Fesco Transportation Group and JSC RZD Logistics, a subsidiary of JSC Russian Railways, have launched the “Trans-Siberian Landbridge”, a joint transit service for express delivery of goods from Japan to Europe through the Russian Far East by the Trans-Siberian railway. On May 23, 2019, the test container was dispatched from the port of Yokohama in the presence of Alexander Misharin, First Deputy CEO of JSC Russian Railways.
The intermodal chain of the “Trans-Siberian Landbridge” covers Japanese ports – the Commercial Port of Vladivostok – the Trans-Siberian railway – Brest – points of destination in Europe. The total delivery time is from 19 days depending on port of dispatch, while the sea transportation through the Suez Canal takes about 45 days. The test container with non-hazardous chemical products shipped from the port of Yokohama to Wroclaw, Poland, is to arrive in mid-June.
In the frame of the joint service Fesco provides sea delivery, port handling and container fleet, and RZD Logistics is responsible for the organization of railway transportation. The test shipment allows the parties to work out the transportation technology in order to make the service available to customers in June 2019, and subsequently organize the return transportation from Europe to Japan. It is expected that the “Trans-Siberian Landbridge” will serve for transportation of car components and consumer goods to Europe.
“Today, all cargo traffic of 3 million TEU per year between Japan and Europe goes through the Suez Canal. In cooperation with colleagues from Russian Railways, we can offer our customers a faster and more efficient transportation service along the Trans-Siberian railway,” says Alexander Isurin, President of Fesco.
