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EXCITING: Maersk launches a new rail product for Spanish reefer exports

EXCITING: Maersk launches a new rail product for Spanish reefer exports
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04 / 10 / 2022

A Maersk company is launching a new rail product for temperature-sensitive cargo like fruits and vegetables from Spain to the UK, specifically designed for Spanish fresh produce.

The new transport option is flexible in capacity and initially offers three weekly departures from the Valencia terminal to Barking terminal in East London. The trains will also carry non-refrigerated cargo on their southbound journey from the UK back to Spain. Regular departures will begin at the end of October, just in time for the Spanish peak season for fruit and vegetable exports. Over 90% of these exports head north to the main markets in the UK, France, Benelux, Germany, and Scandinavia, resulting in up to 1,400 trucks crossing the northern Spanish border daily.

Diego Perdones Montero, Area Managing Director France, Iberia, and the Maghreb, explained how this new product solves several challenges for Spanish reefer customers, including reducing the carbon footprint of products, a driver shortage, unreliable cross-border road transport, and limited capacity and quality of major roads, leading to congestion. Rail transport makes Spanish exporters independent from driver shortages and road bottlenecks, and offers more than 90% lower CO2 emissions than a truck on the road. Sealand aims to add more destinations, including integrated ocean and rail solutions.

Maersk is also offering additional logistics services to optimize its customers' supply chains, such as customs brokerage, cold storage, and Captain Peter, a technology that ensures full data transparency about the condition of cargo inside a reefer container along its entire journey.

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