BNSF and JB Hunt target J-I-T volumes with new intermodal service
BNSF Rail and JB Hunt have made an ambitious push to attract US shippers with ...
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Rail-air freight is becoming an increasingly feasible option for shippers looking for more sustainable long-haul routes.
Problems on the rail link between China and Europe have mostly been solved, speakers from DHL Global Forwarding and DB Schenker told delegates at the World Cargo Symposium in Shanghai this morning.
“Rail is becoming an important solution in the industry,” acknowledged Nover Jin, DHL GF’s product head, air freight for east China. “It will replace some sea freight and take over some air freight. It ...
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Klaus Geissler
March 17, 2015 at 7:49 amLothar, that sounds like “Old Wine in new Skins”.
That has been practized already in the 70ies esp. on the Transsiberian Route with IL 76 departing from VVO mainly to Vysoko-Litovsk (Russian-Polish Border) and than by Truck into Western Europe. At those days the IL 76 wasn’t allowed to fly into Western Europe. 3×20′ Seacontainers could be loaded. So its all coming back. Biggest commodity at that time were the “new” PCs e.g. ATARI and Commodore. Good Luck with the new Service.