Safety - our number one priority

Safety is one of Hupac’s major priorities. The company aims at carrying out a safe and reliable transportation system, ensuring maximum safety in all its fields of activity.

 

Safety objectives

Our main safety objectives relate to the prevention of accidents in terminals and on the railway lines, the integrity of load units and smooth operation of the wagon fleet.

 

Compliance with legislation

Hupac conforms to the statutory safety provisions; if necessary, the company voluntarily implements additional measures.

 

Active management

Hupac makes available the instruments, resources and processes needed to guarantee an adequate system for safety management.

 

Focus on prevention

Hupac supports every initiative aimed at preventing safety-relevant disruptions or accidents.

 

Adequate training

Hupac's employees are adequately trained allowing them to perform their functions conscientiously and responsibly.

 

Dangerous goods

Hupac has put in place a centralised service specifically dedicated to this kind of transport, headed by a Dangerous Goods compliance advisor, appointed and trained according to the provisions of Directive 96/35/CE. 

 

Monitoring and improvement

Hupac regularly verifies the safety level in the company to identify any shortcomings and intervening in critical situations. Monitoring and controlling provide the basis for the continuous improvement process.

 

Teamwork

Safety is the result of teamwork involving collaborators, partners, customers and supervisory authorities. Hupac promotes an open, constructive dialog and supports awareness and motivation of all individuals, with the objective of creating an effective safety culture.

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Zhanna Kargl, new Head of business unit Shuttle Net North-East Europe

Hupac is pleased to inform that Zhanna Kargl has been appointed as the new responsible for the business unit Shuttle Net North-East Europe as of 1 September 2019. She will be responsible for developing the sales strategies and operations on the east-west axis between Belgium/Netherlands/West Germany and East Germany/Poland/Russia.

 

Zhanna Kargl will be in charge of strengthening our intermodal network in north-east Europe, identifying market opportunities and developing new projects together with customers and partners. In addition, she will engage in sales activities within the business unit Landbridge China.

 

Zhanna Kargl's experience in intermodal transport in east Europe, CIS Countries and China spans over a decade. She joins Hupac with a wealth of knowledge acquired as logistics consultant and in management positions at FELB (Far East Land Bridge) Austria and CEL Logistic Company GmbH.

 

Special thanks go to Silvio Ferrari, who managed the Shuttle Net North-East division on an interim basis for three years. During this period, Silvio Ferrari has introduced a new operating concept and stabilised punctuality and reliability of the traffic. Thanks to the improved quality, new logistic concepts have been developed and additional volumes acquired.

 

"Silvio has done important development work for the north-east traffic with the support of the teams headed by Denitsa Nikolova and Beata Mizeracka. He will now fully concentrate on his core activity as Production Director and implement new measures aimed at increasing the quality and efficiency of our network, also in view of the NEAT and the 4-meter-corridor via Gotthard", says Michail Stahlhut, CEO of Hupac Intermodal. "We are convinced that Zhanna is a great asset for the further development of intermodal transport on the east-west axis and we wish her an excellent integration and success within the Hupac team".

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