New service

Ziegler launches “fastest rail connection between China and Europe”

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A new rail freight service between China and Europe is born. Logistics company Ziegler is taking goods from Xi’an (China) to Duisburg (Germany) by train, and then covers the last leg by road to Welkenraedt, Belgium. The company calls it “the fastest rail connection between China and Europe”.

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