DHL ease trade between Europe and Asia

Posted on Friday, June 19th by

DHL Global Forwarding has launched two new block train connections from Germany to China at the end of May.

The new connection going from the KTL terminal on the BASF site in Ludwigshafen travels through Poland, Belarus, Russia, and Kazakhstan to the destination terminal in Xi’an, China. Also, an express train connection has been launched between Neuss and Xi’an via Kaliningrad to minimize the transit time to 12 days.


Thomas Kowitzki, Head of Chinarail, Multimodal at DHL Global Forwarding Europe, commented: “In the last years, we observed an increasing demand for rail service products to and from China. Their cost-effectiveness, short transit time, and lower CO2 emissions compared to other transport modes make them an attractive alternative. To offer our European and global customers the right transport mode to grow their businesses between Europe and Asia, we continuously seek to expand our network of connections, capacities, and service speeds. The use of logistics services and infrastructure of KTL terminal in Ludwigshafen is another step towards an even more connected world and to more resilient supply chains.”


Max Siep, Head of Business Development/Network Management Chinarail of DHL Global Forwarding Europe, added: “The Rhine-Main region around Ludwigshafen as a European gateway and important source of volume is an ideal starting point for our transports. Ensuring that more customers can benefit from the reliability, speed, and climate-friendliness of our rail products, we are expanding the service to more departures and – at the same time – gradually improving the transit time.”


The new Germany-to-China rail services have been founded in partnership with  RTSB GmbH, Friedrichsdorf, Germany. The block trains are loaded with goods from all over Europe and shipped over 9,400 km to the central hub for train services in Xi’an, where DHL spreads the cargo within China and to nearby countries like South Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. The new routes also minimized the transit times for customers in other European countries like Benelux, France, Iberia, and the UK.



Source: Post&Parcel