Rhenus is now offering a landbridge service in South Korea. Aiming to provide an alternative for time-sensitive cargo, the service includes rail connections between South Korea and Europe to cater to markets shipping higher value cargo with medium turnaround times. Rhenus claims that the new service can be up to 40.0% faster than ocean freight.
Within the rail service, Rhenus plans to provide weekly departure schedules and door-to-door delivery with dedicated teams in inbound and outbound markets ensuring consistent tracking and management of the entire process.
The landbridge service aims to optimise inventory management by reducing logistics costs compared to air freight options, increase planning reliability, and offer a highly secure solution that is faster than ocean freight. It includes daily tracing solutions and caters to various container pick-up and drop-off locations including South Korea, China, and European countries such as Poland and Russia for greater flexibility in planning.
“The Asia-Pacific market for rail freight transport is expected to gain momentum, as intermodal solutions continue to grow in popularity amidst the evolving supply chain challenges worldwide. The introduction of our Rhenus landbridge service in South Korea will strengthen our existing range of solutions to offer customers more reliable and customised options to plan their imports and exports smoothly within their requirements,” said Patrick Dargel, Managing Director of Rhenus Korea.
Source: Rhenus
