New Zeebrugge-Trieste Block Train Announced by Expanding 3PL
27th September 2017
Three weeks after announcing a new block train connecting Budapest with Cologne, Ekol Logistics is launching a new block train between Zeebrugge, Belgium and Trieste, Italy. This new connection continues to support the Turkey-based company’s network expansion in the South-North corridor to link its strategic markets.
“We keep executing our strategy to offer more and more intermodal connections inside Europe. We connected the Mediterranean with the Baltic sea by the Trieste-Kiel train in January 2017 but now we are very glad to offer to our customers a new direct connection between the Mediterranean and the North Sea. This new block train will be the first direct train that will connect Turkey, Iran and the Middle East with the Benelux countries, France and all the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland) in a totally green mode without using a single driver,” – said Alaa Jennane, the Director of Engineering Business Development of Ekol.
The train will leave EMT Trieste Terminal two times per week. This new solution will allow for transporting different types of equipment like Mega trailers, containers and swap bodies. The service will be operated by Hupac and is expected to carry around 5,000 shipments per year for Ekol.
Janette Bell, Managing Director of P&O Ferries, said: “We are delighted to announce the launch of this new train to Zeebrugge which will further enhance our integrated rail and ferry service linking the entire continent of Europe with Britain. We expanded our operation at Zeebrugge last year so that now we have capacity for 700,000 units per year and can continue to grow.”