HPC finalises profitability report on Cologne North terminal operations

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Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC) has concluded a profitability analysis contract for a North German terminal.

HPC was hired last year by HGK Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln KG (HGK) to conduct a profitability analysis for the Cologne North intermodal traffic rail terminal.

Based on a tender, HGK commissioned traffic consultancy company, HPC, to carry out a comprehensive profitability analysis.

The analysis was intended to be from the perspective of both investors and operators, and to serve as the basis of calculating the amount of the lease to be charged for a future investor. 

The analysis made a fundamental contribution to the now completed transfer of terminal operations to Hupac SA.

This hiring comes only months after HPC was selected by Mimarine International to carry out a pre-feasibility study for the development of an operable business concept for the Port N’diago, Mauritania.

Authorised Signatory at HPC and expert on Market Development of Intermodal Transport, Hartmut Beyer, said: “The analysis and assessment of intermodal infrastructure and its integration into existing supply chains over the entire life cycle of cargo handling facilities and against the background of a dynamic market development is one of the core competencies of our consultancy services.  

“We are delighted to have been able to win the tender through our holistic approach – meaning the market study, the profitability analysis, the evaluation of the macroeconomic effects as well as the consulting on funding, all from a single source.”

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As a provider of logistics solutions for rail and ship, HGK operates a total of three terminals on the Rhine in Cologne as well as a rail network that connects the city with international intermodal logistics hubs.

As a public investor, HGK is making a significant contribution to the city of Cologne’s infrastructural provision of public services by successfully completing the second phase of construction at the new bimodal intermodal terminal, Cologne North. 

The terminal has a capacity of up to 130,000 TEU.

“By transferring the terminal to a competent and high-performing partner with its own intermodal rail products within Europe, we can significantly contribute to shifting more freight transport from the roads in the Cologne area to the more climate-friendly rail and waterways,” said Norbert Di Raimondo, who led the placement project at HGK. 

“In addition to key operational indicators, the placement criteria were mainly defined by qualitative, macroeconomic sustainability criteria for the northern Cologne region, which were set during the processing stage.”

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