UTLC uses tank containers for the first time

The Russian container transport company UTLC has started shipping tank containers from China to Europe.

The first train, consisting of 82 twenty-foot tank containers, loaded with butylene glycol produced by Xinjiang Markor Chemical Industry, departed from Korla Station in China before transiting through the territories of Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus and further through Poland through the territories of the EU countries to the terminal at Duisburg in Germany. The consignee is DuPont International Operations.

To date, the regularity of shipments has been one train per month. The segment of cargo transport in tank containers is one of the youngest for the rail company. Using tank containers means the lack of trans-shipment reduces the time and cost of transportation, significantly increases the safety of such transportation. In addition, the design of tank containers provides for the possibility of customs seals (TIR), which allows the transportation of goods that have passed customs clearance and sealed directly at the chemical manufacturing plant through several states without intermediate customs inspections.

For more information visit www.utlc.com

16th Oct 2017