FS Mackenzie launches Western Europe – Iraq trailer service
Following lengthy trials, FS Mackenzie has launched guaranteed twice-weekly express road trailer services between Western Europe and Iraq. The service, which caters for express groupage and part-loads, was launched in response to increased demand for the supply of goods to growing markets in Iraq, especially in the Kurdistan region. The service operates twice a week from hubs in Dortmund in Germany and Basildon in the UK, and goes to the Mateen Express hub at Erbil in Iraq. The trailers travel via Italy where they are taken by ferry to Mersin in Turkey for onward travel to Erbil. "There are many freight forwarders who claim to provide a service to Iraq, but few deliver," commented FS Mackenzie’s managing director, Alfred Stienen. He added that one of the attractions of the new service is that cargo is not transhipped on the journey. As part of the Famous Pacific Shipping (FPS) group, FS Mackenzie offers opportunities for cross-trading and co-loading onto the Iraqi service at the European hubs, as well as a link-up in Mersin or Istanbul for on-carriage into Iraq. The new service follows the creation of a business partnership with Mateen Express, an Iraqi freight forwarder and integrated logistic solutions provider with branches in Erbil, Baghdad, Basra, Sulaimanya and Duhok, as well as a full set up in Dubai and two of its own branches in China. Quelle: eyefortransport |