China-Europe rail freight blazes a trail, with triple-digit growth for forwarders

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Such is the burgeoning success of the Asia-Europe rail landbridge that several of the largest forwarders have begun to expand their services on the trade.

Previously, logistics providers focused solely on marketing entire trains dedicated to the cargo flows of major clients – mostly out of the automotive or hi-tech sectors – before last year beginning to offer full container load (FCL) services to other shippers who might not have the volume to warrant an entire train.

Now, in recent weeks, forwarders ...