23.04.2019
Artikel Nummer: 27386
German sports car maker opts for railfreight
German sports car manufacturer Porsche has started to use railfreight for its transcontinental logistics. This change means that some vehicles will travel to customers in China via the New Silk Road, up to three weeks faster than previously.
Currently, around 80,000 sports cars per year are shipped from Germany to China by sea, an 18,500 km long journey that takes a good 50 days. From now on, 11% of factory-new sports cars will be exported via the new rail link along the Silk Road to south-west China.
The 11,000 km route leads eastward from Germany through Poland, Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan to the south-west Chinese metropolis of Chongqing. (ben)