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DHL daily rail service links China to Russia, CIS

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-05-07 16:21

HONG KONG -- DHL has rolled out a key component of its multi-modal offering in China with the launch of daily continental rail services departing from Beijing and Shanghai to Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and back, said the logistics company in a press release on Friday.

The new end-to-end rail service, dubbed the "China land bridge", links 14 cities in China with seven CIS countries and Russia.

The service cuts transit time from an average of 35 to 42 days by sea to 19 to 25 days by rail and costs 90 percent less than air freight, and is 30 percent faster than ocean freight, said the company.