As an acknowledged specialist in the logistics market for inter-continental railway transports on the EURASIAN landbridge, fr-8 offers a dense network of block-train connections with best conditions for transports by railway between Asia and Europe.

What started as a niche product a decade ago is nowadays a non-replaceable complement for stabile supply chains in addition to sea- and airfreight. For Central Asian markets, the most economic way and by far most sustainable way of transport.

The fr-8 knowledge of the very complex operational demands in this field is outstanding and your fr-8 specialists have been involved in intercontinental railway-logistics for decades, enabling customers to stay on the “right track” between Europe and Asia.

• FCL (Full Container Loads)
• LCL (Less than Container loads), utilizing our weekly groupage container services
• Conventional Railway Transport
• Oversized Cargo
• Trans-Caspian (Middle) Corridor
• Mongolian Corridor
• Kazakh Corridor
• Trans-Siberian Corridor
• Faster than Seafreight / Cheaper than Airfreight
• Door – Door Services
• Transit times China -> Europe from 12 days only

Shipping goods from Shanghai to Vienna by truck!? YES, WE CAN!

Road transport from Asia to Europe might sound adventurous – for your specialists at fr-8, the daily job and a perfect solution for:

• Cases, when seafreight is too slow
• Cargo that cannot be moved by rail due to it’s nature or dimensions
• Cargo that cannot be shipped by airfreight due to economic reasons or the nature / dimensions of the good
• Dangerous goods, prohibitted by railway
• Temperature- and climate sensitive cargo

Advantages:

• Highest flexibility as road transport is not bound to fixed schedules
• Various routes available
• Oversized cargo can be shipped with just one trans-loading point
• Full transparency through real time GPS tracking of our trucks
• Transit-times from 10 days door – door
• Cheaper than airfreight, faster than seafreight
• Less carbon emmissions than airfreight

• LCL (Less than Container load) is the most economic way to ship your goods, smaller than a complete container load
• Weekly departures of our groupage containers from all Asian mainports to our adriatic seaport-hub Koper
• Door – Door Services
• Transparent and fast pricing – no hidden charges
• One point of contact in Asia – One point of contact in Europe allow seamless communication and information flow
• Short transit times
• Daily connections between the port of discharge (Koper) and our distribution hubs in Austria and Central Europe
• Customs brokerage services in Asia and Europe
• Utilization of state of the art digital technologies ensures full transparency for each single shipment