Dalian-Vorsino route was launched

An official ceremony of Dalian-Vorsino route launch and first container train departure on this route was held in a port terminal of Dalian on January 27, 2016. The route with length of 7721 km is a part of the international infrastructure project “New Silk Road”. The route Dalian-Vorsino is expected to be one of the fastest land routes from the key logistics port terminals of China to the Eastern Europe. A travel time on this route is 9 days. Discharging of Chinese loads will be organized in the multimodal transport & logistics center “Freight Village Vorsino” with a handling capacity of up to 500 000 TEU/year.
One of the product types transported via Dalian-Vorsino route will be components for Samsung Electronics plant manufacturing TV and home appliances. Due to the agreement signed by the Kaluga Region Government, South Korean seaport Incheon, Chinese port Dalian and heads of Russian Railways, TransContainer, China Railway, China Railway Container Transport, COSCO and Samsung Electronics, Samsung will be able to transport its goods to Russia and Europe by the most optimal way: by sea from Incheon to Dalian, then by Harbin Railway to Manzhouli, then by the Trans-Siberian Railway to Moscow and its plant in the Kaluga Region. A travel time for the goods transportation on this route will be 20 and 35 days (depending on the way of dispatch – by sea or by the Trans-Siberian Railway). In mid-December 2015 Samsung transported a pilot batch of its goods and, being satisfied with the results, decided to establish the continuous delivery. It is expected that the new railway service will be in demand by other largest companies, such as Daimler AG, LG Electronics, Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motor Co, to transport their goods to Russia`s and European markets.
Press-release at the Kaluga Region Government web-site (in Russian)
Press-release at “Moscow Railroad Man” Journal web-site (in Russian)