By the end of the year, Hannibal, the transport company intermodal plant of the Contship Italia group, will activate a new rail link between Italy, Hungary and Romania will connect the Italian group's Rail Hub in Melzo with the BILK and Arad terminals in Budapest and Curtici, respectively. The connection, intended for semi-trailers, shipping containers (20', 40' and 45') and any other equipment including containers, semi-trailers (with P385, P386, P400 profiles) and swap bodies, will be operated as an open railway system.

The train will run twice a week and will be able to Carry up to 35 load units. Departures from Italy are scheduled on Tuesdays and Fridays and in the opposite direction every Saturday and Tuesday, while the Transit time will be 48 hours. The connection of more than 1,500 kilometres will see in traction a partnership between two operators: Eurogate Intermodal which will be entrusted with the intermodal train traction in Hungary and Romania and Oceanogate in the Italian section.

Andrea Spagnuolo, sales & business development manager at Contship, explained that "to benefit from the new service will in particular be all traffic coming from the from Turkey, reinforcing Curtici's role as a transport hub connecting Hungary, Romania and Turkey to Italy'.