Modal shift under growing pressure
The Chiasso-based intermodal operator Hupac has reported stable results for 2024, despite severe disruptions on key European rail corridors.
The company transported around 949,000 road consignments, a 2.6% decline overall year-on-year, but nearly maintained volumes in trans-Alpine traffic through Switzerland, down just 0.2%. Hupac aims to focus its combined transport operations on high-volume routes on the north-south axis. The group reported a CHF 9.4 million profit and around 1.3 million t of avoided CO₂ emissions in 2024.
Hupac has also called for Swiss investment in the Belgium–Metz–Basel 4-m left-bank corridor through France, and urgent planning reforms to reduce corridor blockages, in order to turn around an ongoing shift back to road transport.
“Combined transport remains the key to sustainable logistics in Europe”, board chairman Hans-Jörg Bertschi said. (js)