Maersk has announced a dedicated train carrying medical equipment departed from Xiamen, Fujian Province in China on 21 April, carrying a forty-one 40’-container consignment to the United Kingdom.
The train will stop at Duisburg, Germany and the cargoes will be transferred to the UK by trucks in early May.
[s2If is_user_logged_in()]“Transporting medical cargoes needs extra dedication, especially when container shortages and port congestion are an industry-wide challenge across Asia,” said Candy Tang, Maersk intercontinental rail product manager, Maersk Greater China.
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues, the demand for rapid antigen self-test kits has increased and the client in the pharmaceutical sector has purchased almost 500 40’-containers of these detection kits, according to Maersk which will arrange the transportation in the following two months.
”The supply chains for pharmaceutical customers include high levels of complexity and we understand the need for reliability as well as the importance of products getting to the patients,” commented Hristo Petkov, global head of pharmaceuticals at Maersk.
Nora Lin, head of logistics products, Maersk’s Greater China, has noted that the Danish carrier has operated a total of 210 tailored intercontinental trains from China to European countries, among which 60 are dedicated delivery of crucial medical equipment.
In the meantime, A.P. Moller – Maersk block train services have been extended to 40 corridors in 13 countries.
A recording of the Containing Covid-19 seminar hosted by Cool Logistics and Container News is available from this link.
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