News / Metrans expands rail terminal footprint eastwards with takeover of CL Europort

CL Europort's Malaszewicze terminal

German container stevedore HHLA’s intermodal subsidiary, Metrans,has extended its network of rail terminals eastwards, establishing a presence at the key Polish rail freight hub of Malaszewicze by acquiring CL Europort.

It operates one of the myriad terminals at the site on the Poland-Belarus border.

The 13ha site features two rail sidings – 2.4km in the standard European gauge of 1.43 metres and 4.3km in the Russian/CIS 1.52 metre gauge – and has an annual handling capacity of 120,000 teu – Asia-Europe rail ...