• Direct service from January 4, 2016, four times a week
• Stopover for shipments to and from Poznań Franowo
• Optimized schedule, carrying capacity up to 1,200 metric tons
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Duisburg / Gdynia (Poland), in December 2015. Our logistics subsidiary PCC Intermodal S.A., Gdynia (Poland) has entered into a close-knit international collaboration agreement enabling it to expand its services along the transport corridor between the Ruhr region and Poland. Together with Hupac Intermodal SA, Chiasso (Switzerland), and Kombiverkehr KG, Frankfurt am Main (Germany), PCC Intermodal will be offering a direct rail freight link between Duisburg’s DUSS terminal and the PCC-owned terminal in Kutno as from January 4 next. This new direct service with a carrying capacity of up to 1,200 metric tons will run four times a week in both directions, twice a week with an intermediate stop in Poznań Franowo.
The trains will be pulled by DB Schenker Rail via its subsidiary RBH on the German side, and on the Polish side by DB Schenker Rail Polska. Duisburg and Kutno offer late freight receiving end times and early pick-up start times to facilitate optimized vehicle deployment in their respective catchment areas. The final-leg delivery services from Duisburg and Kutno will be provided by the existing national and international assets and networks of the three collaborating operators.
“With this shared service between Duisburg and Kutno, we can offer our customers a smooth and direct, competitive and reliable link between the Ruhr region and the industrial centers in southern Poland of Wrocław, Katowice and Rzeszów,” explains Ziemowit Kierkowski, Director of Sales at PCC Intermodal S.A.
“The pooling of the current shipment volumes of all three operators so as to utilize this integrated train service provides international forwarders working along this corridor a better basis for cost-efficient and sustainable, climate-friendly transport activities – with all the advantages that rail can offer,” says Peter Dannewitz, Head of Sales at Kombiverkehr KG.
“With four departures per week and direction, we can offer our customers a high-quality product at attractive prices,” underlines Alberto Grisone, Director of Network Development with Swiss company Hupac Intermodal AG.
PCC-Terminal Kutno, © PCC Intermodal S.A
Terminal Duisburg DUSS, © Kombiverkehr KG
Thus, as from January 4, 2016, tank containers with hazardous substances, overseas containers, swap bodies and semitrailers with a P400 profile will be transported by the operators PCC Intermodal, Hupac and Kombiverkehr on the jointly marketed service between the Ruhr region and Kutno with stopovers in Poznań Franowo in central Poland.
Click here to learn more about the operators:
– PCC Intermodal S.A.: http://www.pccintermodal.pl
– Hupac Intermodal S.A.: http://www.hupac.ch
– Kombiverkehr KG: http://www.kombiverkehr.de