The container carrier major, previously offering rail services over the northern part of the New Silk Road, has connected China and the EU via Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.
The Finnish company and Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), the country's national railroad haulier, have partnered to trial rail shipments along the Middle Corridor.
Nurminen Logistics will open new container train connections between Helsinki and Suzhou, Ningbo, and Jinan, following a tripling in the company's China box rail volumes in 2020.
UTLC ERA, Belintertrans-Germany (BIT-Germany), and Liski have partnered to run a 50 FEU-big container train from Chongqing to Sławków that avoids gauge change in Europe.
United Transport and Logistics Company - Eurasian Rail Alliance (UTLC ERA) - a JV between Belarusian, Kazakh, and Russian railways - has reduced tariffs, even up to 50%, for the transportation of empty 40- and 45-foot general purpose containers to China.
