard Kunz, CEO of Hupac Ltd
5.7.2010

The media have covered the news: SBB Cargo and Hupac are mutually founding a rail carrier "SBB Cargo International" for the traction of intermodal and block trains on the north-south axis. A company with a greenfield approach, designed to improve the competitiveness of rail traction sustainably thanks to lean structures, standardized processes, efficient systems and high productivity.

 

This innovative business model has been made possible thanks to decades of collaboration between SBB and Hupac. Stockholders of the society are SBB Cargo with 75% share and Hupac with 25%. SBB Cargo is contributing traction resources and rail know-how to the new company, while Hupac enjoys market presence throughout all of Europe and provides part of the transport volume. Above all, Hupac contributes flexibility and innovative strength of logistics to the new rail company – and we're convinced that the market will profit from this creating a virtuous circle.

 

The new company will operate at the same conditions for all operators. We know how important neutrality is for the market and will ensure that this is provided. However, most important of all, the company will enable us to maintain our independence in the interest of the market. Hupac will continue to collaborate with a wide range of rail companies. Our guiding principle is competitiveness – resources, quality and price – of our rail partners.

 

Hupac supports the opening of the rail market – and nothing changes in this respect in the future. We need a successful, internationally operating Swiss rail freight company in order to ensure an open rail market in transit over the Alps. With the founding of SBB Cargo International we are convinced that we are providing important stimuli for intermodal transport.

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