News / HHLA to buy a 51% stake in Austrian intermodal specialist Roland Spedition

Hamburg terminal and intermodal operator HHLA is set to expand its central European rail network, agreeing to acquire a 51% stake in Austria-based intermodal firm Roland Spedition for an undisclosed amount.

Roland Spedition operates a network of intermodal services between Austrian rail hubs and the north European ports of Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Antwerp and Rotterdam, as well as the Adriatic ports of Trieste and Koper, and handles around 130,000 teu per year.

Its current shareholders and joint-MDs, Christian Gutjahr and Nikolaus Hirnschall, will ...