More rail services for Eastern Europe...

摘要

Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has started offering a rail service between Hamburg and the Hungarian capital of Budapest (BILK) that is designed to link in with its vessel's schedules from Asia.rnCalled the Danube Express, it offers next day delivery and has a capacity of 96TEU. Traction is provided by Czech Republic-based CSKD Intrans.rnAsked to comment on whyrnthe service has been introduced at this time, Peter Livey, head of logistics at HMM (Europe), remarked: 'Hungary is seen as a growth market for us. We opened our own office there last year, which is attracting new business. 'Customers want swift, ecological and economical service options and I believe we will deliver this with the new service.'