• Start at the 4^th January, four times per week and direction
• Stop for consignments to and from Poznan Franowo
• Convenient schedules optimize vehicle round trips

(Gdynia/Chiasso/Frankfurt am Main, 11 December 2015) In future the operators PCC Intermodal SA, Hupac Intermodal SA and Kombiverkehr KG are to work in close cooperation on the transport corridor between the Ruhrgebiet and Poland, providing a joint train product alongside their own existing services.

With effect from 4 January 2016, a new direct train with capacity for up to 1200 tonnes of cargo will run in each direction between the DUSS terminal in Duisburg and Kutno four times a week, and twice a week with a stop in Poznan Franowo. RBH, a subsidiary of DB Schenker Rail, will be providing the traction for the trains on the German side, and DB Schenker Rail Polska will be doing the same on the Polish side. The closing times for acceptance are late and the pick-up times early in Duisburg and Kutno, thus facilitating the optimization of vehicle operations in the region. There are options for onward transport from Duisburg and Kutno to make use of the operators' existing national and international services.

"By bundling the current consignment volumes of all three operators into one joint train product customers in international forwarding will have more opportunities to send shipments by rail, which is both cost-efficient and climate-friendly," says Peter Dannewitz, Sales Manager at Kombiverkehr KG.

“With four departures per week in each direction, we offer our customers a high quality product with attractive prices," emphasizes Alberto Grisone, Director Network Development of the Swiss Hupac Intermodal AG.

“This joint product between Duisburg and Kutno, finally allows us to offer the customers complete competitive and reliable connection, linking Ruhr Area with Southern Poland`s industrial centers areas of Wrocław, Katowice and Rzeszów.”, adds Ziemowit Kierkowski, Sales Director of PCC Intermodal S.A.

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Kutno terminal, photo PCC Intermodal

Duisburg DUSS terminal, photo Kombiverkehr KG

From 4 January 2016, tankers with hazardous goods, maritime containers, swap bodies and semitrailers with a P400 profile will be transported by the operators PCC Intermodal, Hupac and Kombiverkehr on the jointly marketed route between the Ruhr region and Kutno as well as Poznan Franowo in central Poland.

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• Terminal Kutno
• Terminal Duisburg

About PCC Intermodal:

Founded in 2004, leader of intermodal transport in Poland, offering intermodal (rail and door deliveries) daily connections between: Rotterdam, Hamburg, Gdańsk, Gdynia ports and inland destinations in: Central Poland; South East Poland, Upper and Lower Silesia; Berlin/Brandenburg, Ruhr Area; PL/BY border – Brest. The company manages 5 modern terminals: Frankfurt Oder, Gliwice, Brzeg Dolny, Kutno and Dębica organizing monthly over 300 regular, intermodal trains. Since 2009 PCC Intermodal S.A. is noted on Warsaw Stock Exchange. The company belongs to the capital group PCC SE with the seat in Duisburg. The Group is operating in three strategic areas: Chemicals I Energy I Logistics. PCC brand is present in 17 countries all over the world, employing almost 3000 people.
Contact for more information and picture material:
PCC Intermodal, Marketing & Development Director, Monika Konsor-Fąferek
Phone: +48 723 585 969 I Fax: +48 58 58 58 201 I E-mail: monika.konsor@pcc.eu

About Hupac Intermodal:

Hupac is the leading operator of combined transports through Switzerland and one of the market leaders in Europe.  Hupac’s transportation services include 100 trains every day between the major European economic centres, Russia and the Far East. In 2014 Hupac transported approximately 660,000 road shipments by rail. The Hupac Group consists of 13 companies with operations in Switzerland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland and Russia and has around 400 employees. Hupac Ltd. was established in Chiasso/Switzerland in 1967. The company has over 100 shareholders and a share capital of CHF 20 million, 72% of which is held by logistics and transportation companies and 28% by railways, thus ensuring market proximity and independence from the railways.
Contact for more information and picture material:
Irmtraut Tonndorf 
Director Communications
Tel. +41 58 8558020, Fax +41 58 8558801, Mob. +41 79 2934645

About Kombiverkehr:
Founded in 1969, as Europe’s number 1 operator in intermodal transport Kombiverkehr Deutsche Gesellschaft für kombinierten Güterverkehr mbH & Co KG develops, organises and markets an international rail network that offers forwarders and transport companies an intelligent combination of the advantages of road, rail and ship. Kombiverkehr provides over 170 train departures with more than 15,000 connections for the cost-effective, secure and environmentally friendly transport of freight across Europe every night. The limited partnership is owned by some 230 national and international forwarders and transport companies as well as DB Mobility Logistics AG. Headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, the company shifted a total of 924,694 million truck consignments (1.85 million TEU) from road to rail in 2014, saving the environment almost one million tonnes of harmful carbon dioxide emissions. In 2014 the 142 full-time equivalent staff achieved sales of 434 million euros.
Contact for more information and picture material:
Kombiverkehr, Corporate Communications & Sales Support Manager, Jan Weiser
Phone +49 69/7 95 05-1 42, Fax +49 69/7 95 05-1 49
e-mail jweiser@kombiverkehr.de