Maersk launches a new container service, connecting the port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea with the dry port Vorsino near Moscow (Kaluga region).
The new service is offered by Maersk jointly with Russian partners Ruscon group and Transcontainer JSC and offers a solution for containers arriving to Novorossiysk on Maersk’s ocean services and destined for customers in Moscow and neighbouring regions.
At the destination, customers can then choose between an end-to-end solution, where containers are delivered by Maersk directly to their premises, and self-pickup from Vorsino inland container terminal.
“We offer them the flexibility of picking up their cargo on their own, or using a door-to-door option, based on their preference”, comments Zsolt Katona, Managing Director of Maersk in Eastern Europe.
The service was launched in test mode in January 2020, and since then has been structured with a weekly frequency, as originally planned. Transit time from Novorossiysk port to destination is 50 hours. The train is dispatched from the Novorossiysk terminal every Thursday at 5am and reaches Vorsino on Saturdays at 7am.
