{"id":174427,"date":"2025-02-10T20:21:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T10:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=59692"},"modified":"2025-02-10T20:21:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T10:21:21","slug":"hupac-maintained-stable-volumes-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=174427","title":{"rendered":"Hupac maintained stable volumes in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Despite somewhat unfavourable market conditions, Swiss logistics operator Hupac kept stable volumes in 2024. The company reported minor decreases in road consignment in road\/rail combined transport, transalpine transport through Switzerland and non-transalpine traffic.<\/strong><br \/>\n<span id=\"more-59692\"><\/span>In total, Hupac handled 949,000 road consignments in road\/rail combined transport, a decrease of 2.6 per cent. Concerning transalpine transport, the company\u2019s figures remained stable (-0.2 per cent). Finally, for non-transalpine traffic, volumes declined by 1.2 per cent. \u201cIn addition to the cyclical decline in demand for transport, the problematic condition of the rail network is the main reason for the below-expectations development of traffic\u201d, the company pointed out.<\/p>\n<h2>The diversion through France<\/h2>\n<p>One of the main reasons behind Hupac stable numbers was the introduction of a diesel shuttle service along non-electrified railways on the French side of the Rhine River during the renovation of the Rhine Valley railway in Germany. In cooperation with Captrain France and SBB, Hupac managed to divert 20 freight trains every day on the line between Offenburg and W\u00f6rth.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"readmore\">\n<div class=\"readmore-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/infrastructure\/2024\/09\/09\/hupac-necessary-to-expand-the-railway-lines-on-the-left-bank-of-the-rhine-in-france\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hupac-train--128x128.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"readmore-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"readmore-info\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/infrastructure\/2024\/09\/09\/hupac-necessary-to-expand-the-railway-lines-on-the-left-bank-of-the-rhine-in-france\/\" class=\"readmore-title\">Hupac: \u201cNecessary to expand the railway lines on the left bank of the Rhine in France\u201d<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Having trains going through France rather than Germany might become a more common practice for the Swiss operator. \u201cSince the beginning of 2025, we have been routing some of our Belgium-Italy traffic through France instead of Germany. This enables us to counter the risk of irregularities and increase the reliability of our transport operations,\u201d said Hupac CEO Michail Stahlhut, who added that more diversion routes are planned.<\/p>\n<h2>Low starting bar<\/h2>\n<p>Despite managing to keep volumes stable in 2024, Hupac was starting from a relatively low threshold, as volumes in 2023 decreased on all fronts. The similarities in figures between 2023 and 2024 is also reflected by the fact that Hupac faced similar issues. Over the past couple of years, in fact, low quality of the railway network, especially in Germany, was a constant challenge for many operators in Europe.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"readmore\">\n<div class=\"readmore-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/business\/2024\/05\/28\/hupacs-numbers-during-2023-decreased-across-the-board\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Foto-Terminal-Busto-Arsizio-Gallarate-128x128.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"readmore-thumbnail\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"readmore-info\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/business\/2024\/05\/28\/hupacs-numbers-during-2023-decreased-across-the-board\/\" class=\"readmore-title\">Hupac\u2019s numbers during 2023 decreased across the board<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite somewhat unfavourable market conditions, Swiss logistics operator Hupac kept stable volumes in 2024. The company reported minor decreases in road consignment in road\/rail combined\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,4304,47],"tags":[12634],"class_list":["post-174427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-hupac","category-rail-news","tag-railfreight"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=174427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174428,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174427\/revisions\/174428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=174427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=174427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=174427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}