Belgium-Italy links boost Hupac’s growth

Hupac recorded a 4.3% increase in road consignment between 2024 and 2025, for a total of 1,853,000 TEUs. “This growth is partly attributable to the acquisition of traffic on the Belgium-Italy axis”, the company specified.

The company launched a new service connecting Gent, in Belgium, and Piadena, in Italy. Moreover, it increased the frequency of the Zeebrugge-Piacenza link. “Without these additional volumes, transalpine traffic through Switzerland would have declined for the second consecutive year”, it added. Construction sites, diversions and line closures, continued to be challenges and are expected to have an impact this year as well.

Volumes along Hupac’s ‘secondary’ axes are also increasing, albeit the numbers are much lower than what is moved via Switzerland. “Transalpine traffic via France and Austria slightly increased (+26.9%, equal to +5,100 consignments)”, the company explained. Non-transalpine traffic almost reached 390,000 road consignments, but the growth rate was not specified.