Konteynerler şu anda dünya çapında var olan ihtiyaca cevap veremez durumda ve gemilerde kapasite eksikliği var Bu durum özellikle Noelin yoğun sezonunda bir sorun. Militzer & Münch Almanya, demiryolu taşımacılığını kullanarak bu zorluğun üstesinden geliyor. Böylece, iki müşteri için, Çin ile Duisburg arasında çalışmak üzere altı komple blok tren bir araya getirildi.
Çin ve Avrupa arasındaki ticaretteki dengesizlik nedeniyle, çok sayıda konteyner Avrupa limanlarında ve terminallerinde mahsur kaldı. Bu, özellikle önemli sonbahar ve Noel işlerinde, genellikle Asya’dan Avrupa’ya yapılan nakliyeler için konteyner sıkıntısına neden olur.
“It’s like in real life: if you plan early enough, it’s easier to make ends meet,” says Michael Spitzlei, Head of Business Segment Rail at M&M air sea cargo GmbH. ” For transportation by rail, individual containers or space are always offered. However, handling shipments by sea to and from Europe is challenging in many respects at the moment, and the booking situation is critical.” Industrial customers often get their space from shipping companies only at the current daily or market rates, instead of the originally agreed contract rates. That is why many shippers are currently switching to rail, like some of Militzer & Münch’s key accounts, for example.
For the customers, one of them a global wholesale chain, Militzer & Münch set six complete block trains on their way from China to Duisburg in August. The German Rail team worked closely together with their colleagues from Militzer & Münch China on these transports. Total transit time from terminal to terminal was 25 days – despite congestion at the borders, it was thus within the usual time frame. The trains were all fully Militzer & Münch trains, exclusively transporting 50 x 40’ high cube containers with goods for the Militzer & Münch customers. Thus, especially in times of crisis, rail proves to be a reliable alternative to sea transport.
