Rail service China-Europe: DHL now also provides a LCL option

DHL Global Forwarding expands multimodal rail service from China to Europe and is exploring ways to plug in neighboring countries into the network

DHL Global Forwarding is to start a new weekly scheduled block train service from Suzhou along the trans-Siberian North Corridor, to DHL’s intermodal hub in Poland, connecting Suzhou with Europe. A dedicated and cost effective service, it takes half the time of ocean freight and is a sixth of the cost of airfreight. This expansion complements the existing daily single wagon service from Shanghai to Europe, also along the North Corridor, and the weekly block train service fromChengdu to Europe along China’s West Corridor rail line through Kazakhstan to Europe.

The new scheduled block train service offers an average transit time of 14 days toWarsaw from Suzhou and will access DHL’s Europe network via Manzhouli in China and Zabaikalsk in Russia and DHL’s intermodal hub in Malaszewicze.  The expansion taps on Suzhou’s strategic location within Jiangsu Province, an important production area for engineering, manufacturing, high tech, automotive and the retail sector with growing demand.

Making the rail service even more accessible to more businesses, DHL also introduced the rail service in a Less-than-Container-Load (LCL) option. Called DHL Railconnect, it allows large multi-national companies and small businesses alike to better manage their inventory flows by sending out shipments in smaller consignments as and when they need to. For customers with larger shipments, the full-container service, now known as DHL Railline, remains available for customers to block out single containers, wagon groups or whole block trains.

Steve Huang, CEO, DHL Global Forwarding China, said: „DHL Global Forwarding is the world leader in Less-than-Container Load ocean freight services and one of the main actors in the European Less-than-Truck load, so it’s no surprise we have transferred the expertise into the rail solution. We’re seeing increased customer demand and we’re constantly innovating to help our customers. Earlier this year, we introduced the first temperature-controlledChina-Europe rail service, providing customers with temperature-sensitive products year-round access to this cost-effective shipping route regardless of the weather.“

As DHL Global Forwarding’s multimodal rail solution from China to Europe is well developed, the company is exploring ways to plug in neighboring countries into the network. Using ferry services between China, Japan and Korea, it is looking to move cargo shipments onto the China rail network and create a strong North Asian multimodal network to service the major economies of the three markets and significant volume of imports and exports.

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