05.10.2020
Artikel Nummer: 33509
Shipping agent despatches train to China
The port of Rotterdam recently gained its first direct rail connection with China. In the night of Friday (2 October 2020) leading into Saturday, the Maersk shipping company despatched a 640 m long freight train to the provincial capital of Xi’an in China. Xi'an is the eastern terminus of China’s New Silk Road.
The train was carrying powdered baby milk, which had been produced in Ireland and transported to the port of Rotterdam by short sea shipping.
“When designing the solution connecting from Ireland to the European main land via feeder vessel, we have acknowledged that the port of Rotterdam offers the perfect link to connect feeder arrival and train departure nearly at the same location,” Alexander Hau from Maersk said. (ben)