HHLA’s rail intermodal arm Metrans has extended its influence for Europe-Asia container flows with the takeover of CL Europort and its logistics centre in the Polish town of Malaszewicze, close to the gauge break and the Belarusian border
At the same time, Metrans has announced a strategic partnership with Poland-based rail operator Eurotrans, which is active on the transport axis Berlin-Warsaw-Minsk-Moscow.
The CL Eurport logistics centre is only four kilometres from the Terespol railway crossing and eight kilometres from the Koroszczyn road crossing. “Malaszewicze represents a bridge between the EU member states, Russia and China,” says Peter Kiss, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Metrans Group.
“Our idea for the hub terminal has proven itself and the new terminal will perfectly complement our intermodal network. A large portion of the international rail transport that goes from here to China already goes via Malaszewicze. We also want to grow further in this segment through our strategic cooperation with Eurotrans.”
With its rail transport on Belarusian and Russian routes, rail operator Eurotrans provides an ideal expansion of the Metrans network, the statement read. “Metrans will use a part of Eurotrans’s capacity to offer new rail products to and from Brest and further east, and to guarantee the quality of existing services.”