DHL China to Japan launched multimodal transport services

DHL company recently announced its global freight department launched China to Japan multimodal transport services. The service will make transportation cost is 60% lower by air, sea transport time is shortened three days, and more air to reduce as much as 92% of the carbon dioxide emissions.

China to Japan multimodal transport service comprehensive utilization of the international passenger ferry, railway and trucks, to carry 12 feet container. Goods from China ningbo, hangzhou, suzhou, nantong, wuxi and nanjing, hefei, wuhan, packing shipped to the Shanghai by truck, through the international ferry to Japan the boulder, again by rail to all over Japan. Originating in Japan's goods will be through the railway transportation network, and then through the ferry to Shanghai by sea, by truck to end all over China.

The service of the 12 feet container, and usually 20 to 40 feet container than their smaller, but through the highway, railway and ferry transport, and can be in Japan most of railway freight wharf handling. Since it is unnecessary to will the goods in different types of containers transfer between, in order to adapt to the different modes of transportation, therefore, can dramatically reduce the damage of the goods transport time and may. In addition, the container allow customers transportation less goods, to better control inventory.

Source CSPB nets