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Rail Services: market situation between China and Europe

In addition to our air and sea freight service portfolio, DACHSER offers multimodal, reliable rail services with an extensive coverage, connecting economic centers of major importance in China and Europe.

Via the North Corridor, the so-called Trans-Siberian Route, we connect Hamburg, Warsaw, Vienna and Bratislava with Chinese main terminals cities like Changchun, Shenyang, Suzhou and Dongguan. 

To and from Duisburg, Hamburg, Neuss, Ludwigshafen, Vienna, Bratislava and Warsaw, we serve the South Corridor, also known as New Silk Road to the Chinese hinterland areas of Xi'an, Chengdu, Chongqing and Zhengzhou.

Not only Block Trains but also Full Container Load (FCL) and Less-Than-Container-Load (LCL) are possible on this service, it includes Consolidation Container Services (LCL-LCL) as well as Customer Consolidations (LCL-FCL).

Should you require any other departure terminals and/or destinations than those mentioned above, or some more detailed information on Rail Services, your DACHSER contact will be glad to assist. Read more details about DACHSER Rail Services.

+++ FLASH UPDATE NEWS +++

Due to high demand at the borders to Mongolia as well as to Kazakhstan, Chinese railways decided to cut most of the planned train departures in direction to Europe for November and December. As this is effecting all platforms, the expected backlog for December will tighten the available capacity furthermore.

Becasue of the imbalances transporting between Europe and Asia, there is also a serious shortage in available equipment like container and wagons. Therefore a pre-booking of at least 14 days in advanced is highly recommended.

For further details please reach out to your local DACHSER Air & Sea Logistics contact.

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