Maersk Intercontinental Railway sets new record

The Maersk Intercontinental Railway team and partners have prepared for several months, conducted close investigations, carefully verified, and planned new train lines. The first freight train of the new line was officially departed from Xi'an on December 29, 2019. It passed through Khorgos, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Lithuania. Port, and then docked with the sea-rail combined transport on the last European railway transport, arrived at its final destination on January 10, 2020, the whole journey was 12 days.

Cui Guanyan, Maersk Greater China Logistics Product Director, said: "Maersk is committed to becoming a global integrated container shipping logistics company, providing customers with comprehensive logistics solutions to help customers connect and simplify the supply chain. Guided by this vision, the Intercontinental Railway team has always been Guided by user needs, we continue to develop and innovate. As a leading product in Maersk's land-side logistics products, this new line opens a new chapter for further upgrading of railway products. "

It is reported that the normal operation of this new line will further enhance the time advantage of railway transportation in Sino-European freight transport, provide customers with more opportunities to flexibly manage the supply chain, and help them save logistics costs.

In addition, just this Monday, the new "ketchup train" launched by Maersk Intercontinental Railway product team arrived in Poti, Georgia ~~ This new sea-rail intermodal line departs from Urumqi, Xinjiang, across Asia and Europe to reach Poti , Then the ketchup-filled container will be taken to sea and land Maersk's ship to Italy.