RZD Logistics

Forwarders switch focus from costly air and ocean to overland Asia-Europe

Substantial price and capacity volatility in air freight and blanked sea freight sailings have pushed attention toward overland routes between Asia and Europe.
InstaFreight, a road specialist, is one forwarder offering trucking services across Eurasia and claims that, with congestion affecting Chinese exports, the delivery times are similar to air – but cheaper and “more stable”.
Depending on the number of drivers and the origin and destination, InstaFreight claims a transit of …

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FESCO, RZD Logistics add hazardous cargo transportation option

FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) and RZD Logistics JSC (a subsidiary of Russian Railways OJSC) are expanding the range of goods for transportation from Asia-Pacific countries to Europe and are now offering to transport hazardous cargo.

Containers with acids, used in the pharmaceuticals and industry, and with spare parts and various equipment were delivered from Qingdao (China) and Busan (Korea) respectively to the Commercial port of Vladivostok (CPV, is FESCO’s entity) by regular FESCO...

https://container-news.com/fesco-rzd-logistics-add-hazardous-cargo-transportation-option/

RZD Logistics launches China-Germany service

RZD Logistics JSC launched a new transit service from the city of Yantai (China) to Duisburg (Germany). The first train with finished household products, auto parts and components for electronics production left the station on July 26 and arrived at its destination on August 14.

Thus, RZD Logistics at current is organizing container trains from various cities of the Shandong province to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Perm, Minsk, and Duisburg today. Besides that, the service will be launched on the new...

https://container-news.com/rzd-logistics-launches-china-germany-service/

Fesco and RZD launch joint Korea-Europe service via Trans-Siberian Railway

Russian container shipping line Fesco and state rail operator RZD have launched a service to ship boxes from Korea to Europe via the Trans-Siberian Railway.
The two companies said the launch followed a trial shipment last month from the South Korean container hub of Pusan to the Polish rail terminal at Brzeg Dolny.
The shipment moved on a Fesco vessel to its terminal at Russia’s pacific port of Vladivostok and then by …

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RZD Logistics launches new China-Russia service

RZD Logistics JSC, together with its subsidiary Far East Land Bridge LTD (FELB), organized a new railway container service on the route from Yantai station (China) to Seliatino station in the Moscow region. The first train, consisting of 42 containers, was sent on June 28, when the Chinese station began operations. As expected, it will arrive in the Moscow region in 16-18 days. The container train will proceed to the destination on the territory of Mongolia, through the border checkpoints...

https://container-news.com/rzd-logistics-launches-china-russia-service/

RZD Logistics, Sinotrans sign long-term deal

«RZD Logistics» JSC, the largest multimodal logistics operator in the CIS and Baltic countries, together with Sinotrans, one of the largest logistics companies in China, agreed to develop transit traffic from China to Europe.

Vyacheslav Valentik, General Director of RZD Logistics, and Hairong Chen, Deputy General Director of Sinotrans signed the strategic cooperation agreement, at the largest logistics and transport exhibition «Transport Logistic» that takes place in Munich from 4 to 7 June. The...

https://container-news.com/rzd-logistics-sinotrans-sign-long-term-deal/

RZD Logistics launches China-Russia service

JSC RZD Logistics along with its subsidiary company Far East Land Bridge (FELB) has launched regular railway shipments from Dongguan (Guangdong province, China) to Vorsino (Kaluga region, Russia). Previously, the departure point of container trains from this province was the city of Guangzhou. The new service offers the advantages of the former one, including the speed of delivery, and provides lower tariff rates for shippers, as well as subsidizing terminal costs in China.

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FESCO and Russian Railways launch Japan-Europe transit service

FESCO Transportation Group (“FESCO”) and JSC RZD Logistics, subsidiary of JSC Russian Railways, launch the “Trans-Siberian Landbridge”, a joint transit service for express delivery of goods from Japan to Europe through the Russian Far East by the Trans-Siberian railway. On May 23, 2019, the test container was dispatched from the port of Yokohama in the presence of Alexander Misharin, First Deputy CEO of JSC Russian Railways.

The intermodal chain of the “Trans-Siberian Landbridge” covers Japanese...

https://container-news.com/fesco-russian-railways-japan-europe-transit-service/

RZD Logistics launches regular China-Finland service

JSC RZD Logistics has launched regular railway shipments on the route China-Finland. This route is circular, with return loading in Finland.

Currently container trains go from Hefei (Anhui Province) to Europe once in two weeks through the territory of China, Kazakhstan, Russia and Finland. The route goes across border points Dostyk-Alashankou, Kartaly, Vainikkala- Buslovskaya to the station Vuosaari in Finland. In future, the service is expected to work on a weekly basis. Average delivery time...

https://container-news.com/rzd-logistics-regular-china-finland-service/

FESCO, RZD Logistics to offer a joint service

FESCO Transportation Group (FESCO) and RZD Logistics JSC have agreed to organize a joint multimodal service for the delivery of containerized cargo from the Asia-Pacific region (APR) to Europe through the Commercial Port of Vladivostok (VMTP, part of FESCO) by the Trans-Siberian railway. The agreement was signed by Alexander Isurin, President of FESCO, and Vyacheslav Valentik, Director General of RZD Logistics JSC, in the framework of the “TransRussia” exhibition.

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