The first in a series of three brand-new ro-ros has been launched at the Chinese Nanjing Jinling Shipyard and is expected to connect Finland with the Bay of Biscay at the turn of the year.
The subsidiary of Russian Railways has launched a container rail service from Jinan to Frankfurt, with the help of RZD Business Asset, Shandong Hi-Speed Qilu Eurasia Railway Logistics, Infraserv Logistics, and Contargo.
The company has started offering an intermodal solution that routes cargo from a number of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese ports to the Russian ones in Vladivostok and Vostochniy and then dispatches it by rail to St. Petersburg.
The train set - carrying electronics, auto parts, and epidemic-prevention supplies - will cross Duisburg on its way and arrive at the final destination after 21-22 days.
Shenzhen Senior Technology Material will erect a production line, its first outside China, at the Svista industrial estate, with supplies going by rail via the Eskilstuna Intermodal Terminal.
By combining rail and sea transport, DB Cargo Eurasia is testing an alternative route from China to Finland to the current setup that sees trains passing the Buslovskaya-Vainikkala border between Russia and Finland.
A fully-loaded train left Xi'an on 6 March for the Russian Baltic Port of Kaliningrad, where the goods will be loaded onto a vessel heading for the Danish Port of Fredericia.
