On May 22, DHL Global Forwarding launched the first regular service connecting Shenzhen to Minsk, Belarus via rail in less than 12 days. The new route covers new overland connections to several major cities along China’s “Belt and Road” and is the latest route in the DHL Asia-Europe-Asia multimodal network.
DHL will manage the new route together with China Brilliant, an integrated service provider in global manufacturing and consumption with which DHL signed an MOU last year. DHL will offer both Less-than-Container Load (LCL) and Full Container Load (FCL) services along the route, transporting electronics, industrial and automotive parts, and fresh food in Eastern Europe and China.
The new route will transit through the Alashankou (China)-Dostyk (Kazakhstan) rail juncture which already services several other flagship multimodal services, including rail connections from Chengdu, Zhengzhou, and Lianyungang to continental Europe.
“Eastern Europe’s economies are growing faster than almost any others worldwide, with significant export opportunities arising from the region’s rising wages and disposable income levels. Minsk offers Chinese businesses an efficient gateway into the Baltic States and Nordic countries in addition to other major European destinations like Warsaw, Hamburg and Tilburg via Brest,” said Steve Huang, CEO, DHL Global Forwarding Greater China.
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