A new rail freight service will begin during January, linking Curtici near Arad in western Romania with major logistics centres in Sweden.
The service will join two existing freight routes, to form the ‘first unified rail connection’ between Romania and Scandinavia, taking advantage of Samskip’s hub at Duisburg in Germany. Exports from Romania will take four to five working days to reach Stockholm, and the initial service of four round trips per week between Curtici and Duisburg is expected to increase to five per week later in the year.
There will be a single point of contact, providing customers with an online portal to manage bookings, monitor shipments and obtain automatic departure and arrival notifications.