Routes
Container trains from Xi’an, Chengdu and Zhengzhou to Duisburg in 16–22 days with gauge changes at Dostyk and Małaszewicze.
per 40-foot container
Intermediate nodes
The rail corridor offers a predictability sea cannot match: train schedules are fixed a quarter ahead and deviation rarely exceeds three days. The main risk is the transhipment queue, so we keep representatives at both border terminals.
16–22days of transit from Xi’an to Duisburg
Trains run to a fixed schedule and deviation rarely exceeds three days. The main source of delay is the queue at the gauge-change terminals. We keep representatives at Dostyk and Małaszewicze who report the actual queue position rather than the planned date.
The core export–import corridor via the Korczowa crossing with consolidation in Warsaw. FTL in 3–4 days, groupage in 5–6.
The shortest European leg into Ukraine: daily departures from the Warsaw warehouse, groupage from a single pallet.
A short Black Sea leg plus a road alternative through Romania and Bulgaria.
Next step
A logistics engineer prepares the route, the transit time and the cost structure within one business day.
Average first response — 41 minutes