SHANGHAI, Jan. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The revival of the former Silk Road as a transport route between China and Europe: Gebruder Weiss (www.gw-world.com) has been pursuing this strategy for many years, using land, air and sea routes. "The infrastructure initiative 'One Belt, One Road' creates not only economic growth in Central Asia, but also attractive new sales markets for Chinese and European export companies", explains Yongquan Chen, General Manager of Gebruder Weiss in China. "To serve these companies, we offer not only transcontinental air and sea transports, but also intermodal solutions to and from China and groupage freight services to markets along the Silk Road."
Rail transport along the Silk Road - both FCL (full container load) and LCL (less than container load) solutions - is an eco-friendly and cost-effective way of transporting goods between China and Europe. The railway transport is cheaper than air freight, and it is faster than sea transport. While a cargo ship needs 40 days or more from port to port, a train only needs 14 to 16 days from station to station. Chen: "Railway transport along the Silk Road is the ideal solution for all Central and Eastern European destinations without direct port access. It is also ideal for customers who are located far from seaports in China. Urumqi, for example, is 4.000km from the nearest Chinese sea port - that is one third of the total rail journey between China and Europe."
Gebruder Weiss, with more than 500 years of history, the oldest logistics company in the world, offers various train routes originating from different Chinese cities like Zhengzhou, Harbin, Wuhan, Yiwu, Chongqing, Chengdu and many others. Eventually, they all are pipelined into three main streams across the border: Manzhouli, Erlian and Alashankou - en route of the Silk Road. The most important transport hub within China is Zhengzhou. "Zhengzhou is not only the main hub of China's railway system and the capital city of Henan province. It is also located in the center of China, providing convenient road connections to all parts of the country. The rail routes from and to Zhengzhou with almost daily departures are of high importance for the Gebruder Weiss customers", states Chen.
Gebruder Weiss relies on a broad network of locations along the Silk Road and in Central Asia. Most recently, the company opened a new office in Armenia. Gebruder Weiss also runs offices in Turkmenistan, Georgia, Turkey and Kazakhstan - an important transport hub in the center of Asia. In Greater China, Gebruder Weiss operates from 19 locations.
Gebruder Weiss China regularly informs customers and partners on their dedicated WeChat page. More information about the company and the services is available on the website at www.gw-world.com
About Gebruder Weiss
With over 6,500 employees, 150 company-owned locations and an annual turnover of
1.36 billion euros (2016), Gebruder Weiss ranks among Europe's leading transport and logistics companies. In addition to its core business of land transport, air & sea freight and logistics, the company operates a number of highly specialised industry solutions and subsidiaries under the umbrella of Gebruder Weiss Holding AG, based in Lauterach (Austria). This includes logistics consultancy firm x|vise, tectraxx (industry specialist for hi-tech businesses), inet-logistics (software solutions for TMS transport management), dicall (communications solutions, market research, training, Rail Cargo (railway transport) and the Gebruder Weiss parcel service GWP, co-partner of the Austrian company DPD. This bundling of services allows the corporate group to respond to customer needs quickly and flexibly. Having implemented a variety of environmental, economic and social initiatives, today the family-run company with a 500-year history is a pioneer in sustainable business practices.
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