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Hupac and Markor Chemical activate a regular intermodal service on the New Via of the Silk
Today a train along 800 meters has left from directed north-western China in Europe
May 26, 2017
Today from the train station of Korla, in north-western China, a train along 800 meters with on board 82 containers has left reservior loaded with chemicals directed in Europe (Germany and France) that it is the first convoy in the within of the collaboration activated between the intermodal operator Swiss Hupac and the chemical producer Chinese Markor Chemical with the scope to develop efficient solutions of transport, ecocompatibili on the New Via of the Silk in the picture of the strategic initiative Chinese "One Belt, One Road".
"Us ripromettiamo - Silvio Ferrari has explained, in charge of the production of Hupac - to cover 8,000 kilometers in 18 days crossing the borders and fulfilling the customs procedures of six various nations". Points of exchange for the Russian wide gauge are Dostyk to east and Sestokay to the west. The involved railway companies are Lower Rail, Kazakh railroads (KTZ), those Belarussian Russians (RZD), railroads (BC), Lithuanian railroads (LG) and those Germans (DB).
"We want to open our European net - it has added Peter Weber, assistant manager and responsible Corporate development of the Hupac - to the flows of traffic from and towards Asia and supplying solid solutions and reliable for the intercontinental intermodal transport, let alone participating actively to the Chinese project One Belt One Road". "Hupac - it has specified - sight to the aggregation of the volumes and the creation of stable connections. The pulling ahead effect of regular intercontinental trains is important and will contribute enormously to the development of the field".
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