Railgate Finland Efficient and Reliable 23.1.2018 1
Content One Belt, One Road Container transportation between Europe and Asia Railgate Finland Transportation volumes 2
One Belt, One Road The Belt and Road initiative is a development plan through which China wants to boost trade and stimulate economic growth across Asia and beyond The initiative involves building o infrastructure connecting China to countries around the globe The budget is around $900 billion Aim is to transfer 25% of European exports to land transportations due to cognested harbours 3
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The Railgate Finland Transport Corridor BREST DOSTYK/ NAUSHKI NAHODKA 5
RAILWAY CORRIDOR FROM CHINA TO NOTHERN EUROPE DISTANCE 8000 KM DELIVERY TIME 10-12 DAYS KOUVOLA Kotka Moscow Kolyadichi Актобе ASTANA Shalkar Zhezkazgan Saksaulskaya Shymkent Almaty ALTYNKOL/ KHORGOS Urumqi XIAN Lanzhou Lianyungang Zhengzhou Chengdu Chongqing Wuhan Hefei Kunming Ningbo Guangzhou Shenzhen Hong Kong 6
The Railgate Finland Connections in Europe Kouvola Rail Road Terminal is located in the Southern Finland, near the Russian border The nearest sea ports are the main container ports HaminaKotka and Helsinki (in Finland) and St. Petersburg (in Russia) 7
Kouvola Rail Road Terminal Capacity is around 55.000 TEU/a, 250.000 TEU/a in 2025 Railway connections to four main direction and highway connections to six directions Kouvola region has around 200 companies working in logistics sector and the development of the multimodal terminal is at the strategic focus of the region 8
Competitive Advantages of Railgate Finland Same gauge in most parts of the route, differs only in China Experience in value added services and for example transits to and from Russia The shortest route to China, both geographically and in time Current capacity and the enormous growth potential The Scandinavian export industry offering transportations to maintain the container balance efficient, in both directions Kouvola has been awarded the best logistics center in the Nordic and Baltic countries in 2015, study of European logistics centers (Deutsche GVZ-Gesellschaft) 9
Transportation Volumes Volume of China - Europe Rail Freight 1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 2014 2015 2016 2020 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 Containers on trains (1000 TEU) The annual volume of China - Europe rail freight is expected to be 1 Million TEU by 2020. The current annual rail freight volume on the route is around 350 000 TEU Trains 10
Why Railgate Finland The German route is heavily congested Delays at the Małaszewicze / Brest border crossing Urgent rescheduling of trains to / from Germany Problems have started 2017 and will continue till 2020 Kouvola new terminal areahas practically unlimited expansion potential and has already acquired 300 ha for 11
VOLUMES: Volumes of freight travelling between China and Europe by rail are rising fast In the first half of 2017 the value of goods travelling by train rose by 144% compared with the same period in 2016 KTZ-Express has capacity for 1.7m containers between Europe and China each year by 2020; that is 10 % of the volume currently carried by sea and air In the longer term, a full modernisation of the existing main rail routes from China to Europe could produce 3m containers a year in capacity. Kazakhstan has spent over ($3.2bn) on upgrading its railway lines and rolling stock since 2011. That includes $250m on the Khorgos Gateway, a dry port at the border with China that lifts containers from Chinese trains onto Kazakh ones to overcome a change in track width 12
OPERATOR: Unytrade Oy Untrade Oy is KTZ-Express exclusive agent in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark The railway operators involved to the traffic are VR-Transpoint, RZD, KTZ-Express, China Railway Xi'an International Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd The transit time in both directions is 10-12 days 1 day in Finland, 2 days in Russia, 4 days in Kazakhstan, 3 days in China. # 10 12 days The first departure was from Kouvola on 10.11.2017 The first arrival to Kouvola 12.12.2017 Regular traffic after that to both directions 13
Kouvola-Xi'an-Kouvola Container trains from January to March 2018 Departure date: From Kouvola: 25.1. 13.2. 22.2. 8.3. 22.3. From Xi'an: 17.1. 7.2. 28.2. 14.3. 14
Unytrade Oy UNYTRADE OY CONTACT DETAILS Ritva Pilli, Sales Manager Sales and Forwarding, Tel. 0400 993 412 ritva.pilli@cargohandling.fi Jussi Toikka, Managing Director Sales and operating Tel. 040 584 0101 jussi.toikka@cargohandling.fi Kazakhstan Anu Kujansuu, Marketing Director Sales and Margeting Tel. 040 554 1183 anu.kujansuu@cargohandling.fi Tel: +7 (7172) 611 527 E-mail: info@ktze.kz;; ktzxexress@railways.kz Website: www.ktze.kz 15
First train from Kouvola to Xi an 16
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https://youtu.be/pz0q5zz92w Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s uhxbp0m0c4 19
Thank You! Welcome to co-operate with the best logistics center in the Nordic and Baltic countries! 20
Kouvola Innovation Oy Simo Päivinen Development Director, Logistics, Relocation Services Paraatikenttä 4 FI-45100 Kouvola simo.paivinen@kinno.fi www.kinno.fi 21