HBC Hanseatisches Bahn Contor

HBC – who we are!

HBC Hanseatisches Bahn Contor GmbH (HBC for short) was founded in early October 2014 as a neutral railway undertaking (RU) to provide shunting services in the Port of Hamburg. Its shareholder is Hamburg-based zigsXpress GmbH.

zigsXpress is a joint venture between IGS Intermodal Container Logistics GmbH and Konrad Zippel Spediteur GmbH & Co. KG. Since April 2011, it has operated a rail network for maritime hinterland transport of sea containers on routes from the German seaports of Hamburg and Bremerhaven to Aschaffenburg, Kornwestheim, Cologne, Munich, Nuremberg, Schweinfurt and Regensburg, as well as to Berlin, Buna and Elsterwerda. Its capacity is approx. 250.000 TEU p.a. Traction is provided by SBB Deutschland Cargo GmbH, Duisburg, RheinCargo from Cologne, and Eisenbahngesellschaft Potsdam GmbH (EGP).

Effective 06.07.2021, HBC received its safety certificate pursuant to Ril (EU) 2018/798, enabling it to also undertake tasks in rail freight transport within Germany in future.

HBC – what we do!

In addition to shunting operations for its shareholder zigsXpress’s network, HBC also provides shunting services to third-party customers. Shunting operations are carried out throughout the Port of Hamburg on the infrastructure of Hamburg Port Authority (HPA).

Line-haul services using either diesel or electric locomotives can be provided through partner companies. HBC can also handle any type of port railway data documentation.