DHL through the "Rong Ou fast iron" launch new delivery services

DHL Global Forwarding (DHL Global Forwarding) recently launched a new delivery services. The service uses "multimodal transport mode of railway transportation" and "road transport, delivery" combination, can effectively improve the delivery time, reduce the service cost, open the "door to door delivery of new mode".
It is reported, this service in the trunk transportation mainly relies on the spring put into use in China from Chengdu to Poland "Rong Ou fast iron". Does this line is full-length 9826 kilometers, the whole western China -- Kazakhstan -- across Russia -- Belarus -- Poland horse shed Ipswich, from 4 at the end of the week the departure time, the entire journey in 14 days.
Although travel time look longer, but equidistant shipping time is 40 days. In addition, this new route operation, goods transportation cost is only shipping 1/6.
"Through this new service, any place in China pickup, via Poland horse shed Veitch hub arrived in Europe, and through DHL EuroConnect2 network by truck or rail transportation and distribution further." DHL Global Forwarding Asia-Pacific chief executive Kelvin Leung said.
The new line through the multimodal transport hub - Poland border city horse shed Ipswich, therefore accessible by road transport arrived in moscow. Thus, DHL has opened up a new route of delivery from Chengdu to Moscow, cycle for 20 days. "With 'a Monday classes' service operation, we connect the central capacity will also increase." Kelvin Leung said, "the railway and highway two capacity combined with one hand, shorten transit time, on the other hand, reduce transportation cost. In addition, because the period of Moscow by train line on the means of transport, reducing the possibility of potential delivery delay."
For three consecutive years China has become Russia's largest trading partner, this article from Chengdu to Poland trade channel occupies an important strategic position in the DHL business planning. Data shows, 2012, the Sino-Russian bilateral trade volume reached a record $88160000000, an increase of 11.2%.
At present, the highway, railway multimodal transport line mainly serve the high value, automation and high-tech products, such as electronic products. "We are further developed for transporting chemicals, spare parts and large household appliances logistics solutions." Kelvin Leung revealed. "In China, we are committed to expanding the coverage of services, for the near future to cover the main economic more northern regions, such as Japan and South korea."
There is no doubt in the advantages of multimodal transport, cross-border transportation is obvious: combined transport departure and destination of the terrain conditions, through the combination of air transport, maritime transport, road transport, railway transport of two or more forms, considering transportation cost, transportation and other factors, can give a more comprehensive transportation price, aging advantaged solution.
Multimodal originated in the 60's of the last century, this mode of transport in recent years the rapid growth of market demand, for the long distance transport of goods, container transport will make multimodal play advantage more. With China in the multimodal transport is synchronization of India as an example, the multimodal transport has greatly promoted the international trade import and export in recent years, the annual growth rate has been maintained at 10%~12%. Industry observers predict, to 2020, India's annual container transportation volume will reach 20000000 teus.
Open the railway container transport of private enterprises in India since the beginning of 2006, will be more inclined to the freight from the road to the railway, expand the multimodal transport category. India intermodal company Freightstar CEO Sathianathan said, "multimodal transport basically consists of two parts, the domestic market as well as the import and export market. Although the import and export trade can guarantee the product sales and reasonable investment returns, but in fact, the multimodal transport real potential in the domestic market."
Sathianathan said, if the related infrastructure construction attention through the delivery of the "first mile" and "last mile", you'll find out the domestic market have a brilliant future in multimodal transport. "Research has shown that, domestic freight from 15000000 to 32000000 TEUs of capacity is a threshold."
For manufacturers, compared to all aspects of transport are outsourced to the different single mode operators, selection of multimodal transport operators is undoubtedly wise. "The businessman, choose a carrier can from first to last, responsible for carrying goods, is undoubtedly the best." Italy Om company logistics director Akash Bhansal said, "in the logistics outsourcing contracts, usually involving the third party logistics partners, highway, railway and air carriers, but if the choice of a multimodal transport carriers, only need docking with an object, it saves time and money. But for customers, but also improve the transportation efficiency."
India intermodal association president Anand Sheth said, the choice of the multimodal transport operator of the users, the biggest advantage is, selection of multimodal transport of goods, will be a multi-modal carriage operator is responsible for the transportation of goods, to ensure the delivery of goods safety. According to Sheth, the responsibility of unity, once a problem occurs, as long as you find the multimodal transport operator can be solved. Piecewise checked, and single mode of transport for the Bulls compared, not only simple procedures, and responsibilities more clear.