Overland rail routes from China to Europe are beating out sea freight in speed, container availability, and value.

“Most companies are accustomed to using sea or air freight,” says Luc Audiens, freight specialist from Ziegler Belgium. “But many people aren’t aware of the advantages that rail routes have more recently started to offer.”Let’s explore the ways that rail freight is helping European companies diversify their supply chains and receive shipments faster from China.

The rail connection between Zhengzhou ( Province of Henan ) and Liège and back ( silk road ) was resumed by the end of March. Ziegler offers 2 departures a week in both directions with a transit time of 15 days ( calendar ). This offer concerns FCL and LCL shipments and in both ways ( Westbound and Eastbound ).

Furthermore, we offer an end-to-end service including:

• pick up/delivery in China and Europe
• customs operations
• consolidation
• palletization
• B/L

In these difficult times , we see that the rail offer from or to China is a real alternative to air or sea. More and more customers have tried the rail solution with China and they are satisfied.

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