The company's international services advanced by 8.5% year-on-year to 663,949 consignments, those within Germany - by 15.4% yoy to 190,521, and to & from the country's Baltic ports - by 3.2% yoy to 83,486.

Translated into containers, Kombiverkehr transported some 1.88m TEUs last year.

"The increase of 9.3 per cent in transported consignments compared with the previous year means we are on a clear growth trajectory, with transport volumes from pre-Covid times having already been exceeded in summer 2021," Alexander Ochs, Managing Director, Kombiverkehr, commented.

The company also underlined in a press release, "At 1,107,600 tons, the saving in emissions came in a hundred tons higher than the figure for the previous year. Alongside the perennial problems of a shortage of drivers and resource bottlenecks, climate protection is currently high up on the list of reasons to move to Combined Transport. The results achieved together with customers indicate that climate goals can indeed be achieved by having the main leg on rail."