In total, however, the German company rail-carried less containers, swap bodies, and trailers in 2017 - down by 2.8% year-on-year to 958,299 truck consignments (equivalent of 1.9m TEU).
International traffic, excluding the Baltic Sea, noted a drop by 4.9% yoy to 671,719 trucks consignments dispatched on railways.
On the other hand, the company carried more cargo units within Germany across the de.NETdirekt+ network, noting here an increase by 2.3% on the 2016 result, up to 207,589 truck consignments overall.
According to Kombiverkehr, by preferring rail over road services, the company's clients relieved the environment of 1.1mt of CO2 last year, more or less the same volume as in 2016.