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New Silk Road

Once an ancient trading route connecting China to the Mediterranean, the Silk Road was travelled by Marco Polo around the year 1300.
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Today, the new Silk Road offers an eco-friendly transport solution that is faster than a container ship and can be up to half the price of air freight: 

  • 39 train routes now link China with 16 European cities
  • Freight trains to UK take 18 days to travel 7400 miles to London
  • Import and export routings (FCL AND LCL)   
  • Short transit time 14-16 days from China to Hamburg/Duisburg (CY to CY)  
  • 12 routings and three departures per week
  • Precise GPS tracking and status updates

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