Hupac volume up

摘要

Pan-European private intermodal rail operator Hupac saw a 6.6 per cent increase in its transport volume in 2011 compared to the previous year, according to the company's latest business summary. However, the Switzerland-headquartered company says business declined sharply in the second half of the year as the result of "another economic downturn". "In the past year, Hupac moved a total of 723,894 road shipments by rail," says the company. "The strongest growth was generated by trans-Alpine transports via Austria. A factor contributing substantially to the success of this was the clearance gauge on the Brenner axis, which makes the transport of modern, high-volume semi-trailers with a corner height of four metres possible."