RZD Logistics and FESCO Transport Group launched the first transit service for the delivery of goods from Japan to Europe through Russia’s Far East via the Trans-Siberian railway. The shipment of the Trans-Siberian Landbridge test container took place on the 23rd of May in the port of Yokohama.
The total delivery time is from 19 days, while it is about 45 days in case of transport by sea through the Suez Canal.
The inter-modal chain of Trans-Siberian Landbridge is organized on route Port of Yokohama – Vladivostok Port – Trans-Siberian railway – Brest – the destination point in Europe. The arrival of the test container, which was shipped with non-hazardous products of the chemical industry from the Japanese port of Yokohama to the Polish city of Wroclaw, is expected in mid-June.
As part of the joint transit product, FESCO provides sea delivery, port handling and provision of container fleet, while RZD Logistics is responsible for the organization of rail transport.
On basis of the test shipping, the parties will complete work on the transport technology in order to make the service available to customers in June 2019, and afterwards organize a return transport from Europe to Japan. Car components, consumer goods supposed to be delivered to European countries by means of the Trans-Siberian Landbridge service.
“With this project we want to demonstrate our potential for cooperation with Japanese business in practice via offering modern competitive transport products. We see a very large potential for cooperation with Japanese colleagues and would like to use the created infrastructure, but also for the transportation of goods from Japan,” Alexander Misharin, First Deputy General Director of RZD said.
Russian Railways and Japan Ministry of Transport agreed to develop a multimodal transport services through the Far Eastern ports of Russia and Trans-Siberian. In the past 5 years, Russian Railways invested USD 5 billion for the development of the the east railway network, which made possible a one-third volume increase.
Currently, the freight traffic between Japan and Europe in the amount of 3 million TEU per year, goes through the Suez Canal, but there is the possibility to offer a much faster and more efficient service passing Trans-Siberian railway. “I am sure that Trans-Siberian Landbridge will be in demand by Japanese partners and will help strengthen and expand our mutually beneficial cooperation with them”, said Alexander Isurin, FESCO President.
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