Port congestion and capacity challenges are forcing out-of-the box thinking - which has seen the launch by OOCL Logistics and OOCL of a multimodal container service from China to the US East Coast.
It’s a combination of the “Chang An” China-Europe block train service from Xian to Kaliningrad, Russia, with onward feeder to Bremerhaven, for transhipment on OOCL ocean services to various ports on the US East Coast. “It’s the first of its kind to be operated by an ocean carrier, connecting China and North America by using the Asia-Europe Land Bridge and the Atlantic Ocean,” says an OOCL spokesman. “The intention is to provide a reliable service and to avoid the current high levels of traffic seen on routes to the US West Coast and through the Panama Canal.”
