As a company with a strong environmental focus, Holmen needed a transport partner that could actively support its sustainability ambitions. This meant reducing CO₂ emissions, improving transport efficiency and ensuring reliable delivery of goods across Europe.

At the same time, operations had to remain efficient and predictable. Transport plays a critical role in delivering paper products on time, often within tight timeframes, making reliability and coordination essential.

Key challenges

• Reducing CO₂ emissions across transport operations.

• Finding a logistics partner aligned with sustainability goals.

• Ensuring reliable and efficient deliveries.

• Managing just-in-time requirements for production and customers.

“Sustainability is really, really important for Holmen. Now, multimodal transport is very important for reducing carbon footprints. We’ll seek it each time instead of going by road.” - Oskar Svensson

To meet these challenges, Ewals Cargo Care implemented a multimodal transport approach combining rail, road and short-sea solutions. This enabled Holmen to reduce its reliance on road transport and significantly lower its carbon footprint. Alongside sustainability, the focus was on efficiency and reliability. Through careful planning, close collaboration and consistent execution, both teams ensure that transport flows remain smooth and aligned with customer requirements.

How Ewals Cargo Care supports Holmen

• Providing multimodal transport solutions across rail, road and short-sea.

• Supporting CO₂ reduction through modal shift optimisation.

• Ensuring reliable, on-time deliveries.

• Offering specialised equipment for safe and flexible transport.

• Maintaining strong communication and operational coordination.

A key element is the use of Mega Huckepack XLS trailers as Oskar Svensson highlights: “ECC trailers have the safety of the box trailer but the flexibility of curtain trailers.”

The collaboration has also achieved consistent operational performance. In Svensson’s assessment:

“ECC is delivering on expected service. Logistics is always unpredictable, but as a collaboration today, it feels like everything is working very well.”

A Partnership Built on Performance and Trust

The collaboration between Holmen and Ewals Cargo Care is built on open communication, transparency and shared objectives. This long-term relationship enables both teams to respond quickly to challenges and continuously improve performance.

What defines the partnership
• Open and transparent communication.
• Strong alignment on sustainability goals.
• Reliable execution and proactive issue resolution.
• Close collaboration in planning and operations.

As Oskar Svensson highlights:
“Together with Ewals Cargo Care, we have a long partnership with very good communication.”

Supporting just-in-time deliveries is a key aspect of this cooperation, helping Holmen maintain efficiency and reduce storage costs.

“We are working now very much with just-in-time deliveries where we are supposed to deliver paper one day, and maybe the printing job starts the next or in two days.” - Oskar Svensson

Through close collaboration and a shared focus on sustainability and efficiency, the partnership between Holmen and Ewals Cargo Care has delivered clear, measurable results.

Key results:

• Reduced CO₂ emissions through multimodal transport solutions

• Improved reliability and consistent delivery performance

• Greater flexibility through specialised transport equipment

• Strong support for just-in-time delivery requirements

• Enhanced communication and operational control

By combining sustainability with operational excellence, both companies have created a supply chain that supports long-term growth while reducing environmental impact.