Polzug’s ‘Golden Environment’

The Federation confers its ‘Golden Environment Rail’ for outstanding services to rail transport. The award was bestowed during a ceremony held in Hamburg under the motto ‘Rail Transport – Contributing to Climate Protection’.

Polzug is a leading supplier of rapid, sustainable rail transport between the Northern European container ports and Central and Eastern Europe. Polzug is a joint venture between Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), PKP Polish State Railways and Deutsche Bahn AG.

Polzug was the first private rail company to develop block container train links between ports in Northern Europe and Poland. Today, its transport services extend well beyond Poland, into the CIS States, the Caucasus and as far as Central Asia. Polzug accordingly plays a crucial part in transporting rapidly growing quantities of goods from the North Sea ports of Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Rotterdam to the emerging national economies of Eastern Europe in a way that conserves the climate. Since being founded, Polzug has already managed to save 200,000 tons of climate-harmful carbon dioxide.