DHL expands China-Europe rail service from Suzhou to Warsaw in 14 days
(HK SHIPPING GAZETTE)
GERMANY DHL Global Forwarding has announced a new scheduled block train route between Suzhou and Warsaw, along the trans-Siberian North Corridor, which offers an average transit time of 14 days.
"Suzhou is a departure point and a huge benefit for customers to have direct access to inter-continental rail links rather than having to go via Chengdu," said DHL Global Forwarding freight chief Roger Crook.
"Being able to offer multiple loading points across China creates many opportunities for our customers, which is why we are seeing so much interest in multimodal services," he said.
The DHL statement said the expansion complements the daily single railcar Shanghai to Europe service along the North Corridor and the weekly block train from Chengdu to Europe along China's West Corridor line through Kazakhstan.
The new service runs from Suzhou, Jiangsu province, an important production area for engineering, manufacturing, high tech, automotive and the retail sector with growing demand.
"This service offers the option of booking variable capacity - ranging from a single container to a whole train. Our customers in both continents benefit from reduced door-to-door lead times," said DHL freight chief Amadou Diallo.
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