UK-based freight forwarder AGI Global Logistics have launched a new rail freight service, offering
their customers an alternative to the more traditional air, road and sea freight solutions.
Shipping goods with AGI by rail offers real choice too, with FCL and LCL options, as well as the ability
to transport both containers and trailers, making it the perfect multimodal transport solution. And
with a rail solution boasting quicker transit times than by sea, and lower CO2 emissions than
shipping by air, it offers an environmentally friendly means of shipping goods quickly all around the
world.
What’s more, the London office of AGI has launched a specific China-UK rail service.
What are the benefits of rail freight?
Shipping goods from China to the UK via rail offers a number of benefits over air or sea freight, including:
- Rail freight is quicker than shipping goods by sea. Transit time by rail from China to the UK is approx. 28 days.
- A rail freight solution is more cost effective than shipping by air, albeit, the goods won’t arrive as quickly.
- Shipping goods by rail is considered a greener way of transporting goods. This is due to the electrified nature of the rail network.
- With both FCL & LCL loads available, shipping goods by rail offers real flexibility.
- A rail solution reduces the likelihood of damage to cargo, given the minimal number of accidents recorded each year.
- As trains only stop as designated locations to unload goods, the chance of theft is greatly reduced.
- With major rail hubs all across mainland Europe, onward travel by road provides the perfect intermodal solution.
An additional benefit of a rail freight solution is the option to transport both containers and trailers . This allows for seamless onward travel via road, and with the following European countries all having a direct rail route from China, shipping your goods this way is an excellent alternative to the more traditional air of sea options:
Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungry, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia and Spain.
To find out more about the full range of logistics solutions available from AGI, please click here: https://www.agi.global/
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