The train travels through China and Mongolia, crossing the border to Russia near Irkutsk, and continues along the route taken by the Trans-Siberian Railway via Novosibirsk, Omsk and Ekaterinburg to Moscow, and then through Belarus and Poland to arrive in Hamburg on October 6th.
On arrival in Hamburg, the fifty containers will be forwarded in two directions: the monitors will continue by train to Fujitsu Siemens' European distribution centre in Worms, and the chassis will be taken directly to the assembly plant in Augsburg.
Heribert Göggerle, senior vice president of supply operations at Fujitsu Siemens Computers (FSC) points out that shipping IT products by rail is more flexible, around one third faster than ocean freight and 25% cheaper than airfreight.
Fujitsu Siemens Computers is the first company to decide in favour of this method of shipment, since the trans-Eurasian Landbridge offers the combination of speed and eco-friendliness - which supports the company's goal of marketing products that are as environmentally friendly as possible in terms of both production and logistics.
The train is operated by DB Schenker in collaboration with the Russian Railways RZD and the Chinese Railways.
According to Hartmut Albers, managing director of Trans Eurasia Logistics at DB Schenker, this train marks DB Schenker's entry into regular scheduled operations on this key transit corridor, and the company plans to introduce the Trans-Eurasia Express next month, which will be a weekly service between China and Germany with trains departing from both countries.
