UPS expands China-Europe rail service
UPS has added six stations to its Preferred full and less-than-container load (FCL and LCL) multimodal rail service between Europe and China. In China, Changsha, Chongqing, Suzhou and Wuhan were added to the existing stations of Zhengzhou and Chengdu.
On the European side, Duisburg and Warsaw have been added to the existing stops of Lodz and Hamburg.
“Our China-Europe rail services can save customers up to 65% versus air freight and improve time-in-transit by 40% versus traditional ocean freight service,” said Cindy Miller, president of UPS Global Freight Forwarding. “By giving our customers more options to balance cost and speed of delivery, UPS is committed to helping businesses in China and Europe succeed and expand.”
The four new Chinese stations were chosen for their proximity to provincial industrial manufacturing, commercial and cultural centres.
In Europe, Duisburg is in the heart of the industrial Ruhr area of Germany and provides access to river, rail, road and air transport. With Warsaw and Lodz, the rail service now has two stops in Poland – which UPS says is a “growing economy and “a centre for e-commerce fulfillment, research & development and industrial manufacturing”.
